Hi All,
I am getting the following parts for my proposed 36 bay, multi-purpose freeNAS server:
Supermicro Server Motherboard X10SRI-F
Intel Xeon E5-1650V3
4 x 32 GB DDR4 ECC RDIMM 2133 MHz
10 x 6 TB WD RED
4 x LSI 9211-8i HBA Controllers
Supermicro Chassis CSE847E16-R1400LPB
These 10 drives will be in a single vdev and in RAID-Z2. I am starting with 10 but will add them, in lots of 10, when I need more space.
Now being as paranoid as I am, I am also thinking of getting a 2nd CSE847E16-R1400LPB just to serve as a backup to my main NAS. However, I don't want to spend much money on it but I plan to keep it at the equal no. of drives as the main server. So can you please advice me on the components I would need to run this? I would need a Supermicro motherboard and the cheapest possible processor for this. Don't need xeon and if a celeron can help me run this backup server, I'll gladly pick it up. It should have enough SATA ports and slots to accomodate the HBA controllers to run these 36 drives which will be connected to it in the future. RAM would be ECC but the minimum that I would need to run it.
I am planning that this backup server will come on post midnight. Do its backups. Do the scrub. Send me the necessary mails and shut down. If need be and if it is going to make things efficient, I am willing to put in a 10GBe card in both of these boxes.
When I say "cheapest" I mean in terms of up front cost as well as running costs. I am looking at 5 years or more from these two boxes unless something drastically changes.
Please don't flame me. Links (on the supermicro site) will be appreciated.
I am getting the following parts for my proposed 36 bay, multi-purpose freeNAS server:
Supermicro Server Motherboard X10SRI-F
Intel Xeon E5-1650V3
4 x 32 GB DDR4 ECC RDIMM 2133 MHz
10 x 6 TB WD RED
4 x LSI 9211-8i HBA Controllers
Supermicro Chassis CSE847E16-R1400LPB
These 10 drives will be in a single vdev and in RAID-Z2. I am starting with 10 but will add them, in lots of 10, when I need more space.
Now being as paranoid as I am, I am also thinking of getting a 2nd CSE847E16-R1400LPB just to serve as a backup to my main NAS. However, I don't want to spend much money on it but I plan to keep it at the equal no. of drives as the main server. So can you please advice me on the components I would need to run this? I would need a Supermicro motherboard and the cheapest possible processor for this. Don't need xeon and if a celeron can help me run this backup server, I'll gladly pick it up. It should have enough SATA ports and slots to accomodate the HBA controllers to run these 36 drives which will be connected to it in the future. RAM would be ECC but the minimum that I would need to run it.
I am planning that this backup server will come on post midnight. Do its backups. Do the scrub. Send me the necessary mails and shut down. If need be and if it is going to make things efficient, I am willing to put in a 10GBe card in both of these boxes.
When I say "cheapest" I mean in terms of up front cost as well as running costs. I am looking at 5 years or more from these two boxes unless something drastically changes.
Please don't flame me. Links (on the supermicro site) will be appreciated.