LoftyGoals
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I'd like to buy a (new, not used) motherboard for a new TrueNAS system (I can afford it and I can't afford headaches right now). Can someone validate my selection of the X11SRL-F? If I was okay with 64 GB RAM, could I get away with the X11SSi-LN4F?
Here's how I got there:
-- Salvatore
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GOALS
Here's how I got there:
- start with SuperMicro (based on TrueNAS HW recc & forum guidance)
- narrow to server boards (TrueNAS HW recc)
- narrow to ATX (per this thread I don't care about size and ATX is the most flexible)
- eliminate X12 and H13 (too new) leaving only X11
- sort by price (X11SSA-F < SSi-LN4F < SRL-F < SPL-F < SPI-TF < SPH-nCTF < DPL-I < SPH-nCTPF)
- eliminate X11SSA-F (don't need legacy PCI, X11SSi-LN4F is same price)
- bump from SSi-LN4F to X11SRL-F for $100 and a little breathing room 4->8 memory slots, 6->8 SATA ports, 64GB -> 1TB RAM)
-- Salvatore
smile.
GOALS
- TrueNAS CORE
- Borg server in a jail (needs 16 GB RAM, minimal CPU)
- 20 TB disk (6 x 8 TB RAIDZ2)
- SSD boot drive
- absolutely important
- reliable (and, therefore, ECC)
- important
- powerful enough to not be straining against RAM or CPU limits
- runs quiet (will be in a living space)
- cost effective (not "budget" -- I will pay for a performant system but don't want to pay more than I need to)
- somewhat important
- reasonably cool (will be in a well ventilated space)
- expandable (don't want to max out motherboard)
- power consumption (I don't want to be wasteful but I care more about total cost of ownership than low electricity bills)
- unimportant
- physical size