AltecBX
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Hi guy’s and girls I’m new to the community and looking to build my first time Freenas server. I’m planning on using Freenas as my OS of choice. My primary service is going to be the Plex service. I’m going to anticipate about 8-10 concurrent sessions connecting to the Plex server remotely. And 3-5 concurrent sessions connecting locally on the LAN. So about 15 in total when in maximum use. I know the server will have to transcode most of these connections as well. Another service of the server will be syncing data to a remote server as well. It will also shoot and receive files remotely and locally. It will be backing up 4 machines locally as well. Here’s the list of things I’m anticipating what the server will do at its full capacity.
- Plex service (15 concurrent session transcoding)
- Syncing data to a remote server offsite
- Backing up 4 local machines (2 pc & 2 macs)
- Retrieving and sending data to 4 machines and 3 wireless devices (Map drives & iSCSI connection)
- Host remote files
- Host website
So now that you know primary what I’m using the server for, here is the hardware list I’m planning on purchasing.
Processor - Intel Core i7-5820K Haswell-E 6-Core 3.3GHz LGA 2011-v3
Motherboard -ASRock X99 Extreme4 LGA 2011-v3 Intel X99
Memory - ADATA XPG Z1 32GB (4 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 2133
Main Drive - Plextor M6e PX-G128M6e M.2 2280 128GB PCI-Express 2.0 x2
Case - LIAN LI PC-A75 Black Aluminum ATX Full Tower Computer Case
Power supply – Thermaltake SMART Series 850-Watt
Hard drives – 10 WD Red WD60EFRX (6TB each)
My reason with going with the MB is because it has 10 native 6Gbs sata ports.
My reason with going with the processor is because it supports the x99 chipset.
My reason with going with the M.2 drive is because it has a faster bandwidth than the sata ports
My reason with going with the 10 WD Reds 6TB is because I’m planning on using the ZFS file system and doing a 9+1 setup. 9 drives as storage & 1 drive as parity.
Questions:
Is the list of items enough for what I’m doing?
Do I need ECC memory instead?
Do I need more than 32GB of memory for ZFS with this setup?
What are your suggestions in hardware?
What is the best file system structure to do with this hardware?
Does the main drive speed and port matter for the Freenas OS?
Thanks for your inputs in advance!
- Plex service (15 concurrent session transcoding)
- Syncing data to a remote server offsite
- Backing up 4 local machines (2 pc & 2 macs)
- Retrieving and sending data to 4 machines and 3 wireless devices (Map drives & iSCSI connection)
- Host remote files
- Host website
So now that you know primary what I’m using the server for, here is the hardware list I’m planning on purchasing.
Processor - Intel Core i7-5820K Haswell-E 6-Core 3.3GHz LGA 2011-v3
Motherboard -ASRock X99 Extreme4 LGA 2011-v3 Intel X99
Memory - ADATA XPG Z1 32GB (4 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 2133
Main Drive - Plextor M6e PX-G128M6e M.2 2280 128GB PCI-Express 2.0 x2
Case - LIAN LI PC-A75 Black Aluminum ATX Full Tower Computer Case
Power supply – Thermaltake SMART Series 850-Watt
Hard drives – 10 WD Red WD60EFRX (6TB each)
My reason with going with the MB is because it has 10 native 6Gbs sata ports.
My reason with going with the processor is because it supports the x99 chipset.
My reason with going with the M.2 drive is because it has a faster bandwidth than the sata ports
My reason with going with the 10 WD Reds 6TB is because I’m planning on using the ZFS file system and doing a 9+1 setup. 9 drives as storage & 1 drive as parity.
Questions:
Is the list of items enough for what I’m doing?
Do I need ECC memory instead?
Do I need more than 32GB of memory for ZFS with this setup?
What are your suggestions in hardware?
What is the best file system structure to do with this hardware?
Does the main drive speed and port matter for the Freenas OS?
Thanks for your inputs in advance!