Dell R720xd, 12 x 4TB SAS drives, dual E5-2637vs, 256GB RAM, H710 mini IT mode, FreeNAS 11.3
This is a homelab system firstly, I do have 10gigabit networking available. I was thinking of creating 3 raid-z vdevs of 4 disks each, does this sound like the best setup for me? I plan to use iSCSI for the VMs and will have a few datasets to backup a QNAP NAS and hold VM backups with Veeam.
I have 2 x 2.5" bays in the back and can install SSDs and have a PCI-e NVMe (512GB) available too. I am not sure whether I should add a cache/SLOG/ZIL the more I read the more confused I get. If anyone does suggest a specific setup can you briefly explain why?
Thanks
This is a homelab system firstly, I do have 10gigabit networking available. I was thinking of creating 3 raid-z vdevs of 4 disks each, does this sound like the best setup for me? I plan to use iSCSI for the VMs and will have a few datasets to backup a QNAP NAS and hold VM backups with Veeam.
I have 2 x 2.5" bays in the back and can install SSDs and have a PCI-e NVMe (512GB) available too. I am not sure whether I should add a cache/SLOG/ZIL the more I read the more confused I get. If anyone does suggest a specific setup can you briefly explain why?
Thanks