HarambeLives
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My first ever TrueNAS build, I've done a bit of research and I think I'm along the right lines. Anything anyone can spot that could be improved here? I'd also like your opinions on what drives I should get, and what I can use with existing drives.
I already own 3 x Intel DC S3160 800GB SSD's. I have no plans for these
Chassis: SuperChassis 826BE1C-R920LPB (12 x 3.5" in the front, 2 x 2.5" in the rear, 2 x 920w PSU's, and a BPN-SAS3-826EL1 backplane with is an expander and SAS3!). I've already bought this for $360 inc shipping. I also have a bunch of misc spare Supermicro power supplies at home anyway. I'll need to buy rails at $90
Motherboard: Supermicro X11SSH-F (The downside with this to me is the x2 M.2 slot. But I can't find a good alternative)
CPU: Xeon E3-1240 v5 - This seems more powerful than it needs to be, but I don't want to go too low now and then regret it. Also I can't find a CPU much cheaper than one of these at $80
RAM: 64GB DDR4 ECC Unbuffered (16 x 4) of some description. I do wonder if I can get away with 32GB though
Heatsink: SuperMicro SNK-P0046A4. I have a system with one of these already, they are $20 and work well
HBA: LSI 9300-8I - $158
NIC: Mellanox ConnectX-4 LX CX4121A. These cost $180 but they seem to be one the best NIC's around, and support 10G SFP+ as well as SFP28 25G. Good for the future.
Boot Drives: 2 x Intel SSD 330 Series 60GB. I already owned one, and I found a second for $15 delivered.
Does that seem like a solid start? I only require about 3TB of total storage, so I'm trying to figure out the best deal on drives. I want to go with something very reliable, but also fast, and something I can get spares for a while.
ZIL/SLOG will probably end up Optane, and I'll go with an M.2 L2ARC SSD and just find a good quality SSD.
Still unsure what I should do with those S3160 800GB drives.
Would love your thoughts. So far my costs are at $1455
I already own 3 x Intel DC S3160 800GB SSD's. I have no plans for these
Chassis: SuperChassis 826BE1C-R920LPB (12 x 3.5" in the front, 2 x 2.5" in the rear, 2 x 920w PSU's, and a BPN-SAS3-826EL1 backplane with is an expander and SAS3!). I've already bought this for $360 inc shipping. I also have a bunch of misc spare Supermicro power supplies at home anyway. I'll need to buy rails at $90
Motherboard: Supermicro X11SSH-F (The downside with this to me is the x2 M.2 slot. But I can't find a good alternative)
CPU: Xeon E3-1240 v5 - This seems more powerful than it needs to be, but I don't want to go too low now and then regret it. Also I can't find a CPU much cheaper than one of these at $80
RAM: 64GB DDR4 ECC Unbuffered (16 x 4) of some description. I do wonder if I can get away with 32GB though
Heatsink: SuperMicro SNK-P0046A4. I have a system with one of these already, they are $20 and work well
HBA: LSI 9300-8I - $158
NIC: Mellanox ConnectX-4 LX CX4121A. These cost $180 but they seem to be one the best NIC's around, and support 10G SFP+ as well as SFP28 25G. Good for the future.
Boot Drives: 2 x Intel SSD 330 Series 60GB. I already owned one, and I found a second for $15 delivered.
Does that seem like a solid start? I only require about 3TB of total storage, so I'm trying to figure out the best deal on drives. I want to go with something very reliable, but also fast, and something I can get spares for a while.
ZIL/SLOG will probably end up Optane, and I'll go with an M.2 L2ARC SSD and just find a good quality SSD.
Still unsure what I should do with those S3160 800GB drives.
Would love your thoughts. So far my costs are at $1455