My hardware configuration, any good?

[bfasauer]

Hello,

I am on my way to build up my first FreeNAS-Server. It shall be used for storing all kind of data, tv-recordings, pictures etc. I want to run it as ZFS (RAIDZ2). I did some reading and want to buy the following parts:

1x SUPERMICRO X10SLM-F (Mikro-ATX/LGA1150 Socket/C224/USB3.0/2 x Gigabit LAN/Onboard-Grafik/MBD-X10SLM-F-O)
1x Intel Pentium G3220 (3 GHz/2 Kerne/2 Threads/3MB Cache-Speicher/LGA1150 Socket/Boxed/BX80646G3220)
2x Kingston ValueRAM 8GB (DIMM 240-PIN/DDR3/1600 MHz/PC3-12800/CL11/ECC/Intel Memory Validation Program/KVR16E11/8I)
1x Fractal Design Arc Midi R2 (Midi Tower/ATX/ohne Netzteil/Schwarz/USB/Audio/FD-CA-ARC-R2-BL)
1x be quiet! System Power7 (300W/ATX12V 2,31/80 PLUS Bronze/aktive PFC/BN140)
1x Transcend JetFlash 700 (USB-Flash-Laufwerk/8GB/USB 3.0/TS8GJF700)
6x WD Red 3TB (3,5"/SATA3/64MB Cache/WD30EFRX)

Will this be a good working configuration? Any suggestions or ideas?

Thank you!

 

[no_connection]

G3220 only supports 1333MHz memory.
http://ark.intel.com/products/77773/Intel-Pentium-Processor-G3220-3M-Cache-3_00-GHz

Choose G3420 or similar instead. Check with Intel ARC to be sure of compatibility.

 

[warri]

You can usually run 1600 Mhz modules with 1333 Mhz (setup in BIOS). New BIOS versions may do that automatically.

 

[bfasauer]

Thank you for the answers. I also think, G3220 should work with 1333 MHz RAM, but as it is not written in Intel ARC I chose G3420 instead. The price is nearly the same. Parts will arrive next week. I will report how things go on.

 

[JohnK]

You have to disable the usb3 in the bios. It might also be better to stick with usb2 flash disk. Other than that I have all the same hardware and it works 100%.

 

[Robin Mitchell]

I am also considering this Motherboard for a Freenas setup, and have read through the user manual, but cannot find how to disable USB3 in the bios.am I being an idiot and missing something that is very straightforward?

Cheers
Rob

 

[indy]

I am also considering this Motherboard for a Freenas setup, and have read through the user manual, but cannot find how to disable USB3 in the bios.

There should be an option to disable XHCI.

 

[cyberjock]

There should be an option to disable XHCI.

it's disabled by default in 9.2.0+.

 

[indy]

it's disabled by default in 9.2.0+.

I meant in the bios.
Dont you have to disable it there as well?

 

[JohnK]

I am also considering this Motherboard for a Freenas setup, and have read through the user manual, but cannot find how to disable USB3 in the bios.am I being an idiot and missing something that is very straightforward?

Cheers
Rob

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PCH-IO Configuration
XHCI Mode
This feature handles the operation mode for the XHCI (Extensible Host Controller Interface) controller. The settings are Smart Auto , Auto, Enabled, Disabledand Manual

 

[cyberjock]

I'm not 100% sure about the BIOS(I don't have a server board with USB3 support built-in). But the problem was that the xhci driver FreeNAS offered wasn't compatible. Get rid of the xhci driver and the ehci driver should be used(USB2 driver). Since xhci is supposed to be backwards compatible you *shouldn't* have to turn off USB3 support to get FreeNAS to work. The whole reason for disabling the xhci driver was to prevent the problems. You'd be amazed at how many people have no clue how to get into their BIOS, or even understand what a BIOS is, but expect FreeNAS to "just work".

 

[Lordadmiral Drake]

Well, isn't that what 99% of people expect from any OS? ;)

 

[cyberjock]

Absolutely! I'd expect it to at least boot correctly the first time so I can customize the setup to be more in-line with what I want.

 

[Robin Mitchell]

I'm not 100% sure about the BIOS(I don't have a server board with USB3 support built-in). But the problem was that the xhci driver FreeNAS offered wasn't compatible. Get rid of the xhci driver and the ehci driver should be used(USB2 driver). Since xhci is supposed to be backwards compatible you *shouldn't* have to turn off USB3 support to get FreeNAS to work. The whole reason for disabling the xhci driver was to prevent the problems. You'd be amazed at how many people have no clue how to get into their BIOS, or even understand what a BIOS is, but expect FreeNAS to "just work".

Unfortunately, whilst I am aware of how to go into the BIOS and turn off XHCI (thanks JohnK), my knowledge on installing/uninstalling drivers in Freenas/FreeBSD is rather limited, as my experience has mainly been in Windows. I have dabbled in Ubuntu server, but it has mainly been following command line instructions from articles published in forums etc. I shall have to do some additional research. Thanks guys.