Will it freenas? I am fairly confident it will. But I've never used a storage shelf/disk shelf before. My current setup is an old HP which I connected all drives to the internal sata ports to avoid the raid controller. Are disk shelfs just plug and play?
This is an x3650 5462ac1 (i.e. xeon e5-2600 v3) with 8x2.5 in bays. The Storewize V3700 model is 2072 12C (i.e. 12 3.5 in bays). Currently in a rack with a brocade 300 fc san switch, but I don't know if those are connected, or if it's direct attached. Since the storewize is IBM(?) I'm hoping there's a freenas compatible LSI HBA inside.
I use FreeNAS to store all my files. As far as use: I take lots of photos/video and edit those over the network. It also hosts my plex server.
The plan:
- make a detailed plan.
- migrate current system to the this new server.
- It comes with 10 G sfp+ network cards, so I want to get my desktop-NAS up to 10 G speeds. My house is wired with cat6A, so guess I'll have to live with one of those 10GBaseT sfp modules if I'm unable to run fiber in parallel. I might splurge on a ubiquity poe+ switch with 2 sfp+ ports for this... (or get that mikrotik crs305)
Whishlist:
- Retain all hot swap capabilities.
- Use the 2.5 in bays to add an ssd pool for my editing needs. I'd like to be able to saturate that 10 G network from this pool.
(- probably add a few 3.5 in hdds)
ToDo (once all is up and running)
- setup nextcloud. I need a better way to share those photos.
What happens if the v3700 lose power? There's a hefty 5000VA UPS in the deal. So I'm fairly confident wrt power outages... but?
This is an x3650 5462ac1 (i.e. xeon e5-2600 v3) with 8x2.5 in bays. The Storewize V3700 model is 2072 12C (i.e. 12 3.5 in bays). Currently in a rack with a brocade 300 fc san switch, but I don't know if those are connected, or if it's direct attached. Since the storewize is IBM(?) I'm hoping there's a freenas compatible LSI HBA inside.
I use FreeNAS to store all my files. As far as use: I take lots of photos/video and edit those over the network. It also hosts my plex server.
The plan:
- make a detailed plan.
- migrate current system to the this new server.
- It comes with 10 G sfp+ network cards, so I want to get my desktop-NAS up to 10 G speeds. My house is wired with cat6A, so guess I'll have to live with one of those 10GBaseT sfp modules if I'm unable to run fiber in parallel. I might splurge on a ubiquity poe+ switch with 2 sfp+ ports for this... (or get that mikrotik crs305)
Whishlist:
- Retain all hot swap capabilities.
- Use the 2.5 in bays to add an ssd pool for my editing needs. I'd like to be able to saturate that 10 G network from this pool.
(- probably add a few 3.5 in hdds)
ToDo (once all is up and running)
- setup nextcloud. I need a better way to share those photos.
What happens if the v3700 lose power? There's a hefty 5000VA UPS in the deal. So I'm fairly confident wrt power outages... but?