After a few weeks of testing, it's ready to go with some real data.... :)
It will act as a main file repository, game storage, and media storage/server [via the official Plex plug-in], replacing a bunch of DAS units I previously used.
A secondary (smaller) FreeNAS that's almost finished will be looking after backups [of the main server, TimeMachine for Macs, backups for Windows PCs, etc..]
[The 10Gb NICs, DAC cables and switch arrived this week, so with single large files [e.g. a Windows 10 IOS of ~5 GiB] write transfers are now >750 MB/s, and reads >1.0 GB/s [my desktop has a 4 GB/s SSD].
System:
FreeNAS-11.2-U7
ASRock Rack X470D4U
Ryzen 7 1700
32 GiB ECC RAM : 2x Kingston KSM26ED8/16ME 16GB DDR4 2666
LSI 9211-8i 8-port 6Gb/s (IT-MODE) [purchased used from Ebay]
10Gtek X520-10G-1S-X8 - 10Gb NIC
Antec P101 Silent Case
Noctua NH-D15S CPU cooler
Seasonic Prime Gold 550W ATX PSU
6x WD Red (White Label) 8TiB drives. [with space for 2 more]
Running the drives as 3 mirrored pairs in a single storage pool.
10Gb switch - MicroTik CRS309-1G-8S+IN
Case is very large, but extremely functional, with loads of space and great cooling [3 x 120 mm inlet fans at front, and a 140 mm exhaust at the rear].
It's going to live in the corner of the basement, so size doesn't matter.
Photo with side panel removed. 2 of the 8 [3.5" HDD] slots are still open, as is the 5.25" at the top, and two empty 2.5" mounts on the other side of the motherboard bracket...
[Red light bleeding through at the bottom is from a Radeon VII gfx card in an open PC behind it.. ;-)]
It will act as a main file repository, game storage, and media storage/server [via the official Plex plug-in], replacing a bunch of DAS units I previously used.
A secondary (smaller) FreeNAS that's almost finished will be looking after backups [of the main server, TimeMachine for Macs, backups for Windows PCs, etc..]
[The 10Gb NICs, DAC cables and switch arrived this week, so with single large files [e.g. a Windows 10 IOS of ~5 GiB] write transfers are now >750 MB/s, and reads >1.0 GB/s [my desktop has a 4 GB/s SSD].
System:
FreeNAS-11.2-U7
ASRock Rack X470D4U
Ryzen 7 1700
32 GiB ECC RAM : 2x Kingston KSM26ED8/16ME 16GB DDR4 2666
LSI 9211-8i 8-port 6Gb/s (IT-MODE) [purchased used from Ebay]
10Gtek X520-10G-1S-X8 - 10Gb NIC
Antec P101 Silent Case
Noctua NH-D15S CPU cooler
Seasonic Prime Gold 550W ATX PSU
6x WD Red (White Label) 8TiB drives. [with space for 2 more]
Running the drives as 3 mirrored pairs in a single storage pool.
10Gb switch - MicroTik CRS309-1G-8S+IN
Case is very large, but extremely functional, with loads of space and great cooling [3 x 120 mm inlet fans at front, and a 140 mm exhaust at the rear].
It's going to live in the corner of the basement, so size doesn't matter.
Photo with side panel removed. 2 of the 8 [3.5" HDD] slots are still open, as is the 5.25" at the top, and two empty 2.5" mounts on the other side of the motherboard bracket...
[Red light bleeding through at the bottom is from a Radeon VII gfx card in an open PC behind it.. ;-)]