BUILD A new to FreeNAS build

[Anson.Maddock]

Hi, this is my third NAS, and my first time with FreeNAS. My prior builds were hardware RAID arrays. I've been looking to upgrade my current 4x2tb mirrored stripe and this is what I've currently come up with. I think I've built a pretty middle of the road setup but then again I haven't setup any freeNAS boxes so I'm likely wrong about some of my choices.
I'm looking to run a RAIDZ3 setup with 11 drives. The other option I have been thinking about was two six drive RAIDZ2 vdevs in a single pool.
I haven't determined if I will be enabling encryption on the array or not.
I'm not planning on adding another zdev of 11 drives for a couple years. The growth rate of my current array suggests I've been doubling my storage consumption every 18-24 months. This should give this new setup approximately 3-4 years.

I am currently debating on whether spending the $1200 dollars to get a CSE-846 now would be worth the expenditure. When I originally planned this I was going to use an eight drive RAIDZ2 array but that went out the window quite fast. My hesitation is about whether or not when the time comes that I want a larger array if I'll being going up to a E5 xeon and whatever replaces the 2011 socket by then and likely just buying another case again anyways.

I'm also planning to use a Patriot Rage XT flash drive for the storage. I will probably buy a usb3.0 drive or use my one of my current usb2.0 drives.

Motherboard
Supermicro X10SL7-F $240-250

Case
CSE-826TQ-R500LPB $660

Processor
This seems to be a good point as the E3-1231 v3 only gets me another 100mhz but is currently $50 more and the 1220v3 drops 200mhz for $10.
Xeon E3-1226v3 $215
*Update* I was double checking my components and realized that I hadn't filtered for processors with hyperthreading support.
Xeon E3-1231v3 $245

RAM - 32GB total
M391B1G73QH0-YK0 $84x4 - $336

Hardrives
Seagate ST4000VN000 $160-180x11 - 1760-1980

Power Consumption Estimate at startup 369.6/500
11 HDs 12V * 2.0A = 264 watts
Processor = 84 watts
3x80mm 12V * .6A = 21.6 watts
Supermicro does report the unit can output 500W on the 12V rail.
http://www.supermicro.com/products/powersupply/80PLUS/80PLUS_PWS-501P-1R.pdf

 

[Ericloewe]

Hi, this is my third NAS, and my first time with FreeNAS. My prior builds were hardware RAID arrays. I've been looking to upgrade my current 4x2tb mirrored stripe and this is what I've currently come up with. I think I've built a pretty middle of the road setup but then again I haven't setup any freeNAS boxes so I'm likely wrong about some of my choices.
I'm looking to run a RAIDZ3 setup with 11 drives. The other option I have been thinking about was two six drive RAIDZ2 vdevs in a single pool.
I haven't determined if I will be enabling encryption on the array or not.
I'm not planning on adding another zdev of 11 drives for a couple years. The growth rate of my current array suggests I've been doubling my storage consumption every 18-24 months. This should give this new setup approximately 3-4 years.

I am currently debating on whether spending the $1200 dollars to get a CSE-846 now would be worth the expenditure. When I originally planned this I was going to use an eight drive RAIDZ2 array but that went out the window quite fast. My hesitation is about whether or not when the time comes that I want a larger array if I'll being going up to a E5 xeon and whatever replaces the 2011 socket by then and likely just buying another case again anyways.

I'm also planning to use a Patriot Rage XT flash drive for the storage. I will probably buy a usb3.0 drive or use my one of my current usb2.0 drives.

Motherboard
Supermicro X10SL7-F $240-250

Case
CSE-826TQ-R500LPB $660

Processor
This seems to be a good point as the E3-1231 v3 only gets me another 100mhz but is currently $50 more and the 1220v3 drops 200mhz for $10.
Xeon E3-1226v3 $215
*Update* I was double checking my components and realized that I hadn't filtered for processors with hyperthreading support.
Xeon E3-1231v3 $245

RAM - 32GB total
M391B1G73QH0-YK0 $84x4 - $336

Hardrives
Seagate ST4000VN000 $160-180x11 - 1760-1980

Power Consumption Estimate at startup 369.6/500
11 HDs 12V * 2.0A = 264 watts
Processor = 84 watts
3x80mm 12V * .6A = 21.6 watts
Supermicro does report the unit can output 500W on the 12V rail.
http://www.supermicro.com/products/powersupply/80PLUS/80PLUS_PWS-501P-1R.pdf

Count on something like 30W total per drive (might be a little bit more than the WD Reds since the Seagates are 5900RPM, but it should be under 30W). The CPU won't be anywhere near TDP at boot, so 60W is plenty for CPU and motherboard at boot. Those PSUs should be up to the task.

Don't expect USB 3.0 to work reliably anytime soon. Stick with USB 2.0 for the boot drive - it's not like it'll make a difference on a daily basis.

 

[cyberjock]

There's nothing wrong with buying a USB3 drive(I do it just for the repurpose potential in the future as long as it's not a big price difference). But don't expect USB3 to mean faster bootups and definitely don't expect to use USB3 chipsets for the forseeable future(except at USB2 speeds).

 

[Anson.Maddock]

Thank you folks, I will utilize one of my USB2.0 drives and buy a new USB3.0 drive for my daily use drives. A new estimate with 34W allocated to each HD on spinup brings the total to 374 watts for the HDs still within the safe range at worst case.

 

[Ericloewe]

Thank you folks, I will utilize one of my USB2.0 drives and buy a new USB3.0 drive for my daily use drives. A new estimate with 34W allocated to each HD on spinup brings the total to 374 watts for the HDs still within the safe range at worst case.

Yeah, find worry about the PSU, 500W is plenty for 11 drives with room for some mildly-crazy fans (80mm 4k RPM crazy, not counter rotating 120mm 8k RPM crazy)