DrKK
FreeNAS Generalissimo
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Esteemed Colleagues:
My current FreeNAS build, which is a 3x2TB WD Red, with G3220 CPU and X10SLM motherboard, has provided me faithful service for nearly 4 years. Never one bit has been out of place, not even one time, on any pool. However, as you might not be surprised to learn, 3x2TB in RAID-Z isn't exactly a lot of space. Once I got below 1TB free (which occurred 90 minutes ago), I immediately set to purchasing the items in my Newegg cart, especially as I had a T-Mobile gift card for $789 that expires in a month or two. Accordingly, I would like to announce that DrKK is retiring his trusty FreeNAS "giskard", and all parts therein deserving of a well-earned retirement. I assume people care what well-known/experienced guys in the forum buy for their own systems? Anyway:
My new build, which probably should be named "daneel" or "fastolfe" or "trevize" (haven't decided yet---but it will be an important figure from Asimov), consists of the following parts, with any commentary as to why I made the selections I made.
Mobo: X11SSM-F-O. In my view, this is the definitive micro-ATX server motherboard for the home user for the 1151 and C236 chipset. It's got the new IPMI in it, and the userbase reports a trouble-free, reliable, SuperMicro experience. The cheaper models either had only 6 SATA ports (I wanted 8), or they lacked IPMI, which is a non-starter. The more expensive models had either more network interfaces (which I don't need), or had M.2 support and/or fancy PCI slots, none of which I give a {profanity} about. $210 at Newegg.
CPU: i3-6100. This is a Skylake model, and supports ECC. The newer i3's on the 1151 do not. The price difference between this and a pentium of this line, in my view, did not make up for the obvious advantages of hyperthreading and AES-NI support. So I went with the i3-6100. $120 at Newegg
Hard drives: 5x4TB WD Red. Almost certainly will be RAID-Z2. Newegg had a deal, $139 + $5 off apiece, limit 5. $33.50/TB? Yes, please, sign me up. My experience with the previous WD Reds, and my considerable experience with all of you guys using the WD Reds with excellent effect, meant that I actually did not consider any other hard drive in a DrKK build. Total: $670 for the 5 drives at Newegg.
Memory: Kingston KVR21E15D8/8I, 8GB UDIMM ECC, the "I" at the end signifying that this is "Intel certified and tested". I have no idea what this means. Didn't check to see if this was on the qualified memory list for this mobo, but, I'm 98.12281% sure it will be fine. I bought two sticks---16GB should be more than enough to get the party started. If I need two more sticks later, so be it. 4 total slots available on mobo. $79 per module at Newegg
PSU: Giving the Seasonic S12II-430B a try. This is their lower price range, but I saw a guy go through the PCBs and design components on youtube, and it looks pretty good. I expect this box to idle at about 75W, so this is more than enough capacity. @m0nkey_ wanted me to go with one of the slightly more expensive and well-known well-tested Seasonics, which we all recommend, but I over-rode him. I am confident this will be a more than adequate and reliable PSU.
Case: Fractal Design R5, pimp white. I *was* going to go with the HAF 912 from Cooler Master, but @m0nkey_ convinced me that this case was "ugly" and "lacked panache" (or similar statement), and more or less suggested that my manhood would be at risk if I bought that case. He then suggested the Fractal Design R5, which of course is a crowd favorite here at FreeNAS. I ultimately concurred that I would feel like more of a man, and M0nkey_ ultimately concurred that the case in white was "pimp" (if I'm getting a $110 case, it has to be pimp), so after adjusting his initial choice of "black blackout" to "white", I am going with the R5.
Miscellanea: Since they had a 50% special, I felt compelled to buy ten of these, and five of these, because, you know, this is the kind of stuff that you want in your cabinet, so that you can be a hero some day when someone runs into a spot. A well stocked cabinet with such miscellanea is a must-have for anyone that builds a lot of computers; simply stock it up when things are on sale. :)
Boot device: We're in a grey area here. Might just pull out an SSD from my "box o' SSD's" and use that, but unsure if I want to kill a SATA port for the boot device. Didn't buy anything for this purpose, planning on crossing the bridge later.
Total build cost, including the miscellanea, was about $1300 straight. With T-Mobile gift card, I feel the pain of only $600 of that amount...and as a poker player, I can lose $600 in one night if things don't go well, so I'm OK with this. :)
Not sure what I'm going to do with giskard and its drives. Maybe I'll reformat as a stripe vdev and use as another backup, I don't know. Also, not sure if I am going to network-transfer from the old pool to the new, or perhaps, physically mount the old drives in the new system temporarily and just do a straight up local zfs send/receive. The pain-in-the-ass versus time-saved calculus is unclear.
That is all. Carry on.
My current FreeNAS build, which is a 3x2TB WD Red, with G3220 CPU and X10SLM motherboard, has provided me faithful service for nearly 4 years. Never one bit has been out of place, not even one time, on any pool. However, as you might not be surprised to learn, 3x2TB in RAID-Z isn't exactly a lot of space. Once I got below 1TB free (which occurred 90 minutes ago), I immediately set to purchasing the items in my Newegg cart, especially as I had a T-Mobile gift card for $789 that expires in a month or two. Accordingly, I would like to announce that DrKK is retiring his trusty FreeNAS "giskard", and all parts therein deserving of a well-earned retirement. I assume people care what well-known/experienced guys in the forum buy for their own systems? Anyway:
My new build, which probably should be named "daneel" or "fastolfe" or "trevize" (haven't decided yet---but it will be an important figure from Asimov), consists of the following parts, with any commentary as to why I made the selections I made.
Mobo: X11SSM-F-O. In my view, this is the definitive micro-ATX server motherboard for the home user for the 1151 and C236 chipset. It's got the new IPMI in it, and the userbase reports a trouble-free, reliable, SuperMicro experience. The cheaper models either had only 6 SATA ports (I wanted 8), or they lacked IPMI, which is a non-starter. The more expensive models had either more network interfaces (which I don't need), or had M.2 support and/or fancy PCI slots, none of which I give a {profanity} about. $210 at Newegg.
CPU: i3-6100. This is a Skylake model, and supports ECC. The newer i3's on the 1151 do not. The price difference between this and a pentium of this line, in my view, did not make up for the obvious advantages of hyperthreading and AES-NI support. So I went with the i3-6100. $120 at Newegg
Hard drives: 5x4TB WD Red. Almost certainly will be RAID-Z2. Newegg had a deal, $139 + $5 off apiece, limit 5. $33.50/TB? Yes, please, sign me up. My experience with the previous WD Reds, and my considerable experience with all of you guys using the WD Reds with excellent effect, meant that I actually did not consider any other hard drive in a DrKK build. Total: $670 for the 5 drives at Newegg.
Memory: Kingston KVR21E15D8/8I, 8GB UDIMM ECC, the "I" at the end signifying that this is "Intel certified and tested". I have no idea what this means. Didn't check to see if this was on the qualified memory list for this mobo, but, I'm 98.12281% sure it will be fine. I bought two sticks---16GB should be more than enough to get the party started. If I need two more sticks later, so be it. 4 total slots available on mobo. $79 per module at Newegg
PSU: Giving the Seasonic S12II-430B a try. This is their lower price range, but I saw a guy go through the PCBs and design components on youtube, and it looks pretty good. I expect this box to idle at about 75W, so this is more than enough capacity. @m0nkey_ wanted me to go with one of the slightly more expensive and well-known well-tested Seasonics, which we all recommend, but I over-rode him. I am confident this will be a more than adequate and reliable PSU.
Case: Fractal Design R5, pimp white. I *was* going to go with the HAF 912 from Cooler Master, but @m0nkey_ convinced me that this case was "ugly" and "lacked panache" (or similar statement), and more or less suggested that my manhood would be at risk if I bought that case. He then suggested the Fractal Design R5, which of course is a crowd favorite here at FreeNAS. I ultimately concurred that I would feel like more of a man, and M0nkey_ ultimately concurred that the case in white was "pimp" (if I'm getting a $110 case, it has to be pimp), so after adjusting his initial choice of "black blackout" to "white", I am going with the R5.
Miscellanea: Since they had a 50% special, I felt compelled to buy ten of these, and five of these, because, you know, this is the kind of stuff that you want in your cabinet, so that you can be a hero some day when someone runs into a spot. A well stocked cabinet with such miscellanea is a must-have for anyone that builds a lot of computers; simply stock it up when things are on sale. :)
Boot device: We're in a grey area here. Might just pull out an SSD from my "box o' SSD's" and use that, but unsure if I want to kill a SATA port for the boot device. Didn't buy anything for this purpose, planning on crossing the bridge later.
Total build cost, including the miscellanea, was about $1300 straight. With T-Mobile gift card, I feel the pain of only $600 of that amount...and as a poker player, I can lose $600 in one night if things don't go well, so I'm OK with this. :)
Not sure what I'm going to do with giskard and its drives. Maybe I'll reformat as a stripe vdev and use as another backup, I don't know. Also, not sure if I am going to network-transfer from the old pool to the new, or perhaps, physically mount the old drives in the new system temporarily and just do a straight up local zfs send/receive. The pain-in-the-ass versus time-saved calculus is unclear.
That is all. Carry on.
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