DataKeeper
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So here is the hardware list I'm looking at for my FreeNAS build. I'm looking for a build which will last many years. This is a Home/Family storage server for a large media collection of dvd and blu-ray backups, just under 200k music library from both CD and vinyl, personal/business documents and my 180k photography collection. Photos are worked on from my office desktop, archived on the NAS and backed up to a backup server. Music will be streamed to a few locations in the house 24/7 through a home audio system being installed with 9 zones. Plex server to stream video to as many as 5 TVs as well as to my personal home theater and the kids iPhones or iPads while on the go. A personal Cloud for 6 user, provide iscsi shares to half a dozen computers/laptops (both Microsoft and Debian based) in the house and act as a backup for 2 home systems. Will also need VPN access for myself and possibly the kids.
Server will be located in a dedicated server room in the basement where it remains about 58 degrees year round. New Cat6a shielded cabling is being run throughout the house, outdoors and to the garage to support 10GbE with all rooms receiving anywhere from 2-8 separate runs. Most of the house will remain on 1GbE for at least another few years however I hope to have the freenas, backup, ESXi, web & email servers, my office desktop and home theater on 10GbE at some point this year.
The chassis and mainboard provide lots of future expansion for storage, ram, processing power, etc. At this point I think I'll run 12 x 4TB raidz2. I can then go with another 12 drive array later or break it down to 2x6 drive arrays if needed/wanted. I thought about the HGST NAS drives however the added heat, power requirements and noise brought me back to the WD REDs though prices in the last 2 weeks have increased $20.. *YAY! Amazon just dropped from 180 back to $160! I know I'll order 8 more (I have 5 now) and the price will drop again.
Anyone know if 2 of the Sata DOMs will fit correctly on the X10SRL-F mainboard? Looks like they might be tight and I'd like to mirror them.
Any thoughts or glaringly wrong decisions please let me know. Thanks!
Edit1: Changed Ram selection from LRDIMM to RDIMM
Edit2: Added sources and current pricing
Server will be located in a dedicated server room in the basement where it remains about 58 degrees year round. New Cat6a shielded cabling is being run throughout the house, outdoors and to the garage to support 10GbE with all rooms receiving anywhere from 2-8 separate runs. Most of the house will remain on 1GbE for at least another few years however I hope to have the freenas, backup, ESXi, web & email servers, my office desktop and home theater on 10GbE at some point this year.
- Chassis:
- SUPERMICRO CSE-846E16-R1200B 1200W PSUs
- eBay - Seller certifiedservers - $320.00
- Mainboard:
- SUPERMICRO MBD-X10SRL-F
- Newegg - $269.99
- Processor:
- CPU Cooler:
- Noctua NH-U9DX i4
- Newegg - $59.99
- Ram:
1 x SAMSUNG 32GB SDRAM ECC Reg DDR4 Model M386A4G40DM0-CPB (LRDIMM)- 2 x SAMSUNG 16GB SDRAM ECC Reg DDR4 Model M393A2G40DB0-CPB (RDIMM)
- Newegg - $184.99ea x 2(32GB) = $369.98 ; x4(64GB) = $739.96
- Install Drive:
- 2 x SUPERMICRO SSD-DM064-PHI SATA DOM
- Newegg - $97.95ea x 2 - $195.90
- Data Drives:
- 12 x WD Reds WD40EFRX 4TB (Once they drop in price again)
- Amazon - $160.49ea x 12 = $1925.88
- Newegg - $179.99 - $20.00 Promo = $159.99ea
- Currently have 18 of these Red Drives +1 Spare
- Data Cables:
- 2 x Supermicro CBL-0281L 75cm Mini-SAS (SFF-8087) to Mini-SAS
- eBay Seller tarpontech.com - Make an Offer $7.50ea x 2 $15.00
- HBA:
- NIC:
- Intel Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X540-T1
or X540-T2 - Newegg T1 = $299 ;
Newegg T2 = $484.99
- Intel Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X540-T1
The chassis and mainboard provide lots of future expansion for storage, ram, processing power, etc. At this point I think I'll run 12 x 4TB raidz2. I can then go with another 12 drive array later or break it down to 2x6 drive arrays if needed/wanted. I thought about the HGST NAS drives however the added heat, power requirements and noise brought me back to the WD REDs though prices in the last 2 weeks have increased $20.. *YAY! Amazon just dropped from 180 back to $160! I know I'll order 8 more (I have 5 now) and the price will drop again.
Anyone know if 2 of the Sata DOMs will fit correctly on the X10SRL-F mainboard? Looks like they might be tight and I'd like to mirror them.
Any thoughts or glaringly wrong decisions please let me know. Thanks!
Edit1: Changed Ram selection from LRDIMM to RDIMM
Edit2: Added sources and current pricing
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