A new build with SSG-6039P-E1CR16L

[michaeleino]

thinking for building a new NAS with the below specs:
SSG-6039P-E1CR16L ## Need comments for the SAS controller (SAS3 (12Gbps) via Broadcom 3008 AOC, Broadcom 3008 controller).
2x Intel Xeon Silver 4116 12C/2.1Ghz/16.5M Processor
Crucial 12x 8GB 2666MHz ECC RDIMM
Samsung 512GB 970 PRO M.2 PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe SSD
8x 14TB Toshiba 12G SAS 3.5" HDD (MG07ACA14TE) ## Need comments for Toshiba! should we better use Hitachi or WD or seagate ?
Dual 10GBase-T LAN w/ Intel® X540
1200W Redundant Power Supplies

Thanks in advance :)

 

[danb35]

Need comments for the SAS controller

What comments were you hoping for? The LSI/Broadcom/Avago controllers are the standard recommendations.

 

[rvassar]

I have one Toshiba drive in my pool. No complaints, but not representative.... @Chris Moore will most certainly offer a different opinion.

That said... I've had my best luck with HGST. The problem there is most of my HGST drives have been pre-WD acquisition, and I can't vouch for the current lineup. Add to this, I have to add the disclaimer that I'm a former HGST employee, so... Subtly biased. :)

 

[michaeleino]

What comments were you hoping for? The LSI/Broadcom/Avago controllers are the standard recommendations.

Just need to confirm.. Do I need to flash it? will it enable to access the raw disks as is ?

 

[alexr]

I got a similar rig from ixSystems but with the Tq motherboard. As it’s my first SuperMicro board, most of my concerns seem to be uniform for their products such as the incredibly buggy IPMI implementation and useless manuals. As ix did the build, I don’t know if they had to flash the SAS controller or not, but the lack of actionable information from S.M.A.R.T. for SAS disks and near total lack of useful write-ups on that subject has me hesitate to suggest that part.

 

[danb35]

Do I need to flash it?

AFAIK, that board ships as a HBA, but you may still need to flash the latest firmware onto it.