I am unsure on what motherboard to buy... Advice needed

[CraigD]

After losing a HDD I am looking for dedicated storage solution this is my proposed build

Case Zalman MS800 (10 useable 5.25" bays)
http://www.zalman.com/global/product/Product_Read.php?Idx=747

HDD Cage 3x 3 5.25" to 5 3.5" HDD Cage
http://www.ebay.com/itm/181688948463?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

Hot Swap Bay 5.25" Tray-Less SATA Hot-Swap Hard for 3.5"HDD Hard Disk
http://www.ebay.com/itm/181969391767?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

Fan+Filter 3x 120mm fan for HDD cages

HDD Controller 1 or 2 4 port controller(depending on motherboard choice)
http://www.sybausa.com/productsInfo.php?iid=1376

Ram 2x Crucial 16GB Kit CT2KIT102472BD160B
http://www.crucial.com/usa/en/ct2kit102472bd160b

Power Supply 600W 80 plus (reusing)

HDDs 8x2TB in z2(Media) and 6x4TB in z2(Media) 3x120Gb SSDs in z1(Jails)

SATA Power and Data cables


What do you advise?

Motherboard X10SL7-F
http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/Xeon/C220/X10SL7-F.cfm

CPU G3258
http://ark.intel.com/products/82723/Intel-Pentium-Processor-G3258-3M-Cache-3_20-GHz

or

CPU Motherboard C2550D4I
http://www.asrockrack.com/general/productdetail.asp?Model=C2550D4I#Specifications

I will be running at least 2 jails and need to be able to trans-code SD video in Plex

The server will have 3-4 user mostly watching media via SMB or Plex

Thanks

 

[Spearfoot]

I recommend the Supermicro X10SL7-F, but I may be prejudiced since I own one! Be sure to use RAM from Supermicro's tested memory list. I used the Micron/Crucial 8GB sticks:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008EMA5VU/?tag=ozlp-20

 

[Jailer]

Get the X10SL7 simply for the extra SATA ports you'll need for the 8 drives. The Asrock board's SATA ports on the marvel controller has been problematic for some.

 

[CraigD]

After about one month of reading and playing with freeNAS on an old machine with 10 HDDs

I have purchased everything already above including self adhesive Velcro for the SSDs only the Motherboard and CPU to come (only ONE drive from each zvolume on the add in card)

I opened your link @Spearfoot and are happy to report it says I have purchased this item

I did like the C2550D4I but the reviews say they are dying after a year or so and the X10SL7-F fell in price

I will get the X10SL7-F this week

This also means if the G3258 is to slow I can save up for a Xeon 1230, 1231 or 1235

Let the testing begin

Thanks for the help

 

[danb35]

Xeon 1230, 1231 or 1235

The integrated graphics on the 1235 wouldn't be used with FreeNAS, and last I saw, the 1231 was both faster and cheaper than the 1230. Unless the 1235 is cheaper yet, the 1231 would be the way to go.

 

[CraigD]

Some Emails I forced while testing hope I never see some of these again

freenas.local: Critical Alerts‏



This is a message test from FreeNAS

The volume RaidA (ZFS) state is UNKNOWN:

The volume RaidA (ZFS) state is UNAVAIL: One or more devices are faulted in response to IO failures.

The volume RaidA (ZFS) state is DEGRADED: One or more devices could not be opened. Sufficient replicas exist for the pool to continue functioning in a degraded state.

The volume RaidA (ZFS) state is DEGRADED: One or more devices has been removed by the administrator. Sufficient replicas exist for the pool to continue functioning in a degraded state.


Device: /dev/ada1, Temperature 30 Celsius reached critical limit of 25 Celsius (Min/Max ??/30)
Device: /dev/da1 [SAT], Temperature 29 Celsius reached critical limit of 25 Celsius (Min/Max ??/29)
Device: /dev/da3 [SAT], Temperature 26 Celsius reached critical limit of 25 Celsius (Min/Max ??/26)
Device: /dev/da5 [SAT], Temperature 25 Celsius reached critical limit of 25 Celsius (Min/Max ??/25)
Device: /dev/ada0, Temperature 30 Celsius reached critical limit of 25 Celsius (Min/Max ??/30)



Messing with damaged drives


Device: /dev/ada1, Self-Test Log error count increased from 0 to 2
Device: /dev/ada1, ATA error count increased from 0 to 221
Device: /dev/ada2, unable to open device
Device: /dev/ada1, 10 Offline uncorrectable sectors


Device: /dev/ada2, 10 Currently unreadable (pending) sectors
Device: /dev/ada2, 10 Offline uncorrectable sectors
Device: /dev/ada0, 52 Offline uncorrectable sectors
Device: /dev/ada0, 52 Currently unreadable (pending) sectors
Device: /dev/ada0, unable to open device