New build from Spain

[ManuMCoupe]

Hi erverybody

I'm planning to build a modest FreeNAS build, and for that i want to use an existing PC i own, doing some changes to improve it:

What i have now:

Motherboard:

http://www.tyan.com/Motherboards_S5396_S5396WA2NRF

Ram: 16gb DDR2 ECC

CPU: Dual Intel Xeon E5430 Socket 771LGA

What i plan to buy to improve and build the freeNAS server:

Case:

http://www.fractal-design.com/home/product/cases/define-series/define-xl-r2-black-pearl

HDD:

3X 8TB Seagate Archive disks in RaidZ1 : http://www.seagate.com/es/es/enterprise-storage/hard-disk-drives/archive-hdd/

SSD for install:

275gb Crucial MX300 http://www.crucial.com/usa/en/storage-ssd-mx300

PSU:

https://www.pccomponentes.com/corsair-rm750x-750w-80-plus-gold-modular

What do you think about it?

Too old hardware, or it'll be possible to use it?

Thanks

 

[BigDave]

My reply is a fit comment...
Case specs:
ATX, Micro ATX, mini-ITX, E-ATX and XL-ATX motherboard compatibility.

Your Tyan motherboard is an EEB layout.

Are you sure that case will fit that board?

 

[ManuMCoupe]

My reply is a fit comment...
Case specs:
ATX, Micro ATX, mini-ITX, E-ATX and XL-ATX motherboard compatibility.

Your Tyan motherboard is an EEB layout.

Are you sure that case will fit that board?

Thanks for the detail

I don't know why, but i had in mind it was E-ATX

I think something about this can be a great alternative:

http://www.phanteks.com/enthoo-pro.html

Thanks again ^^

 

[BigDave]

You are most welcome :)

 

[danb35]

IIRC, any Intel CPU that uses DDR2 also uses a front-side bus, which is a performance killer. We also wouldn't recommend RAIDZ1 for anything larger than 1 TB disks, much less 8 TB--and, IIRC, the Seagate Archive disks don't work well at all with ZFS (though I think @Arwen has some experience with them).

 

[Robert Trevellyan]

I believe she only uses them for periodic backups.

 

[ManuMCoupe]

Thanks for all your answers. The use of the nas will be for storage only.

As I can see, the idea to transform my old Xeon pc is not a good idea.

I had another idea, that's perhaps it's a better alternative.

Hp G8 microserver with 4x6tb Wd red and 16gb ram (max allowed) on a raidz1

Is it a better choice?

I'm a little bit worried about the ram amount...

Thanks again

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[danb35]

Hp G8 microserver with 4x6tb Wd red and 16gb ram (max allowed) on a raidz1

This is sounding more promising. What CPU is in that machine?

For storage only, 16 GB should be adequate. It doesn't meet the 1 GB/TB rule of thumb, but that's a very flexible rule of thumb. You wouldn't want to run a lot of other stuff with that (e.g., Plex), but just for storage it should be OK.

 

[ManuMCoupe]

This is sounding more promising. What CPU is in that machine?

For storage only, 16 GB should be adequate. It doesn't meet the 1 GB/TB rule of thumb, but that's a very flexible rule of thumb. You wouldn't want to run a lot of other stuff with that (e.g., Plex), but just for storage it should be OK.

Thanks

The basic one has this one:

71074/Intel-Celeron-Processor-G1610T-2M-Cache

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[danb35]

If there's an option to bump up that CPU a step, it wouldn't hurt, but it should still be adequate.

 

[ManuMCoupe]

If there's an option to bump up that CPU a step, it wouldn't hurt, but it should still be adequate.

Thanks a lot. I'll only use it for backup works, and few access to load footage like images or textures.

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[Arwen]

As for the Seagate 8TB Archive / SMR disks, I use a single one as a backup. It's slow to write, (which is mostly what backups do).
But, for me, time to make a backup is not important. And yes, I do use ZFS on it, (even as a single disk pool). Mostly so I can detect
any failures, which I have had none since I bought it 2 years ago.

Using the Seagate Archive / SMR disks in RAID-Zx may be problematic for performance reasons. Though it should work, I would not
do it unless the application was purely read mostly.

So your current plan of using 4 x 6TB is better, though RAID-Z1 is still not recommended. (You CAN do it, just be aware you should
have GOOD backups. Which you should anyway .

 

[ManuMCoupe]

Finally, I bought an HP Ml310e server with 32gb ddr3 ECC ram, and i3 CPU 4130.

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