Dear all,
I've already built my first FreeNAS with a Dell T20 and now I'm building 2 new machines :).
Components already purchased:
2x X10SL7F
2x E3-1265L (found it cheaper than any other E3 Xeon)
16GB of Corsair ECC RAM 1.35v for each (not maxing the RAM yet) - 2 modules of 8GB
Components on the list:
2x Define R5
1) My main issue is the power supply.
Everywhere I look people recommend Seasonic G-series (so I thought I would buy 2 Seasonic G550). However I see that they only have 6 SATA cables and one of my builds is going to use 7 HDDs and 1 SSD for VM's/Jails.
2) Choice of HDD's for a home build:
Option 1 are of course the almost all preferred around here WD RED, however I would like to ask your opinion on the €/$/value.
WD RED 3TB - 117 EUR (about 127USD)
Seagate NAS 3TB - 107 EUR (about 116 USD)
Seagate Surveillance 3TB - 100 EUR (about 109USD)
Because I'm buying 5 to 7 of them the price difference noticeable.
The system is going to be used to store data for a home user and not store feeds of surveillance cameras, however I have 3x 4TB Seagate surveillance drives in my home NAS and they are working very well. There is no backup strategy yet in place as the current situation is to have information on several HDD's, USBs and microsd's in one outdated tower.
3) RAID setup:
I know that most people recommend RAIDZ2, however I was wondering what would the risk be of using RAIDZ1 with 5x 3TB drives NAS drives. I've read somewhere that RAIDZ1 is OK for up to 12TB of usable data, am I wrong?
Many thanks in advance for all your input.
I've already built my first FreeNAS with a Dell T20 and now I'm building 2 new machines :).
Components already purchased:
2x X10SL7F
2x E3-1265L (found it cheaper than any other E3 Xeon)
16GB of Corsair ECC RAM 1.35v for each (not maxing the RAM yet) - 2 modules of 8GB
Components on the list:
2x Define R5
1) My main issue is the power supply.
Everywhere I look people recommend Seasonic G-series (so I thought I would buy 2 Seasonic G550). However I see that they only have 6 SATA cables and one of my builds is going to use 7 HDDs and 1 SSD for VM's/Jails.
2) Choice of HDD's for a home build:
Option 1 are of course the almost all preferred around here WD RED, however I would like to ask your opinion on the €/$/value.
WD RED 3TB - 117 EUR (about 127USD)
Seagate NAS 3TB - 107 EUR (about 116 USD)
Seagate Surveillance 3TB - 100 EUR (about 109USD)
Because I'm buying 5 to 7 of them the price difference noticeable.
The system is going to be used to store data for a home user and not store feeds of surveillance cameras, however I have 3x 4TB Seagate surveillance drives in my home NAS and they are working very well. There is no backup strategy yet in place as the current situation is to have information on several HDD's, USBs and microsd's in one outdated tower.
3) RAID setup:
I know that most people recommend RAIDZ2, however I was wondering what would the risk be of using RAIDZ1 with 5x 3TB drives NAS drives. I've read somewhere that RAIDZ1 is OK for up to 12TB of usable data, am I wrong?
Many thanks in advance for all your input.