GrimmReaperNL
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Hello everybody.
I'm outgrowing my QNAP TS-669L 6x 8TBytes in RAID6. It served me well the past 8 years, so I'm looking to build something that'll last at least as long.
It will primarily be used as storage. No crazy VM use planned. Every so often play a media file from the NAS. Connect to it through Samba and sometimes FTP.
* = 2nd hand/refurb
Prices slightly rounded up.
Case: Fractal Meshify 2
Able to house 13 3,5" devices and 4 2,5" devices. Planning on putting three 14cm fans on the front, one 14cm on the usual rear, and one 12cm over the pci expansion slots if it fits. I like building in a 'regular' case and don't really have the space to put a rack type case.
PSU: Corsair RM850
Guides on this forum said the corsair RM series would be adequate. And this model has enough sata power plugs.
MoBo: Supermicro X11SCL-F
Honestly, one of the few available motherboards with a 1151 socket in Dutch webstores.
CPU: Intel Core i3 9300T
Again, one of the few available cpu's for socket 1151 with what guides said are adequate amounts of cores and clockspeed. Onboard video.
Plus only 35W TDP.
RAM: 2x Samsung M391A2K43BB1-CRCQ 16GBytes
DDR4, ECC, matching speed (or over) with cpu spec, starting with 32GBytes, able to upgrade with two more sticks to 64GBytes when needed, available.
This is refurbished though, does anyone have experience with that?
If not, I can go for two Samsung M391A2K43BB1-CTD, 16GB, but they're €20,- more expensive each.
SSD: Crucial MX500, 250GBytes
This is for the OS/Boot. It's 'small', power loss protection, TLC
HBA: IBM ServeRAID M1215 (IT mode flashed)
This is secondhand, new are almost not available or really expensive. Like with the RAM, any experience with second hand/ refurb parts?
HDD: HDD: 11x Toshiba MG07ACA14TE (512e), 14TB
I was thinking about going RaidZ2 with a hot spare, but found a thread recommending going RaidZ3 instead. So I would hook up eight drives through the HBA and three directly to the motherboard (and the boot SSD will be on the motherboard). Or would it be better to have as much disks to the motherboard first and what's left over connected to the HBA?
I'm not quite sure about the cabling I need for the HBA. Would two 100cm SFF-8087 to 4x sata data cables work? Power would come from the PSU.
Looking for any comments or feedback anyone can give.
Thank you.
I'm outgrowing my QNAP TS-669L 6x 8TBytes in RAID6. It served me well the past 8 years, so I'm looking to build something that'll last at least as long.
It will primarily be used as storage. No crazy VM use planned. Every so often play a media file from the NAS. Connect to it through Samba and sometimes FTP.
- Case: Fractal Meshify 2 (€170)
- PSU: Corsair RM850 (€120)
- MoBo: Supermicro X11SCL-F (€250)
- CPU: Intel Core i3 9300T (€170)
- RAM: 2x Samsung M391A2K43BB1-CRCQ, 16GB (€90 each)*
- SSD: Crucial MX500, 260GBytes (€40)
- HBA: IBM ServeRAID M1215 (IT mode flashed) (€55)*
- HDD: 11x Toshiba MG07ACA14TE (512e), 14TB (€240 each)
- Extras: €70
* = 2nd hand/refurb
Prices slightly rounded up.
Case: Fractal Meshify 2
Able to house 13 3,5" devices and 4 2,5" devices. Planning on putting three 14cm fans on the front, one 14cm on the usual rear, and one 12cm over the pci expansion slots if it fits. I like building in a 'regular' case and don't really have the space to put a rack type case.
PSU: Corsair RM850
Guides on this forum said the corsair RM series would be adequate. And this model has enough sata power plugs.
MoBo: Supermicro X11SCL-F
Honestly, one of the few available motherboards with a 1151 socket in Dutch webstores.
CPU: Intel Core i3 9300T
Again, one of the few available cpu's for socket 1151 with what guides said are adequate amounts of cores and clockspeed. Onboard video.
Plus only 35W TDP.
RAM: 2x Samsung M391A2K43BB1-CRCQ 16GBytes
DDR4, ECC, matching speed (or over) with cpu spec, starting with 32GBytes, able to upgrade with two more sticks to 64GBytes when needed, available.
This is refurbished though, does anyone have experience with that?
If not, I can go for two Samsung M391A2K43BB1-CTD, 16GB, but they're €20,- more expensive each.
SSD: Crucial MX500, 250GBytes
This is for the OS/Boot. It's 'small', power loss protection, TLC
HBA: IBM ServeRAID M1215 (IT mode flashed)
This is secondhand, new are almost not available or really expensive. Like with the RAM, any experience with second hand/ refurb parts?
HDD: HDD: 11x Toshiba MG07ACA14TE (512e), 14TB
I was thinking about going RaidZ2 with a hot spare, but found a thread recommending going RaidZ3 instead. So I would hook up eight drives through the HBA and three directly to the motherboard (and the boot SSD will be on the motherboard). Or would it be better to have as much disks to the motherboard first and what's left over connected to the HBA?
I'm not quite sure about the cabling I need for the HBA. Would two 100cm SFF-8087 to 4x sata data cables work? Power would come from the PSU.
Looking for any comments or feedback anyone can give.
Thank you.