j1n37
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Hi TrueNAS Community,
I am planning a new TrueNAS build and would appreciate any feedback or suggestions regarding my current component selection. My primary goal is to create a reliable, high-capacity storage solution using the X10SDV-4C+-TLN2F motherboard that I already have, keeping the system as small and quiet as possible. I will be using it primarily for storage and backups, and potentially as persistent Longhorn storage for containers with high-storage, low-performance requirements on a high availability (HA) K3S cluster powered by a similar server with faster, smaller storage running on Proxmox, and two smaller servers also running Proxmox, 4 RockPi 5Bs running DietPi w/K3S. They are all connected together on the same VLAN on a 10G unmanaged switch, but the smaller servers only have 2.5gbe ports (which the switch supports).
Here's the planned configuration:
Best regards,
j1n37
I am planning a new TrueNAS build and would appreciate any feedback or suggestions regarding my current component selection. My primary goal is to create a reliable, high-capacity storage solution using the X10SDV-4C+-TLN2F motherboard that I already have, keeping the system as small and quiet as possible. I will be using it primarily for storage and backups, and potentially as persistent Longhorn storage for containers with high-storage, low-performance requirements on a high availability (HA) K3S cluster powered by a similar server with faster, smaller storage running on Proxmox, and two smaller servers also running Proxmox, 4 RockPi 5Bs running DietPi w/K3S. They are all connected together on the same VLAN on a 10G unmanaged switch, but the smaller servers only have 2.5gbe ports (which the switch supports).
Here's the planned configuration:
- Case: Fractal Design Node 304 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B009LHF4FO
- Motherboard: Supermicro X10SDV-4C+-TLN2F w/ Intel Xeon D-1521, 2 10GbE LAN ports https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01FYD9U1C
- Power Supply: Corsair SF600 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07F84FJ1G
- RAM: 128GB ECC RDIMM (4x 32GB Supermicro DDR4 2666 MEM-DR432LC-ER26, from their QVL)
- RAIDZ2 Storage: 6x 14TB WD Red Plus
- RAID1 Boot: 2x Samsung 960 EVO 250GB PCIe NVMe https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01LYFKX41 (using AOC-SLG3-2M2 add-on card https://www.amazon.com/dp/B071S3ZY8P)
- L2ARC: Samsung 970 EVO Plus 2TB NVMe SSD https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07MFZXR1B
- Are there any compatibility issues or bottlenecks that I should be aware of?
- Are there any other components or optimizations that you'd recommend for improving the performance or reliability of the build?
- Given my use case, would TrueNAS SCALE or TrueNAS Core be a better choice? I am leaning towards SCALE because of its support for virtualization and containerization, which might be a better fit within my current ecosystem.
- I'm currently using Backblaze for backups, but I think this will become prohibitively expensive. Can I build a similar build and use that to backup my NAS at my parent's house two states away? My parents are supportive of me running server equipment at their place, as I provide tech support, create cool things for them, and host various services they use. I will probably still use Backblaze to backup my most important data.
Best regards,
j1n37