Martin C2S
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- Oct 12, 2020
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Hello All,
Bit of a noob to Freenas here but I've been cramming for the last couple of weeks trying to get up to speed on where things are at since the last time I was keenly interested in this space.
A little bit of background, I'm currently running a very old (12 years) 30TB WHS setup in a Norco RPC-4224 case with a similarly aged HTPC streaming content via Kodi. It's served me quite well but I realize that it's time to do a bit of an overhaul and I'm thinking that FreeNAS is the way to go. My inital plan was to reuse the Norco case and get some new guts (mobo, processors, ram, HBA etc.). With Covid sending shipping prices through the roof I was hoping to find components locally and actually came across a Supermicro X9DRi-LN4F mobo with 128GB RAM and 2 E5-2687W CPUs. Was about to pull the trigger until I double checked the Norco site to make sure the mobo would fit and lo and behold the case will not accommodate EEATX boards.
So this is the first question, has anyone been able to fit an EEATX board into the Norco RPC-4224?
Assuming the answer is no to the above I've come up with a couple different options:
Option 1
Buy a ready built server off ebay something like this or this (leaning towards the first cheaper one). I realize I may be paying a bit of a premium but the hassle of assembly etc. is gone and all I need to worry about is the software side of things. I also realize the a dual socket application of FreeNAS is overkill but my plan may involve moving from Kodi to Plex and as such I was thinking I could run Plex Server on this box and then be able to transcode so the added HP would come in handy there.
Option 2
I was able to find a HP R720 for sale locally which come out to be about $300 cheaper and comes with the following spec:
E5-2620v2 CPU @ 2.1GHz
16GB RAM
Perc H710P mini 1GB Memory
Dual 750W PSU
Obviously not quite apples to apples (2 CPUs vs. 1CPU) and I would have to spend some money on RAM and probably a couple HBAs since it comes with a RAID controller. Those will probably negate any savings but it's local and less hassle in a way. Admittedly I haven't done much reading regarding using R720s for a FreeNAS setup so I would be curious as to what your opinions are.
All thoughts and input welcome.
Thanks in advance!
Bit of a noob to Freenas here but I've been cramming for the last couple of weeks trying to get up to speed on where things are at since the last time I was keenly interested in this space.
A little bit of background, I'm currently running a very old (12 years) 30TB WHS setup in a Norco RPC-4224 case with a similarly aged HTPC streaming content via Kodi. It's served me quite well but I realize that it's time to do a bit of an overhaul and I'm thinking that FreeNAS is the way to go. My inital plan was to reuse the Norco case and get some new guts (mobo, processors, ram, HBA etc.). With Covid sending shipping prices through the roof I was hoping to find components locally and actually came across a Supermicro X9DRi-LN4F mobo with 128GB RAM and 2 E5-2687W CPUs. Was about to pull the trigger until I double checked the Norco site to make sure the mobo would fit and lo and behold the case will not accommodate EEATX boards.
So this is the first question, has anyone been able to fit an EEATX board into the Norco RPC-4224?
Assuming the answer is no to the above I've come up with a couple different options:
Option 1
Buy a ready built server off ebay something like this or this (leaning towards the first cheaper one). I realize I may be paying a bit of a premium but the hassle of assembly etc. is gone and all I need to worry about is the software side of things. I also realize the a dual socket application of FreeNAS is overkill but my plan may involve moving from Kodi to Plex and as such I was thinking I could run Plex Server on this box and then be able to transcode so the added HP would come in handy there.
Option 2
I was able to find a HP R720 for sale locally which come out to be about $300 cheaper and comes with the following spec:
E5-2620v2 CPU @ 2.1GHz
16GB RAM
Perc H710P mini 1GB Memory
Dual 750W PSU
Obviously not quite apples to apples (2 CPUs vs. 1CPU) and I would have to spend some money on RAM and probably a couple HBAs since it comes with a RAID controller. Those will probably negate any savings but it's local and less hassle in a way. Admittedly I haven't done much reading regarding using R720s for a FreeNAS setup so I would be curious as to what your opinions are.
All thoughts and input welcome.
Thanks in advance!