BUILD Build around 2 Xeon E5-2670

[Havock2]

I have 3 questions:

1. I see that USB flash boot drives are no longer recommended. Is this a problem with the drives or the interface? IE. would be putting an SSD in a USB dock work?
2. How does the ZFS Pool Expansion work? Would I be able replace the drives over time, as I can afford them? Or would I have to stock them and then put them in one at a time, waiting on each one to be re-silvered?
3. Is the following build good for a Plex server:

2 x Xeon E5-2670
Supermicro X10DAI-O
4 x 8 GB Kingston KVR24R17S4/8
Seasonic X-850
NZXT CA-H630F-M1 Case
2 x Noctua NH-D9DX i4 Heatsinks
7 x Seagate 3 TB ST3000DM001 (RAID-Z3)
CyberPower CP1500AVRLCD UPS

 

[anodos]

I have 3 questions:

1. I see that USB flash boot drives are no longer recommended. Is this a problem with the drives or the interface? IE. would be putting an SSD in a USB dock work?
2. How does the ZFS Pool Expansion work? Would I be able replace the drives over time, as I can afford them? Or would I have to stock them and then put them in one at a time, waiting on each one to be re-silvered?
3. Is the following build good for a Plex server:

2 x Xeon E5-2670
Supermicro X10DAI-O
4 x 8 GB Kingston KVR24R17S4/8
Seasonic X-850
NZXT CA-H630F-M1 Case
2 x Noctua NH-D9DX i4 Heatsinks
7 x Seagate 3 TB ST3000DM001 (RAID-Z3)
CyberPower CP1500AVRLCD UPS

You could save some money and go with a single CPU / heatsink and put the cash into getting another hard drive. 8 drives in RAIDZ2 is nice. The single e5-2670 will be probably be more than enough for your needs. You can replace drives gradually, but the overall capacity of your pool won't increase until you've replaced all of them.

Don't forget to put some thought into how you're going to back up your NAS.

 

[Havock2]

OK. I just revised my build to be 1 CPU/Heatsink combo and the Supermicro X10SRL-F-O. This also allows me to use the Fractal Design Define R4 case. This saves me quite a bit of money.

Thanks.

 

[danb35]

I see that USB flash boot drives are no longer recommended.

Where are you seeing this?

Would I be able replace the drives over time, as I can afford them?

Yes, but the pool won't expand until all the devices in the vdev are replaced with larger ones.

 

[jgreco]

how ya gonna get an e5-2670 to work on an x10 board? ... just wonderin'

 

[Havock2]

Where are you seeing this?

https://forums.freenas.org/index.php?threads/hardware-recommendations-read-this-first.23069/

Second post here and other places.

how ya gonna get an e5-2670 to work on an x10 board? ... just wonderin'

Am I missing any compatibility issues? It's been about ten years since I built a machine from scratch, but you simply match the CPU to a board with the correct socket and check the manufacturer's website and the manual.

 

[ChriZ]

You will need an e5-2670v3 in order to use with that X10SRL-F-O
They are socket 2011-3
E5-2670 and E5-2670v2 are socket 2011.
Your post implies that you want to use an
e5-2670 CPU (essentially v1 which is 2011 socket)
You need a x9 2011 socket series motherboard for this CPU.

 

[jgreco]

You will need an e5-2670v3 in order to use with that X10SRL-F-O
They are socket 2011-3
E5-2670 and E5-2670v2 are socket 2011.
Your post implies that you want to use an
e5-2670 CPU (essentially v1 which is 2011 socket)
You need a x9 2011 socket series motherboard for this CPU.

that.

 

[Havock2]

You will need an e5-2670v3 in order to use with that X10SRL-F-O
They are socket 2011-3
E5-2670 and E5-2670v2 are socket 2011.
Your post implies that you want to use an
e5-2670 CPU (essentially v1 which is 2011 socket)
You need a x9 2011 socket series motherboard for this CPU.

OK. There are many more sockets than the last time I did this. The exact processor stepping that I got is SR0KX. Neither Supermicro's write or the manual for those boards were clear to me about the existence of the 2011 v3 socket. I'll look into the x9 boards.

 

[jgreco]

OK. There are many more sockets than the last time I did this. The exact processor stepping that I got is SR0KX. Neither Supermicro's write or the manual for those boards were clear to me about the existence of the 2011 v3 socket. I'll look into the x9 boards.

"Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600 v4†/ v3 family (up to 160W TDP **)"

Seems clear enough to me, though I'll grant that I'm reading these things all the time. Probably why I took a few minutes out of an evening out to save you from a pricey mistake.

So why would you pick a workstation board instead of a server board? I wasn't going to ask that on tapatalk, but now on a real keyboard, it's another good question.

You can put one of those cheap E5-2670's on an X9SRL board, which is probably the board you really want for best success with FreeNAS. Please follow the Supermicro memory guide for recommended memory for this board.