I recently bought a server and plan to install TrueNAS Scale on it. My main application will be photo storage and management with PhotoPrism in Docker. Down the road, I might use the server for VMs as well.
Here are the specifications:
- Motherboard: X10DRU-i+
- 64 GB ECC RAM
- HDDs: I have 12 bays and I plan to use 16tb+ drives and keep adding them as my storage needs grow
My question is do you guys suggest getting SSDs for the boot device? I was thinking about getting one of these:
and then use two mirrored 512GB NVMe M.2 for the boot device?
Do you recommend buying a similar NVMe M.2 for a cache drive?
Here are the specifications:
SuperMicro 6028U X10DRU-I+:
- CPU: 2 x E5-2690 V4- Motherboard: X10DRU-i+
- 64 GB ECC RAM
- HDDs: I have 12 bays and I plan to use 16tb+ drives and keep adding them as my storage needs grow
My question is do you guys suggest getting SSDs for the boot device? I was thinking about getting one of these:
and then use two mirrored 512GB NVMe M.2 for the boot device?
Do you recommend buying a similar NVMe M.2 for a cache drive?