I'm looking at using a Dell PowerEdge R720xd chassis as a FreeNAS host and was wondering if I'm on the right track here. I know that I can't use the built-in PERC H710P controller, so I plan on getting an LSI HBA of some sort. One of my main questions is which HBA I would need to get for this. I'm not exactly sure how the backplane for the 720xd (3.5" chassis) is configured, and how many cables I would actually need to plug in. In the user manual for the server, they show 3 SAS cables plugged into the backplane, running to the integrated H710P controller. Would I then need to get an HBA that has 4 ports, versus something like the LSI 9207-8i?
Also, I was planning on using the Dell/HGST 10TB SAS drives. I know these are 12Gbps drives, but they should still work with a 6Gbps SAS controller, correct?
Here is my current build-list
Do you see any other issues with this build, aside from my aforementioned concerns?
Also, I was planning on using the Dell/HGST 10TB SAS drives. I know these are 12Gbps drives, but they should still work with a 6Gbps SAS controller, correct?
Here is my current build-list
- Dell R720xd (3.5" chassis), 2x Xeon E5-2640, 128GB RAM
- LSI 9207-8i SAS HBA
- 1x Intel X520-DA2 10GbE NIC
- 1x Intel I350-T4 1GbE NIC
- 12x 10TB Dell/HGST 7.2k SAS HDDs, split into 2 or 3 pools
Do you see any other issues with this build, aside from my aforementioned concerns?