ZeroBit
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- Nov 6, 2016
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So far I've read through CyberJock's FreeNAS Guide 9.10 PPT, the links in the PPT, many forum threads, lots of Google hits to my searches, Intel datasheets, and wanted to get started reading through the FreeNAS manual (which required me to sign-up, so here I am). I'm a programmer that has worked on everything from the Sony PSP, PS2, PS4, and Microsoft XBox One, to Enterprise Legal Database systems to Cellular Network Infrastructure (Base Station Controllers). In my college life I was a computer consultant that built and maintained network systems for small and medium sized businesses, as well as home users, and I've continued supporting my own home network as needed.
I'm hoping to build a FreeNAS system to house my source-code, photos and videos, and want to add jails for Plex, Minecraft and maybe MyCloud. I'll also have to run Samba to serve files to Win7 and Win10 desktop/laptops (probably SMB 2 after reading CyberJock's PPT, but still need to read the FreeNAS manual and FreeBSD docs). My thought at the moment is to use the following hardware, subject to change as I go through the manual, or get advice:
Intel Xeon E3-1225 V5 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor
SuperMicro X11SSH-F-O Server Board with Intel C236 chipset, 2x Intel i210-AT GbE LAN, 8x SATA3 and RAID 0, 1, 5, 10
SuperMicro 32GB SATA DOM SSD-DM-32-PHI
SeaSonic 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply
Samsung M391A2K43BB1-CPB 16GB ECC Unbuffered DDR4-2133 Memory (x2 for a total of 32GB)
Fractal Design Node 804 MicroATX Cube Case
CyberPower CP1500PFCLCD UPS
The hard drives are still kind of a question mark, but after reading through the forums, I'm leaning towards the Western Digital Red 2TB drives x6. Reason for 6 drives is that I think I want to setup one zpool with one VDev in a RaidZ2 (data's important, and I don't want to be one of those 'statistics' everyone keeps talking about ;) ); though I'm still trying to figure out if ZFS requires RaidZ1,2,3 or if it can work with Raid 10, and which would be more beneficial, RaidZ2 or Raid 10. If I can stretch the budget I would like to go to the 3TB, but I have to keep it all under $1600, so it may be 2TB drives for now, and upgrade the VDev with 3TB drives later. My understanding so far is that since VDevs cannot be modified after they are setup, I have to put all 6 drives into one VDev for RaidZ2, or I won't be able to support RaidZ2 in that VDev later. I figure better to spend the cash getting the server components now, rather than trying to build one of those Frankenstein systems everyone keeps warning people about, which means the storage size has to suffer.
While the processor has AES-IN, I'm not interested in encrypting my data. I also don't think I'll ever push the system enough to benefit from ZIL or L2ARC, so no need for an SSD for read or write caching. The dB level of the system is of great concern, I'm somewhat sensitive to fan whine, and this will be sitting either in my home office or my living room. I've considered putting in a CPU Cooler like a be quiet! Dark Rock 3, but I'm not sure about clearance and can start with the CPU cooler that comes with the Xeon retail box processor.
My current consumer grade NAS is only 1TB (D-Link DNS-323, with 2 x 1TB hard drives in Raid 1 configuration), and most of that is taken up with videos I can re-download from the various services where they were purchased. So I don't have a large amount of data that needs to be backed up, and my current plan for backups is to transfer the files via network to a system with an external 1TB drive. I welcome any suggestions or thoughts people have for backing up a FreeNAS system.
I usually don't post much, but I look forward to being part of the community.
I'm hoping to build a FreeNAS system to house my source-code, photos and videos, and want to add jails for Plex, Minecraft and maybe MyCloud. I'll also have to run Samba to serve files to Win7 and Win10 desktop/laptops (probably SMB 2 after reading CyberJock's PPT, but still need to read the FreeNAS manual and FreeBSD docs). My thought at the moment is to use the following hardware, subject to change as I go through the manual, or get advice:
Intel Xeon E3-1225 V5 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor
SuperMicro X11SSH-F-O Server Board with Intel C236 chipset, 2x Intel i210-AT GbE LAN, 8x SATA3 and RAID 0, 1, 5, 10
SuperMicro 32GB SATA DOM SSD-DM-32-PHI
SeaSonic 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply
Samsung M391A2K43BB1-CPB 16GB ECC Unbuffered DDR4-2133 Memory (x2 for a total of 32GB)
Fractal Design Node 804 MicroATX Cube Case
CyberPower CP1500PFCLCD UPS
The hard drives are still kind of a question mark, but after reading through the forums, I'm leaning towards the Western Digital Red 2TB drives x6. Reason for 6 drives is that I think I want to setup one zpool with one VDev in a RaidZ2 (data's important, and I don't want to be one of those 'statistics' everyone keeps talking about ;) ); though I'm still trying to figure out if ZFS requires RaidZ1,2,3 or if it can work with Raid 10, and which would be more beneficial, RaidZ2 or Raid 10. If I can stretch the budget I would like to go to the 3TB, but I have to keep it all under $1600, so it may be 2TB drives for now, and upgrade the VDev with 3TB drives later. My understanding so far is that since VDevs cannot be modified after they are setup, I have to put all 6 drives into one VDev for RaidZ2, or I won't be able to support RaidZ2 in that VDev later. I figure better to spend the cash getting the server components now, rather than trying to build one of those Frankenstein systems everyone keeps warning people about, which means the storage size has to suffer.
While the processor has AES-IN, I'm not interested in encrypting my data. I also don't think I'll ever push the system enough to benefit from ZIL or L2ARC, so no need for an SSD for read or write caching. The dB level of the system is of great concern, I'm somewhat sensitive to fan whine, and this will be sitting either in my home office or my living room. I've considered putting in a CPU Cooler like a be quiet! Dark Rock 3, but I'm not sure about clearance and can start with the CPU cooler that comes with the Xeon retail box processor.
My current consumer grade NAS is only 1TB (D-Link DNS-323, with 2 x 1TB hard drives in Raid 1 configuration), and most of that is taken up with videos I can re-download from the various services where they were purchased. So I don't have a large amount of data that needs to be backed up, and my current plan for backups is to transfer the files via network to a system with an external 1TB drive. I welcome any suggestions or thoughts people have for backing up a FreeNAS system.
I usually don't post much, but I look forward to being part of the community.