Should I convert my 2 old servers to jbods by removing the old motherboards and adding some type of internal to external sas/sata with cables to keep the 2 old pools or just stick with 3 servers? They run backup, plex, dns, mineos(private server for my son and a couple friends), homelab vm's, etc that are now better served from the new large server. All those services are on the new server now except backup. I am not sure of the best option.
I am a long time Freenas user/builder/experimenter. I built most of my systems from spare parts I had lying around and then updated/improved over time. I have used these forums as guides and support to mostly help me do the things that were almost always "not recommended" but made work because those were the parts I had. I have since built a 3rd system that is much more powerful, larger, and using some real server hardware.
Oldest system is the 18TB system:
Freenas 11.2-U5
Old Intel mb i3 530 4 cores
12gb memory
9 2tb wd red raidz2
120gb boot ssd
seasonic ps
old Ultra case
24TB System:
Freenas 11.2-U5
ASUS Sabertooth Z97 Mark 1
Intel i5 4690K 4 cores
16gb memory
6 4tb wd red raidz2
120gb boot ssd
seasonic ps
old Ultra case
New large server:
80TB System
Freenas 11.2-U5
Supermicro X9DRi-F
2 Intel Xeon E5-2690 32 cores
128gb ecc memory hgnix
8 10tb wd shucked ezstores
2 120gb boot ssd mirror
2 960gb ssd jails/vms
1 480gb ssd jails/vms
2 LSI 9211-8i flashed to IT
seasonic ps
Phantek Enthoo full tower case
The only issues I have had with the new build was one drive failure in the first 280 hours (thats why I test first) and then some spurious data errors that I isolated to overheating hba's. (55c). After I added a couple of fans to directly cool them (38-42c now) there have been no issues after a few weeks of testing.
I have now moved the bulk of the services to that machine.
Now I am left with 15 drives that have plenty of life left and I would like to continue to use as backup storage. I keep multiple backups. I dont like to lose things. Since this new system is so much better as a server than the other 2 the only thing I really need to keep are the drives and pools/vdevs. My idea is to keep the boxes lose the motherboards/cpus, convert them to jbods and attach to the new server. I just am not sure how to get there in a reliable way. Or should I even try?
Thanks for your help/ideas.
I am a long time Freenas user/builder/experimenter. I built most of my systems from spare parts I had lying around and then updated/improved over time. I have used these forums as guides and support to mostly help me do the things that were almost always "not recommended" but made work because those were the parts I had. I have since built a 3rd system that is much more powerful, larger, and using some real server hardware.
Oldest system is the 18TB system:
Freenas 11.2-U5
Old Intel mb i3 530 4 cores
12gb memory
9 2tb wd red raidz2
120gb boot ssd
seasonic ps
old Ultra case
24TB System:
Freenas 11.2-U5
ASUS Sabertooth Z97 Mark 1
Intel i5 4690K 4 cores
16gb memory
6 4tb wd red raidz2
120gb boot ssd
seasonic ps
old Ultra case
New large server:
80TB System
Freenas 11.2-U5
Supermicro X9DRi-F
2 Intel Xeon E5-2690 32 cores
128gb ecc memory hgnix
8 10tb wd shucked ezstores
2 120gb boot ssd mirror
2 960gb ssd jails/vms
1 480gb ssd jails/vms
2 LSI 9211-8i flashed to IT
seasonic ps
Phantek Enthoo full tower case
The only issues I have had with the new build was one drive failure in the first 280 hours (thats why I test first) and then some spurious data errors that I isolated to overheating hba's. (55c). After I added a couple of fans to directly cool them (38-42c now) there have been no issues after a few weeks of testing.
I have now moved the bulk of the services to that machine.
Now I am left with 15 drives that have plenty of life left and I would like to continue to use as backup storage. I keep multiple backups. I dont like to lose things. Since this new system is so much better as a server than the other 2 the only thing I really need to keep are the drives and pools/vdevs. My idea is to keep the boxes lose the motherboards/cpus, convert them to jbods and attach to the new server. I just am not sure how to get there in a reliable way. Or should I even try?
Thanks for your help/ideas.
