Migrating Freenas system?

[Curufinwe_wins]

Hey guys, I am looking to migrate my current freenas system (c2550d4i, 16GB ddr3 ecc, 4 drives).

I wanted to pick your brains a little bit about the different options on the market.

I don't plan on using any rack-mounted cases.

The reason for my migration process is two fold, one I want to have hardware strong enough for tb3 or 10gbe connectivity in the long run (even if the raid array can't saturate it for now), two I would like to have stronger hardware for transcoding (esp since Plex x265 direct play is lacking).

Option 1:
LGA 1151 Xeon ITX (get to keep current case and sff, need to buy new ram)
MOBO: https://www.amazon.com/ASRock-Rack-Motherboard-C236-WSI/dp/B01B96248O?ie=UTF8&tag=pcpapi-20
CPU: E3-1220 v5 https://www.amazon.com/Intel-E3-122...id=1466997894&sr=1-3&keywords=xeon+e3-1200+v5

Total ~500 dollars

Option 2:
LGA 2011 Xeon (stonger, cheaper cpu, keep old ram)
CPU: E5-2660 http://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-Xeon-...007119?hash=item41986ac04f:g:R3sAAOSw-vlViHzE
No idea what motherboard honestly (this is the single biggest issue for me so far)

Option 3:
LGA 1150 Xeon ITX (keep everything)
CPU: E3-1226 v3 https://www.amazon.com/INTEL-Intel-...TF8&qid=1466998149&sr=1-5&keywords=e3-1200+v3
MOBO: https://www.amazon.com/ASRock-Mothe...8&qid=1466998216&sr=1-4&keywords=lga+1150+ecc

Total ~480 dollars

Option 4:
Xeon-D SOC w/ onboard 10GBe
CPU: Xeon-D 1520 https://www.amazon.com/Supermicro-M...1-1&keywords=SUPERMICRO+MBD-X10SDV-4C-TLN2F-O

Total~500 dollars

Obviously if you guys have some other suggestions, I would love to hear them. I have heard some things to avoid with asrock motherboards, but I have also seen news that they have put forth great work recently and supermicro doesn't seem to have itx boards that are not insane.

 

[Curufinwe_wins]

suggestions?

 

[Stux]

If you want tb3 connectivity, then you need to pick modern hardware. And I think tb3 may require a special mobo.

The e3 platforms (especially in itx form) are RAM constrained

Go with E5 or Xeon D if you want ram/performance (beyond 32/64Gb or 4 cores

Go with Skylake for modernity (64GB limit)

Haswell (32Gb limit) will just get you some peformance

 

[Curufinwe_wins]

If you want tb3 connectivity, then you need to pick modern hardware. And I think tb3 may require a special mobo.

The e3 platforms (especially in itx form) are RAM constrained

Go with E5 or Xeon D if you want ram/performance (beyond 32/64Gb or 4 cores

Go with Skylake for modernity (64GB limit)

Haswell (32Gb limit) will just get you some peformance

It's more of an 10GBe "or" TB3. I already have a TB3 capable main desktop, so it would be easier there than buying two 10gbe add-in cards, but given the slow rollout I'm not hugely sold and obviously TB3 on a nas is pretty wasteful.

Unless someone has a relatively cheap 2011 socket r motherboard they recommend, I think this is really a skylake e3 vs xeon-d debate. I'm honestly not sure what is better (hence the thread).

Xeon-D is lower power consumption, amazing I/O (two onboard 10GBe nics is a huge boon), more than plenty ram (128GB supported), but the trade off is much lower single core perf and being stuck to non-socketed hardware.

 

[Stux]

Yes, also the Xeon D ITX will get you a free PCIe socket for adding an HBA later since it's easy to find s board with 10gig. I think some Xeon D boards also have an M2 port so you can add an l2arc ssd without using a Sata and you can add u.2 via an m2 to u2 adapter. Not necessarily in ITX tho.

The trade off is single threaded performance.

 

[engmsf]

Which build of Freenas (9.3? or 9.10? or 10.x?) support the 10GBe from the X10SDV-4C-TLN2F-O Intel Xeon D-1520 Mini ITX Server Motherboard

 

[Curufinwe_wins]

Which build of Freenas (9.3? or 9.10? or 10.x?) support the 10GBe from the X10SDV-4C-TLN2F-O Intel Xeon D-1520 Mini ITX Server Motherboard

The controller is intel, so I'd assume 9.10 doesn't have any issues with it. I honestly don't know.