K1LLA_KING_KONG
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After my recent research in the last couple of weeks here's the system I've decided on:
Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming K5
Intel® Core™ i5-7400 Processor
Ram DDR4 64GB ( 16GB x 4 ) 3200 Teamgroup T-Create Classic
550w PSU Gold
Storage:
5x 10TB Tosiba N300
2x 1TB NVME SSD Samsung 970
1x 250GB NVME SSD Samsung 970
1x 250GB SATA SSD WD
Expansion:
SAS HBA 6gbs (Pcie x8)
SPF+ 10GB Dual Port (Pcie x8)
M.2 Expansion x4 (Dual slot) (total of 4 slots with 2 in mobo) (Pcie x4)
Current thoughts on set up:
5x 10-TB HDD's all in one 'slow' pool for long-term storage and backup of 'fast' pool as RAIDZ1 (I really need more HDD's to justify RAIDZ2 which I may consider)
2x NVME 1TB will be a 'fast' pool, this is where the work-active files are stored (on expansion card) If this is backed up to the 'slow pool' I may not use an mirror
250GB NVME is a boot drive (on mobo)
250GB SATA SSD is for L2ARC or SLOG
I have one more mobo M.2 slot for the other (L2ARC or SLOG)
I have 8 more sata connections via the HBA card for later expansion, I could also add the L2ARC or SLOG here with SATA SSD
Server use: Media storage for content creators, hope to use files directly from the NVME storage in Premiere Pro
The NVME pool must be set up for max speed for direct file use
1. Do I need L2ARC or SLOG drive?
2. If so, are they best as NVME or will SATA SSD be sufficient?
3. Any better way to set up the RAID / Mirror config?
Any and all input is welcome :)
Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming K5
Intel® Core™ i5-7400 Processor
Ram DDR4 64GB ( 16GB x 4 ) 3200 Teamgroup T-Create Classic
550w PSU Gold
Storage:
5x 10TB Tosiba N300
2x 1TB NVME SSD Samsung 970
1x 250GB NVME SSD Samsung 970
1x 250GB SATA SSD WD
Expansion:
SAS HBA 6gbs (Pcie x8)
SPF+ 10GB Dual Port (Pcie x8)
M.2 Expansion x4 (Dual slot) (total of 4 slots with 2 in mobo) (Pcie x4)
Current thoughts on set up:
5x 10-TB HDD's all in one 'slow' pool for long-term storage and backup of 'fast' pool as RAIDZ1 (I really need more HDD's to justify RAIDZ2 which I may consider)
2x NVME 1TB will be a 'fast' pool, this is where the work-active files are stored (on expansion card) If this is backed up to the 'slow pool' I may not use an mirror
250GB NVME is a boot drive (on mobo)
250GB SATA SSD is for L2ARC or SLOG
I have one more mobo M.2 slot for the other (L2ARC or SLOG)
I have 8 more sata connections via the HBA card for later expansion, I could also add the L2ARC or SLOG here with SATA SSD
Server use: Media storage for content creators, hope to use files directly from the NVME storage in Premiere Pro
The NVME pool must be set up for max speed for direct file use
1. Do I need L2ARC or SLOG drive?
2. If so, are they best as NVME or will SATA SSD be sufficient?
3. Any better way to set up the RAID / Mirror config?
Any and all input is welcome :)
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