thecoffeeguy
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- Apr 5, 2014
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hey everyone.
Just wanted to say first that i have been reading these boards and stickies for a better part of the morning and plan to do more reading today.
Wanted to lay out a few questions and see if I could get some feedback on direction for my FreeNAS box i am going to build.
The requirement is a NAS device for my home ESXi lab environment with the possibility of expanding this to potentially serve up media to my TV (streaming movies). The second part is down the road. The immediate need is for the ESXi box.
I do have a budget. I have looked at buying a NAS, but they are very pricey and i feel "locked in" to what i buy (no expansion really and if you can, its pricey as well.)
So here is what I am looking for.
A setup that is stable, reliable and pretty fast. Does not need to be over the top fast, but fast enough to serve up storage to 12-15 VM's running at any given time. I am going to start with 1-2TB of space, with the idea to add more when I get some more cash available.
Here is what I have put together so far:
SUPERMICRO MBD-X9SCL-F-O LGA 1155 Intel C202 Micro ATX Intel Xeon E3 Server Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813182251
Intel Pentium G3220
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116950
Seasonic PSU (I am a fan of Seasonic)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151072
Drives:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148840
Still looking for a case, but looking at that were listed in the sticky thread that meet a size for me.
Still shopping for memory, but a question on memory (will use ECC memory). What is a good amount to start with to get me up and running? 4gb? 8gb?
I apologize for the rushed thread here. But wanted to get this as a solid starting place for me.
This may be a long winded question, but what type of performance would I get with something like this? Any rough estimates? Am I underpowering myself? jsut right?
Appreciate the help very much.
Best,
TCG
Just wanted to say first that i have been reading these boards and stickies for a better part of the morning and plan to do more reading today.
Wanted to lay out a few questions and see if I could get some feedback on direction for my FreeNAS box i am going to build.
The requirement is a NAS device for my home ESXi lab environment with the possibility of expanding this to potentially serve up media to my TV (streaming movies). The second part is down the road. The immediate need is for the ESXi box.
I do have a budget. I have looked at buying a NAS, but they are very pricey and i feel "locked in" to what i buy (no expansion really and if you can, its pricey as well.)
So here is what I am looking for.
A setup that is stable, reliable and pretty fast. Does not need to be over the top fast, but fast enough to serve up storage to 12-15 VM's running at any given time. I am going to start with 1-2TB of space, with the idea to add more when I get some more cash available.
Here is what I have put together so far:
SUPERMICRO MBD-X9SCL-F-O LGA 1155 Intel C202 Micro ATX Intel Xeon E3 Server Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813182251
Intel Pentium G3220
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116950
Seasonic PSU (I am a fan of Seasonic)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151072
Drives:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148840
Still looking for a case, but looking at that were listed in the sticky thread that meet a size for me.
Still shopping for memory, but a question on memory (will use ECC memory). What is a good amount to start with to get me up and running? 4gb? 8gb?
I apologize for the rushed thread here. But wanted to get this as a solid starting place for me.
This may be a long winded question, but what type of performance would I get with something like this? Any rough estimates? Am I underpowering myself? jsut right?
Appreciate the help very much.
Best,
TCG