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[enigma1406]

Case/Motherboard/PSU/HBA - Supermicro SSG-5049P-E1CTR36L with X11SPH-nCTF
Processor - Intel Xeon Silver 4110
RAM - 96GB (6 x 16GB) DDR4 2400 ECC RDIMM Registered Memory
Boot Drive - 2 x Supermicro 64GB SATA DOM
Storage Drives - 12 x 10TB 7200 RPM SAS 12Gb/s 256MB Cache 4Kn

Planning to use this for serving media via Plex and home automation, backups for 5 computers including an 8-camera NVR, and potentially other tasks in jails.

Current expectation is to go with two 6-disk vdevs in RAIDZ2.

Any potential downside to using the integrated Broadcom 3008 flashed to IT mode? If I've missed anything or haven't considered the impact of a component I would appreciate some feedback!

 

[Chris Moore]

I would suggest a higher clock speed on the CPU. Core count is great, but isn't as important as clock speed when you want a responsive system. If you are planning to do a lot of virtualization, then core count becomes more important, but the higher clock still makes the overall system more responsive, quick to respond.

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[enigma1406]

I would suggest a higher clock speed on the CPU. Core count is great, but isn't as important as clock speed when you want a responsive system. If you are planning to do a lot of virtualization, then core count becomes more important, but the higher clock still makes the overall system more responsive, quick to respond.

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Thanks. Not sure I'll do much virtualization so maybe a Intel Xeon Silver 4112 would be better. If I wanted a larger bump in clock speed would need to go to an Intel Xeon Gold 5122 which is a bit more.

 

[Chris Moore]

I have a Xeon E5-2650 V2, 2.6GHz 8 Core and it does all I want for Plex and file sharing. I think this will work nicely for you.
I bought more cores anticipating that I would run some virtual Linux systems but that has been a project I have not had enough time to work out.
Buying all that new is going to really cost. Did you consider buying used gear?

 

[enigma1406]

I have a Xeon E5-2650 V2, 2.6GHz 8 Core and it does all I want for Plex and file sharing. I think this will work nicely for you.
I bought more cores anticipating that I would run some virtual Linux systems but that has been a project I have not had enough time to work out.
Buying all that new is going to really cost. Did you consider buying used gear?

Thanks, that's helpful. I've looked at used briefly but am ok with buying new.

 

[Chris Moore]

I've looked at used briefly but am ok with buying new.

Still, you might want to take another look. You can save significant money and still have a capable system

Some assembly required...

CASE: Supermicro 24 Bay Chassis SAS846TQ Server 4U - - US $399.99 + $64.15 Standard Shipping
https://www.ebay.com/itm/183457141415

These are older components, but still very powerful.
I use similar components in both my 48 bay primary NAS and in my 24 bay backup NAS that runs ESXi with FreeNAS in a VM.

This one comes with a CPU and fan AND 32GB of memory, but it is really slow CPU, so probably want to replace that:

System Board: SuperMicro X9SRL-F AXT Motherboard w/ I/O, 32GB RAM Intel Xeon E5-2603 1.80GHz - - US $179.99 plus shipping $28.32
https://www.ebay.com/itm/401606434468

Nothing included with this one, so the price is lower, but an option:

Supermicro X9SRL-F Motherboard Socket LGA2011 System Board w/ I/O Shield - - US $189.98
https://www.ebay.com/itm/113216257183

Memory: SAMSUNG 16GB PC3L-12800R DDR3-1600 ECC Registered 1.35V RDIMM - - US $44.95
https://www.ebay.com/itm/302606459277

Note: You could go for the 32GB memory modules, but they are more than twice the price.

If the board above doesn't come with a cooler, or you want a better one, I use this model on two of my systems.
It is only slightly louder than the Noctua cooler I have on my wife's desktop PC.

CPU Fan: Dynatron R27 Side Fan CPU Cooler 3U for Intel Socket LGA2011 (Narrow ILM) - - US $39.59
https://www.ebay.com/itm/401284811045

The CPU that comes in the board above is pretty low speed, so you might find that you need a better one.
You have a lot of options for CPUs to go in this board, but I recently bought one of these for myself:

PassMark score of 13073... If you are wondering... This is the model I use for the NAS I run Plex in.

CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2650 V2 2.6GHz 8 Core 20MB 8GT/s SR1A8 LGA2011 ( Ivy Bridge ) Processor - - US $89.97
https://www.ebay.com/itm/142937685210

Only it was $30 more when I bought it... It works great. Plenty of resources for all the things I am doing.

If you want more, you can get a 10 core model like this:

Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2 Ten Core 2.8GHz 25MB CPU PROCESSOR LGA2011 SR1A6 - - Price: US $189.99
PassMark score of 15796... If you are wondering...
https://www.ebay.com/itm/192637399687

For the drive controller, I would suggest a SAS controller, just to get all the drives on a single controller. It works better that way. One SAS controller like this can run up to 256 drives by use of expander controllers. We can talk more about that when you need more drives but this will get you to eight drives to start.

Drive Controller: SAS PCI-E 3.0 HBA LSI 9207-8i P20 IT Mode for ZFS FreeNAS unRAID - - US $69.55
https://www.ebay.com/itm/162862201664

Drive Cables: Mini SAS to 4-SATA SFF-8087 Multi-Lane Forward Breakout Internal Cable - - US $12.99
https://www.ebay.com/itm/371681252206

I would suggest one of these SSDs for the boot drive.
These are used data-center drives, but as a boot drive in FreeNAS, it should last as long as the server, if not longer:

Boot drive: 120GB Intel SSD DC S3500 Series HP Model: TK0120GDJXT SSDSC2BB120G4B SATA 6Gb/s - - Approximately US $38.68
https://www.ebay.com/itm/273102509397

Thermal Compound: Noctua NT-H1 Thermal Paste Grease Conductive Compound for CPU/GPU - US $6.95
https://www.ebay.com/itm/302624513215

Just rough math in my head, I think that is all around $1000.... Still, you might need some odd bits, and hard drives, but it should be simple to get there from here and this should save you a buck or two vs buying new and still do the job for years to come.