MBD-X9SCM-F-O vs MBD-X9SCL-F-O

[jgreco]

Yes, then use the reverse SFF8087.

The 1220 is a crippled processor in that it doesn't support hyperthreading. Generally, jails and stuff work better on the hyperthreaded CPU's, because more stuff can be queued to run on available CPU.

You can of course use all 14 ports.

 

[jgreco]

And here's a comparison of the 1220 vs the 1230

http://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare.php?cmp[]=2022&cmp[]=1942

 

[Christopher Ward]

Excellent, thanks for the quick response I'll stick with the 1230v3. I think I'm all set then just need to buy the parts.

Thanks for everyone's help.

- Chris.

 

[jgreco]

Yeah, while we can't promise that you need the extra CPU, it is good to remember that your CPU is doing double duty as a RAID controller in addition to those jails. It adds a safety margin and the bang-for-buck is better with the 1230.

I've been suggesting the 1230 for years and people are consistently happy with it. The people that need something bigger almost always know it. The people who aren't sure end up with a solid performer.

 

[marbus90]

There's no need for the 1230 v3. If you think you need performance there's either the E3-1241 v3 or you just want the Xeon label with an E3-1220 v3. Especially plex transcoding doesn't really benefit from hyperthreading. Also with max. 2 plex sessions simultaneous there's room enough on two real cores anyway. The 50 bucks for the 1230 is imho wasted.

But if you really really have to... use the 1231. 100MHz more and probably cheaper.

 

[jgreco]

Especially plex transcoding doesn't really benefit from hyperthreading.

That's not what other people say and it's a strange claim to make without substantiation. FFmpeg has always benefited from better CPU.

https://forums.plex.tv/index.php/topic/39729-transcoding-questions/

The problem on FreeNAS is that you've got the Plex stuff AND the ZFS AND the NASware all going at the same time. The extra cash to bump up from the 1220 is not guaranteed to be a meaningful investment, but the flip side is that if you end up being under-resourced, you're going to be cursing silently at the thing for years to come.

As for 1230 vs 1231 vs 1241, the deciding factor is likely to be the price. You are unlikely to notice a 100MHz bump up in processor speed - works out to about a 3% boost. It's the jump from 1220 to 1230 that's meaningful ... a 36% speed boost.

 

[Christopher Ward]

I'm finally getting round to this project I'm just wondering if everything and it's still OK to buy and my parts below:

CPU - Intel Xeon E3-1230V3 £203.00
Motherboard - Supermicro X10SL7-F Scan £206.52
RAM - 8GB CRUCICAL ECC MEMORY CRUCIAL £70.00 (Upgrading to 16gb later)
PSU - Need a 2U PSU
OS Drive - 16gb Sandisk
DRIVES- 10x3tb wd red drives in raidz2

 

[jgreco]

Single stick of RAM?

 

[Christopher Ward]

Single stick of RAM?

It's been moths since i looked at the ram for this motherboard, that i forgot what ram i was going to buy so I'll need to see what is compatible, what would you recommend if I'm going to be running 10x3tb drives off it and possibly more in the future, I know 8gig wont do.

 

[jgreco]

Minimum(!!!) 16GB. Whatever you do, don't buy 4GB sticks because they're just filling slots unnecessarily.

 

[Christopher Ward]

Alright, I'll look at some part numbers and check the prices maybe it's gotten cheaper for 16gb, do you know any memory model numbers that will work off the top of your head? and yeah I guess eventually it'll be good to populate it all so i'll do 8gig sticks.

 

[jgreco]

No, my usual suggestion is to get the Supermicro recommended or use a memory manufacturer's tool.

 

[Christopher Ward]

I can't find ram in the UK for the ones supermicro website has validated from the 2 brands it recommends: Samsung, Hynix : http://www.supermicro.co.uk/products/motherboard/Xeon/C220/X10SL7-F.cfm

But Crucial has a comptable memory list: http://uk.crucial.com/gbr/en/compatible-upgrade-for/Supermicro/x10sl7-f



The thing is i don't know what one to get or what the differences one says 14900 and the other 3 are 12800 and some are 1.5v and some are 1.35v. I'm guessing i'd go with the 1.35v 12800 (3rd one down in the pic? model number: CT4484984)

I couldn't find that model either in the UK until i came across this post and apparently it's different model numbers if you want to buy elsewhere: http://forum.crucial.com/t5/Crucial-memory-for-PC-systems/Crucial-Part-Number-conversion/td-p/150748 The community manager said: CT4484984 is CT102472BD160B.
A quick search brings up: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Crucial-CT102472BD160B-PC3-12800-Unbuffered-1024Meg/dp/B008EM9GVA

So I'm just wondering if that ram is OK and if i picked the right one from the crucial website because there's 4 different ones and i don't really know what to pick.

 

[rogerh]

All the ones that Crucial specify should be OK. I would suggest 1.35V on general power grounds, and use the faster ones if the CPU/chipset can take advantage, otherwise the slower ones which could possibly have better timing parameters and are probably cheaper.

 

[Christopher Ward]

Ok and last question before i finalise everything, i currently have 8x3tb reds, can i grab 2 random 500gig drives for a total of 10 and put it in the RAID-Z2 and swap the 2 low capacity drives out at a later date to save on costs and will that upgrade the storage also?

 

[danb35]

i currently have 3x8tb reds, can i grab 2 random 500gig drives for a total of 10

I assume you mean 8 x 3TB reds? If so, yes, you can do that. Be aware that until you replace the 500 GB drives, your array will be treated as though each disk is only 500 GB--your 25 TB of raw capacity will only yield 4 TB of net space. Once you replace those two disks, your capacity will increase to ~ 24 TB (or ~21 TiB).

 

[Christopher Ward]

Yeah i quickly edited it and thanks, I have a lot more media, more than 10TB so will probably need to just buy the extra 3tb red drives.

 

[jgreco]

Ok and last question before i finalise everything, i currently have 8x3tb reds, can i grab 2 random 500gig drives for a total of 10 and put it in the RAID-Z2 and swap the 2 low capacity drives out at a later date to save on costs and will that upgrade the storage also?

Yes, as noted by @danb35. Make sure that autoexpand is enabled on the pool if you plan to do this.

 

[Christopher Ward]

Hi guys, I purchased all the parts and trying to get it setup now. I cant seem to use the IPMI Remote view? there is no kvm console option. By default the board came with the latest IPMI 1.92 and bios 3.0 so no updates needed other than to do the IT mode option but i can't seem to get the remote view part.

Also is there anything else i should be doing to set this up properly. I haven't gotten to the freenas install yet.

 

[jgreco]

Just go to the BMC web server and don't worry about IPMIView.