Looking to buy a new FreeNAS server

[eliboy]

Hi all,

I have today a Super PC that running FreeNas for a few years and I am very happy with it.
As the time pass I doing more and more with my home server and I think it is time to move to a real server.
Becuse this is for home use I dont looking to spend to much on it but I do want to but something that I can keep for many years to come.

90% of my server use today is as Plex + Download server (SickRage and more). I will like also to run WordPress site on it and have VM running from time to time.

I found this on eBay and will love to know what you guys thinks, I do have 6x3TB WD Red HDD 3.5' that I will be using from my old "server".

Features:

• Supermicro CSE-825 Chassis
  - 2U chassis supports for maximum motherboard sizes - 13.68" x 13", E-ATX 12" x 13", ATX 12" x 10" motherboards
  - 8 x 3.5" hot-swap SAS/SATA drive bay w/ full SES-II support on SAS motherboards, 2 x 3.5" fixed drive bay
  - 8-port 2U TQ (W/ AMI 9072) backplane, support up to 8x 3.5-inch SAS/SATA HDD
  - 1U Redundant Power Supply
  - 7 low-profile expansion slot(s)
  - 3 x 8cm (7000 RPM) hot-swap PWM cooling fan(s)
• Supermicro X7DWN+ Server Motherboard
  - Dual Intel® 64-bit Xeon® Quad-Core or Dual-Core, with 1600 / 1333 / 1066 MHz FSB
  - Intel® 5400 (Seaburg) Chipset
• 2x Intel® Xeon® Processor E5420 (Upgrade Options Avaiable)
  - 12M Cache, 2.50 GHz, 1333 MHz FSB
• 64GB Memory
  - 16x 4GB 2Rx4 PC2-5300F Modules

Auction Includes:

• Supermicro SAS825TQ Chassis
• Supermicro X7DWN+ Server Motherboard with Dual Intel Xeon E5420 Processors
• 64GB Server Memory
• 1x Slim DVD Drive
• 2x Redundant Power Supply
• 2x Power Cord Cables
• 8x Supermicro 3.5" Hot-swap SAS/SATA HD Tray (with Dummy Bay)
• 1x 8 Ports 64 SATA/SAS Host Bus Adapter Controller Card

Thanks for the help!

 

[pro lamer]

I wouldn't go older than Ivy bridge/Sandy bridge cos older don't get spectre/meltdown fixes.

And e5-26xx v1 are told to be a great progress comparing to older generations in terms of performance. I've read this in our forums. I've never attempted to verify this but for example 2xe5-2690 are really powerful in terms of passmark.

EDIT: and there is a chance a dual socket e5-2690v2 transcode (or at least "downcode") h.265/HEVC. EDIT 2: Context: plex on FreeNAS so no GPU support. It's a kind of guess but based on what my colleague does with 4K H.265 and these CPUs.

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[joeinaz]

I have 3 FreeNAS systems and I will soon part with at least one of them. My thought is to sell a system where all that is needed are disk drives and possibly an HBA. The one most likely to go is a mid-tower with wheels, a single socket X10 motherboard, 600w+ power supply, a G3000 series CPU, 16GB of RAM, ten removable 3.5" disk slots, and new system fans. My biggest challenge is deciding a price. My other two systems are twelve disk towers and I am not sure which one of those to keep...

 

[eliboy]

Thank you guys for the input.
I was looking around and found these options.
I am not a hardware expert and try to buy a system that I will not need to wary about for a few years.
As a reminder this is only for heavy home use.

Option 1 $535
Supermicro 2U 8x 3.5" Drive Bays 1 Nodes
Server Chassis/ Case: SYS-6027R-3RF4+
Motherboard: X9DR3-LN4F+
Backplane: BPN-SAS-825TQ 8-port 2U TQ (W/ AMI 9072) backplane
PCI-Expansions slots: Low Profile 4x PCI-E 3.0 x16, 1x PCI-E 3.0 x8, 1x PCI-E 3.0 x4 (in x8)
* Integrated Quad Intel 1000BASE-T Ports
* Integrated IPMI 2.0 Management
2x Intel Xeon E5-2630 V1 Hex (6) Core 2.3GHz
6GB DDR3
6 x 4GB - DDR3 - REG
1x LSI 9210-8i HBA JBOD FREENAS UNRAID
8x 3.5" Supermicro caddy
2x 740Watt Power Supply PWS-741P-1R Platinum
Rail Kit Generic Supermicro 3rd Party

Option 2 $515
Features:

• Supermicro CSE-825 Chassis
  - 2U chassis supports for maximum motherboard sizes - 13.68" x 13", E-ATX 12" x 13", ATX 12" x 10" motherboards
  - 8 x 3.5" hot-swap SAS/SATA drive bay w/ full SES-II support on SAS motherboards, 2 x 3.5" fixed drive bay
  - 8-port 2U TQ (W/ AMI 9072) backplane, support up to 8x 3.5-inch SAS/SATA HDD
  - 1U Redundant Power Supply
  - 7 low-profile expansion slot(s)
  - 3 x 8cm (7000 RPM) hot-swap PWM cooling fan(s)
• Supermicro X7DWN+ Server Motherboard
  - Dual Intel® 64-bit Xeon® Quad-Core or Dual-Core, with 1600 / 1333 / 1066 MHz FSB
  - Intel® 5400 (Seaburg) Chipset
• 2x Intel® Xeon® Processor E5420 (Upgrade Options Avaiable)
  - 12M Cache, 2.50 GHz, 1333 MHz FSB
• 64GB Memory
  - 16x 4GB 2Rx4 PC2-5300F Modules

Auction Includes:

• Supermicro SAS825TQ Chassis
• Supermicro X7DWN+ Server Motherboard with Dual Intel Xeon E5420 Processors
• 64GB Server Memory
• 1x Slim DVD Drive
• 2x Redundant Power Supply
• 2x Power Cord Cables
• 8x Supermicro 3.5" Hot-swap SAS/SATA HD Tray (with Dummy Bay)
• 1x 8 Ports 64 SATA/SAS Host Bus Adapter Controller Card

Option 3 $610

Supermicro 2U 12x 3.5" Drive Bays 1 Nodes
Server Chassis/ Case: CSE-826A-R1200LPB
Motherboard: X9DRi-LN4F+
Backplane: BPN-SAS-826A I-Path Direct Attached Backplane
PCI-Expansions slots: Low Profile 4 x16 PCI-E 3.0, 1 x8 PCI-E 3.0, 1 x4 PCI-E 3.0 (in x8)
* Integrated Quad Intel 1000BASE-T Ports
* Integrated IPMI 2.0 Management
2x Intel Xeon E5-2630 V1 Hex (6) Core 2.3GHz
32GB DDR3
8 x 4GB - DDR3 - REG
2x LSI 9210-8i HBA JBOD FREENAS UNRAID
12x 3.5" Supermicro caddy
2x 920Watt Power Supply PWS-920P-1R Platium
Rail Kit Generic Supermicro 3rd Party

Option 4 $688 (top of my budget, try to get price without HDDs)
CENTOS 7 as the OS installed on a Flash Drive (SATADOM)
1 YEAR HARDWARE REPLACEMENT WARRANTY
Supermicro 2U 12x 3.5" Drive Bays 1 Nodes
Server Chassis/ Case: CSE-826A-R1200LPB
Motherboard: X9DRi-LN4F+
Backplane: BPN-SAS-826A I-Path Direct Attached Backplane
PCI-Expansions slots: Low Profile 4 x16 PCI-E 3.0, 1 x8 PCI-E 3.0, 1 x4 PCI-E 3.0 (in x8)
* Integrated Quad Intel 1000BASE-T Ports
* IPMI 2.0 Compliant
Configuration
2x Intel Xeon E5-2620 V1 Hex (6) Core 2.0Ghz
32GB DDR3
8 x 4GB - DDR3 - REG
Included is a 32GB SATADOM internally Installed with CENTOS 7 as FLASH boot drive
2x LSI 9210-8i HBA JBOD FREENAS UNRAID
8x 2TB SAS Hard Drives 7.2K RPM 6GB/S HITACHI GST ULTRASTAR HUS723020ALS640
1x 2TB SAS Hard Drive as a Spare in case one of the drives go down
(TOTAL 9x 2TB SAS HARD DRIVES)
12x 3.5" Supermicro caddy
2x 920Watt Power Supply PWS-920P-1R Platium
Rail Kit Included (3rd party Generic rail)

Option 5 $975.00 (Over my budget)

Supermicro 2U 12x 3.5" Drive Bays 1 Nodes
Server Chassis/ Case: CSE-826A-R1200LPB
Motherboard: X9DRi-LN4F+
Backplane: BPN-SAS-826A I-Path Direct Attached Backplane
PCI-Expansions slots: Low Profile 4 x16 PCI-E 3.0, 1 x8 PCI-E 3.0, 1 x4 PCI-E 3.0 (in x8)
* Integrated Quad Intel 1000BASE-T Ports
* Integrated IPMI 2.0 Management
2x Intel Xeon E5-2670 V2 Deca (10) Core 2.5GHz
48GB DDR3
12 x 4GB - DDR3 - REG
1x LSI 9210-8i HBA JBOD FREENAS UNRAID ( Connected to 8 Drive Bays)
** 4x SATA Ports onboard onnected to remaining 4 Drive Bays
12x 3.5" Supermicro caddy
Does not come with any Hard Drives please check our ebay Store to purchase hard drives
2x 920Watt Power Supply PWS-920P-1R Platium
Rail Kit Generic Supermicor 3rd party

Thanks you guys for helping out!

 

[kdragon75]

None of these are any good. The all seem they all seem to have the BPN-SAS-826A backplance using the MG9071 chip which is SAS1 and has numerous compatibility issues with newer SAS and all SATA drives. Also just don't touch anything older than the x9 boards. There at the end of there useful life and burn power like the LHC.

 

[kdragon75]

Look at the Dell R510 or if you don't need 12 bays, the R710. Both are super cheap and will take 6 core CPUs. Just yank the RAID card and replace it with the H310 cross flashed or similar.

 

[eliboy]

Look at the Dell R510 or if you don't need 12 bays, the R710. Both are super cheap and will take 6 core CPUs. Just yank the RAID card and replace it with the H310 cross flashed or similar.

I dont thinks I need 12 bays but will like to have at least 8 bays.
Also what CPU (type and amount) and amount of RAM you will recommend if I am using Plex?

Thanks!

 

[kdragon75]

Sure, take a look at my sig. That's my system and I'm running Emby (was Plex), Unifi controller, Transmission, and a small Minecraft server with capacity to spare. Granted, I'm not doing anything with 4k yet. Runs at a bit over 200 watts which is on the high side but half of that is the 8 7200 RPM HGST drives

 

[eliboy]

Sure, take a look at my sig. That's my system and I'm running Emby (was Plex), Unifi controller, Transmission, and a small Minecraft server with capacity to spare. Granted, I'm not doing anything with 4k yet. Runs at a bit over 200 watts which is on the high side but half of that is the 8 7200 RPM HGST drives

kdragon75 what you thinks of this for $534.20?

Model Dell PowerEdge R510
MPN Dell R510 13445
Processor 2 x Intel Hex Core 2.66GHz 64-Bit Processors X5650
Memory Installed 32 GB (8x 4GB)
Hard Drives 12 x Tray Caddies Included
Drive Bays 12 Drive Bays
Riser Board (4) PCI-Express x8 Slots
External Media Not Available
Power Supply Dual 750W Power Supply Unit - Power Cord Not Included
Backplane 12x 3.5" SAS/SATA Drive Bays
Ethernet Dual Port Embedded Broadcom NetXtreme ll 5709c Gigabit Ethernet NIC
Video Intergrated Matrox G200, 8MB shared video memory
Form Factor 2U Rackmountable
RAID Controller H200 RAID Contoller Card
Remote Access Card iDRAC6 Express Remote Access Card Included
Front Bezel Not Included
Rapid Rails Not Included

Thanks!

 

[eliboy]

Or this one (I know I need to change the RAID controller) $545

COMPONENT INFO DESCRIPTION
Model Dell Dell PowerEdge R510 12 Bay Server
Processor 2 Intel Xeon SLBYL X5675 3.06 GHz Six Core Processor
Memory 64GB DDR3 SDRAM
Dimm Size 8GB Major Brand Dimms
Hard Drives 0 12x Dell 3.5 Caddy/Tray, No Hard Drives
Controller H700 Dell PERC H700 512MB Cache RAID Controller
Power Supply 2 Dell 750W Redundant Power Supply
Optical Drive No Not Available On This Chassis
Power Cords 2 Power Cord, Black, NEMA 5-15P To C13, 18WG, 6 Foot

Thanks,

 

[kdragon75]

Well... More memory is always better.

 

[eliboy]

kdragon75,

Thank you so much for your help! just got the server and yesterday migrated my stuff to it :)