Feedback on new FreeNAS Build

[tbrezniak]

Been planning a new freenas build since I had data corruption on my old freenas. I wasn't using ECC and it bite me hard.

I have the following parts from my old build:

HDDs - candidates for the RAIDZ2 pool: MEdia pool for movies and TV shows
6x WD Green WD20EZRX, 2TB- SATA 6 GB/S 5400rpm

HDDs- candidates for the mirror pool: backup of local pcs
2x WD RED WD20EFRX, 2TB - SATA6 GB/s 5400rpm

Boot Drive:
1x Sandisk USB drive

CPU:
Intel Pentium G3258 BX80646G3258, 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor

Case:
NZXT Source 210 S210-001

Raid Card:
IBM SERVERAID M1015 Flashed to LSI IT mode

Power Supply:
Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze CX430

New parts that I am going to purchase:
Motherboard:
Supermicro X10SLL-F Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard , ECC support 32 GB max 1600 ram

Memory:
Crucial 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 CT2K8G3W186DM, ECC unregistered


Possible other motherboard choice:
SUPERMICRO MBD-X10SL7-F-O Micro ATX Server Motherboard, LGA 1150 Intel C222 DDR3 1600 ECC support 32 GB max 1600 ram

Looking for suggestions on which motherboard to use? Also just looking for overall feedback on compatibility and any suggestions to make the server run as reliably as possible.

Thanks for any help or suggestions!

 

[RodyMcAmp]

I don't think that processor supports ECC memory. The least expensive processor that supports ECC is
Intel Core i3-4170 or
Intel Xeon E3-1220V3

edit
I take it back it does support ecc
http://ark.intel.com/products/82723/Intel-Pentium-Processor-G3258-3M-Cache-3_20-GHz

 

[Jailer]

Get a better power supply. The bronze 430 watt unit isn't going to cut it for 6+ drives. Also any reason your not going with X11/Skylake if your buying new?

 

[demon]

Get a better power supply. The bronze 430 watt unit isn't going to cut it for 6+ drives.

I'd go for a Gold-rated supply, but 430W should be plenty given his configuration. My NAS has 6 WD Reds on a 450W SFX supply, and based on WD's consumption numbers (or even if you go with a more generous 30W at peak), there's still plenty of power to go around. 2 more drives wouldn't make a serious difference.

 

[tbrezniak]

Get a better power supply. The bronze 430 watt unit isn't going to cut it for 6+ drives. Also any reason your not going with X11/Skylake if your buying new?

Only the motherboard and ram will be new. Everything else is out of my current system. Can the G3258 work with a X11 board?

And I will look into adding a gold rated power supply! Thanks for the recomendations!

 

[Ericloewe]

Can the G3258 work with a X11 board?

No.

 

[tbrezniak]

No.

I was pretty sure it wouldn't.

If I did choose to go with an x11. Does anyone have any suggestions for a good board and cpu? I am using the server as a plex media server and for occasional computer backups (backing up pc's once every couple of months)

 

[demon]

I was pretty sure it wouldn't.

If I did choose to go with an x11. Does anyone have any suggestions for a good board and cpu? I am using the server as a plex media server and for occasional computer backups (backing up pc's once every couple of months)

SuperMicro has lots of MicroATX boards based on the X11 platform. This looks like the approximate equivalent to the X10SLL-F you were looking at:

https://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/Xeon/C236_C232/X11SSL-F.cfm

It'll go up to 64 GB of DDR4 RAM, and has 6 SATA3 ports.

As for the CPU, if you were already looking at a Pentium G3258, maybe a G4500 (a Skylake part) would do the biz? It's about $72 on NewEgg. If you aren't planning to do much transcoding, you should probably be perfectly fine with it.