Dell R730xd transfer data with 3x HBA330 (non-raid)

[Dat Huynh]

Dear everyone,

I currently have a Dell R730xd with hardware details bellows:

• Model: R730xd
• CPU : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2686 v4 x2
• RAM: 256GB (32x8) DDR4 2400
• Hard drives: SAS 3.5 x2 (2/12)
• SSD: 256GB (Install OS TrueNAS)
• RAID: Non-raid.
• Hard disk controllers: 1x HBA330 mini + 2 PCIe x8 HBA330
• Network cards: 1 NIC 4 port 1Gbs and 1 NIC SFP 2 port 10Gbs

I have cable connect from 1x HBA330 mini + 2 PCIe x8 HBA330 to with 4 port backplane (12x3.5).
If about 100 users access data transfer, can this method be used to maximize I/O? (12Gbs/1card/cable/1lane).

Please review and reply to help me.

Thanks you Everyone

 

[firesyde424]

Dear everyone,

I currently have a Dell R730xd with hardware details bellows:

• Model: R730xd
• CPU : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2686 v4 x2
• RAM: 256GB (32x8) DDR4 2400
• Hard drives: SAS 3.5 x2 (2/12)
• SSD: 256GB (Install OS TrueNAS)
• RAID: Non-raid.
• Hard disk controllers: 1x HBA330 mini + 2 PCIe x8 HBA330
• Network cards: 1 NIC 4 port 1Gbs and 1 NIC SFP 2 port 10Gbs

I have cable connect from 1x HBA330 mini + 2 PCIe x8 HBA330 to with 4 port backplane (12x3.5).
If about 100 users access data transfer, can this method be used to maximize I/O? (12Gbs/1card/cable/1lane).

Please review and reply to help me.

Thanks you Everyone

Am I reading that right, your R730xd has the 12x3.5 backplane? What drives are you planning to use? There is no supported configuration from Dell for the 12x3.5" backplane that uses 3xHBA330s unless you also have a midplane. The best you are going to do is 2xHBA330s as detailed below:

Based on the config you list, even 2xHBA330s is likely overkill. A single HBA330 has a greater throughput than all the NICs on your server combined. My suggestion here is to drop one of the PCIE HBA330s and add another dual port 10Gbe NIC. As for supporting 100 users, that's not a question I can answer for you. I'd suggest testing on your own and figuring that one out.

I'm not sure what your budget is here, but if you are working with this class of server, you may be better served by something newer. The Xeon E5 v4 CPUs will soon be 6 generations old. They are not bad CPUs by any means, but they are certainly older.

 

[Dat Huynh]

Am I reading that right, your R730xd has the 12x3.5 backplane? What drives are you planning to use? There is no supported configuration from Dell for the 12x3.5" backplane that uses 3xHBA330s unless you also have a midplane. The best you are going to do is 2xHBA330s as detailed below:
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Based on the config you list, even 2xHBA330s is likely overkill. A single HBA330 has a greater throughput than all the NICs on your server combined. My suggestion here is to drop one of the PCIE HBA330s and add another dual port 10Gbe NIC. As for supporting 100 users, that's not a question I can answer for you. I'd suggest testing on your own and figuring that one out.

I'm not sure what your budget is here, but if you are working with this class of server, you may be better served by something newer. The Xeon E5 v4 CPUs will soon be 6 generations old. They are not bad CPUs by any means, but they are certainly older.

Thank your! I understand the problem.