Hello all,
I have just picked up a Dell PowerEdge T630 to run Scale on in my homelab. It currently has 64gb of ram, dual power supplies, H730 card (in HBA mode on the firmware).
My questions are as follows:
1. I currently have the 18 bay model and my plans are to populate 8 of those bays with 14tb drives in a Z2 configuration. That will leave an 84tb pool, is this too big?
2. Is there an alternative for Plex that works better for streaming? This computer is going to be used for storage, streaming and some development.
3. What types of boot drives would you recommend?
4. I am planning to get an expansion card to house the boot and cache drives. Will this card work with Truenas and what sizes/types of drives should I purchase?
Thanks in advance for your comments, I'm new to the Truenas world but an old hat at IT stuff.
aeubank
I have just picked up a Dell PowerEdge T630 to run Scale on in my homelab. It currently has 64gb of ram, dual power supplies, H730 card (in HBA mode on the firmware).
My questions are as follows:
1. I currently have the 18 bay model and my plans are to populate 8 of those bays with 14tb drives in a Z2 configuration. That will leave an 84tb pool, is this too big?
2. Is there an alternative for Plex that works better for streaming? This computer is going to be used for storage, streaming and some development.
3. What types of boot drives would you recommend?
4. I am planning to get an expansion card to house the boot and cache drives. Will this card work with Truenas and what sizes/types of drives should I purchase?
Thanks in advance for your comments, I'm new to the Truenas world but an old hat at IT stuff.
aeubank