Simon Sparks
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Hi Guys,
I am in the process of upgrading my FreeNAS system
I currently have a Synology DS1813+ with the 2 x 5 Bay Expansion Modules and 18 x 3TB WD RED HDDs which I use for blu-rays and general data.
I currently have a DELL PowerEdge R510 with 14 x 120GB Samsung 840 EVOs and an INTEL X520-SR2 running FreeNAS 9.10.x which I use as an iSCSI target for some ESXi hosts in my home lab.
My plan is to migrate both of these systems to a brand new solution:
To accomplish this I have bought the following components:
1 x DELL PowerEdge R810
4 x Intel Xeon E7-4870 ( 10 core hyper-threaded 2.4GHz, overkill but I intend to enable the highest level of compression )
32 x 16GB DDR3L PC-8500R 1.35v ( this is the maximum the server can handle with the processors that I have chosen )
2 x 16GB SanDisk Extreme Pro SD Cards ( to run FreeNAS on )
2 x INTEL X520-SR2
1 x LSI SAS HBA 9200-8e ( external dual port firmware P20 already in IT mode )
1 x LSI SAS HBA 9210-8i ( internal dual port firmware P20 flashed into IT mode )
1 x DELL PowerVault MD1220 ( 24 x 2.5" Drive Bays - for 12 x SATA SSDs for virtualisation and 12 x 1.2TB SAS for general data and virtualisation )
1 x DELL PowerVault MD1200 ( 12 x 3.5" Drive Bays - for 12 x WD RED 8TB HDDs - blu-ray storage )
2 x Lycom PCIe to NVMe Adapter Cards
2 x Samsung 950 PRO NVMe SSDs ( for L2ARC and ZIL )
After all the data has been migrated I plan to sell the Synology DS1813+ and the 2 x 5 Bay Expansion Modules and re-purpose the DELL PowerEdge R510 as a backup target for my home lab with the best 12 out of the 18 x 3TB WD RED drives and a pair of SSDs in the 2 x internal 2.5" bays for the L2ARC and ZIL.
I would love to hear your thoughts...
My complete home lab can been seen on my blog http://www.vcoflow.co.uk/category/home-lab-series/
I am in the process of upgrading my FreeNAS system
I currently have a Synology DS1813+ with the 2 x 5 Bay Expansion Modules and 18 x 3TB WD RED HDDs which I use for blu-rays and general data.
I currently have a DELL PowerEdge R510 with 14 x 120GB Samsung 840 EVOs and an INTEL X520-SR2 running FreeNAS 9.10.x which I use as an iSCSI target for some ESXi hosts in my home lab.
My plan is to migrate both of these systems to a brand new solution:
To accomplish this I have bought the following components:
1 x DELL PowerEdge R810
4 x Intel Xeon E7-4870 ( 10 core hyper-threaded 2.4GHz, overkill but I intend to enable the highest level of compression )
32 x 16GB DDR3L PC-8500R 1.35v ( this is the maximum the server can handle with the processors that I have chosen )
2 x 16GB SanDisk Extreme Pro SD Cards ( to run FreeNAS on )
2 x INTEL X520-SR2
1 x LSI SAS HBA 9200-8e ( external dual port firmware P20 already in IT mode )
1 x LSI SAS HBA 9210-8i ( internal dual port firmware P20 flashed into IT mode )
1 x DELL PowerVault MD1220 ( 24 x 2.5" Drive Bays - for 12 x SATA SSDs for virtualisation and 12 x 1.2TB SAS for general data and virtualisation )
1 x DELL PowerVault MD1200 ( 12 x 3.5" Drive Bays - for 12 x WD RED 8TB HDDs - blu-ray storage )
2 x Lycom PCIe to NVMe Adapter Cards
2 x Samsung 950 PRO NVMe SSDs ( for L2ARC and ZIL )
After all the data has been migrated I plan to sell the Synology DS1813+ and the 2 x 5 Bay Expansion Modules and re-purpose the DELL PowerEdge R510 as a backup target for my home lab with the best 12 out of the 18 x 3TB WD RED drives and a pair of SSDs in the 2 x internal 2.5" bays for the L2ARC and ZIL.
I would love to hear your thoughts...
My complete home lab can been seen on my blog http://www.vcoflow.co.uk/category/home-lab-series/