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Ericloewe updated FreeNAS® Quick Hardware Guide with a new update entry:
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And here comes a newly minted AMD fanboy to interject.
I will give OP credit that AMD did receive a mention, and that there's still only a small pool of users running FreeNAS on AMD's. And I agree with the conservative approach when it comes to an official hardware guide, but to nitpick I think the AMD EPYC line (AMD's Xeon equivalent) should receive a mention as well.
They've been killing it lately, especially with the new 2nd Gen Rome CPU's. They've been crushing Intel in performance for like half the price. Here's some recent benchmarks on the top of the line AMD EPYC vs Intel's Xeon Platinum offerings.
I recently upgraded to an AMD EPYC 3251 8 core/16 thread embedded Supermicro M11SDV board (my first AMD anything, ever). Ive been running FreeNAS as a VM on ESXi 6.7 the last few months with no problems (I actually did have a problem, but it was just a bad RAM slot on the SM board which I was able to RMA. Point being is that it wasnt AMD related).
As documented in servethehome review's here and here, the current board im using above is roughly equivalent the upper end of the Xeon-D 2000 gen CPU's at the previous Xeon-D generation prices.
I also just purchased an AMD EPYC 7281 Hexadeca-core (16 Core) CPU on a Supermicro MBD-H11SSL-I (all for under $1000) for work and this thing is an absolute MONSTER. I also have FreeNAS running on a VM and am currently in the process of adding it to our datacenter for production use. So far so good.
Here's a forum thread with some successful AMD EPYC FreeNAS users
I will give OP credit that AMD did receive a mention, and that there's still only a small pool of users running FreeNAS on AMD's. And I agree with the conservative approach when it comes to an official hardware guide, but to nitpick I think the AMD EPYC line (AMD's Xeon equivalent) should receive a mention as well.
They've been killing it lately, especially with the new 2nd Gen Rome CPU's. They've been crushing Intel in performance for like half the price. Here's some recent benchmarks on the top of the line AMD EPYC vs Intel's Xeon Platinum offerings.
I recently upgraded to an AMD EPYC 3251 8 core/16 thread embedded Supermicro M11SDV board (my first AMD anything, ever). Ive been running FreeNAS as a VM on ESXi 6.7 the last few months with no problems (I actually did have a problem, but it was just a bad RAM slot on the SM board which I was able to RMA. Point being is that it wasnt AMD related).
As documented in servethehome review's here and here, the current board im using above is roughly equivalent the upper end of the Xeon-D 2000 gen CPU's at the previous Xeon-D generation prices.
I also just purchased an AMD EPYC 7281 Hexadeca-core (16 Core) CPU on a Supermicro MBD-H11SSL-I (all for under $1000) for work and this thing is an absolute MONSTER. I also have FreeNAS running on a VM and am currently in the process of adding it to our datacenter for production use. So far so good.
Here's a forum thread with some successful AMD EPYC FreeNAS users
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Ahh ok, thought it was just released. Yea, all of AMD's strides have been very recent.
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Not particularly, though it helps keep things shorter. I mean, most people are still on 1 GbE, right? In that space, there's Intel (i210), Intel (i217/8/9), Intel (i350) and Intel (the old four-digit model numbers) to choose from, and the recommended motherboards include it.
As for 10 GbE, that probably warrants more research than a Quick Guide can summarize, both for the NIC and the rest of the system.
As for 10 GbE, that probably warrants more research than a Quick Guide can summarize, both for the NIC and the rest of the system.
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Yeah I suppose that is through, and enterprise modelling / building is kind of your money cow so it does make sense.
I'm just wondering if my trusty aquantias are not-so-trusty in my case and went here to look what to buy.
I trust anything 10GbE for FreeBSD is rock'n'roll for FreeNAS?
I'm just wondering if my trusty aquantias are not-so-trusty in my case and went here to look what to buy.
I trust anything 10GbE for FreeBSD is rock'n'roll for FreeNAS?
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Here is where you should be looking for that info. https://www.ixsystems.com/community/resources/10-gig-networking-primer.42/
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I don't think I've heard anything bad per se. The driver took a while to show up, but they seem otherwise okay.
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this is likely impossible to get. I think the company died out, or rebranded to a brand I can't locate.
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The used market has the Norco S.E.A. RPC-4224 4U server case, according to their site they still make them (though try finding them in stock new.....).
www.newegg.com
Many consider a used Supermicro 24-bay far better than Norco for quality and durability, with SAS-2 models are on eBay for $200+S/H.
NORCO RPC-4224 4U Rackmount Server Case with 24 Hot-Swappable SATA/SAS Drive Bays - Newegg.com
Buy NORCO RPC-4224 4U Rackmount Server Case with 24 Hot-Swappable SATA/SAS Drive Bays with fast shipping and top-rated customer service. Once you know, you Newegg!
Many consider a used Supermicro 24-bay far better than Norco for quality and durability, with SAS-2 models are on eBay for $200+S/H.
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