Choco
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Ready for another obligatory "look over my hardware" post?
EDIT: per Cyberjock's pointers, RAM and PSU replaced.
I've done a bit of research lurking here, but there's nothing like an individual double-check to be sure I haven't made a dumb mistake. Feedback appreciated!
Components breakdown:
Motherboard/CPU: SuperMicro MBD-A1SRi-2758F-O
RAM:Crucial 16 GB (2x8) 1600 ECC unbuffered (wrong form factor)
Kingston 16 GB (2x8) ECC unbuffered SO-DIMM
PSU:Rosewill CAPSTONE-450-M Gold
better brand: Corsair CSM450M Gold
Case (already owned): Bitfenix Prodigy
HDDs (temporary, already owned): 2x3TB WD Green
HDDs (eventual plan): 6x4TB Seagate STBV4000100 (cracked open for ST4000DM000)
Components explanation:
Motherboard/CPU: SuperMicro gets recommended non-stop here, and I'm already tied to mini-ITX because of my case. This model was on Newegg and Amazon with 64GB max RAM (1600 ECC), 6 SATA ports, an IPMI ethernet port (not to mention 4 others), and an integrated Atom octa-core 20W TDP CPU.
RAM: ECC, unregistered, enough(?) capacity for my needs (I'll explain below), max speed my motherboard supports, reputable brand.
PSU: wattage I've heard is sufficient to run efficiently with a server board and 6 HDDs, 80+ gold rating, reputable brand.
HDDs: I know the 3TB drives are less than ideal, but it was a good sale. Those will be a non-redundant pool temporarily just so I have *a* backup solution for my most critical data until I can afford my full loadout of 6 drives, which will be RAIDZ2 - 16TB usable space.
Usage plan:
This is meant to be a backup NAS/media hub, a daily rsync'ed clone of all my drives. As my PC's internal drives die (currently 17TB unique space, but I can downsize), I will leave them unreplaced and let the NAS copy of everything be the master version. The most strenuous thing I am currently planning on doing with it is using ZFS compression and RAIDZ2, but I want to be able to expand its duties if I feel like it.
Any thoughts? I've decided against some of the fancier things like a ZIL, but I'm open to the idea of a 3rd party NIC if people think it would help. The way I store data, deduplication isn't terribly attractive, but scrubbing would be a possibility, especially with the kind of drives I'm buying. I'm also open to the idea of NAS drives - my current plan is to let the redundancy of RAIDZ2 paired with my low-intensity use patterns be safe enough with consumer drives. Oh, and I'll be adding a UPS to this configuration, probably when I get those 6 drives.
EDIT: per Cyberjock's pointers, RAM and PSU replaced.
I've done a bit of research lurking here, but there's nothing like an individual double-check to be sure I haven't made a dumb mistake. Feedback appreciated!
Components breakdown:
Motherboard/CPU: SuperMicro MBD-A1SRi-2758F-O
RAM:
Kingston 16 GB (2x8) ECC unbuffered SO-DIMM
PSU:
better brand: Corsair CSM450M Gold
Case (already owned): Bitfenix Prodigy
HDDs (temporary, already owned): 2x3TB WD Green
HDDs (eventual plan): 6x4TB Seagate STBV4000100 (cracked open for ST4000DM000)
Components explanation:
Motherboard/CPU: SuperMicro gets recommended non-stop here, and I'm already tied to mini-ITX because of my case. This model was on Newegg and Amazon with 64GB max RAM (1600 ECC), 6 SATA ports, an IPMI ethernet port (not to mention 4 others), and an integrated Atom octa-core 20W TDP CPU.
RAM: ECC, unregistered, enough(?) capacity for my needs (I'll explain below), max speed my motherboard supports, reputable brand.
PSU: wattage I've heard is sufficient to run efficiently with a server board and 6 HDDs, 80+ gold rating, reputable brand.
HDDs: I know the 3TB drives are less than ideal, but it was a good sale. Those will be a non-redundant pool temporarily just so I have *a* backup solution for my most critical data until I can afford my full loadout of 6 drives, which will be RAIDZ2 - 16TB usable space.
Usage plan:
This is meant to be a backup NAS/media hub, a daily rsync'ed clone of all my drives. As my PC's internal drives die (currently 17TB unique space, but I can downsize), I will leave them unreplaced and let the NAS copy of everything be the master version. The most strenuous thing I am currently planning on doing with it is using ZFS compression and RAIDZ2, but I want to be able to expand its duties if I feel like it.
Any thoughts? I've decided against some of the fancier things like a ZIL, but I'm open to the idea of a 3rd party NIC if people think it would help. The way I store data, deduplication isn't terribly attractive, but scrubbing would be a possibility, especially with the kind of drives I'm buying. I'm also open to the idea of NAS drives - my current plan is to let the redundancy of RAIDZ2 paired with my low-intensity use patterns be safe enough with consumer drives. Oh, and I'll be adding a UPS to this configuration, probably when I get those 6 drives.
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