New build, opinions?

[LaserAllan]

Hi there,

I have been a ZFS user since 2014 ish.
My current system is:
Chassis: Supermicro SC826
CPU: x2 Xeon E5-2670
x2 USB sticks as boot pool (yes I know right but it was supported back in the day and they are still alive)
64G of ECC ram
Chelsio T520 CR dual port 10G nic
LSI HBA...

Current Pool:
RAIDZ2 pool with 12 drives 2 vdevs
Intel DC NVME as a SLOG currently.

I am currently looking at building a new system where the goal would be to see if i can squeeze x12 3,5 inch drives into it. Either 18 or 20TB drives as the main storage pool. RaidZ2.
I would like to if possible fit 4-6 SSDs as VM storage for Proxmox into this system.
As I see it i have 2 options:

Either get a 4U Supermicro chassis with as much ram as possible 256-512G or get the Fractal Design R7 XL (according to the manual it can fit up to 19 drives which would be enough)
Noise level is a potential factor here but most of the things can be overlooked.

Just thought i'd run it by here and see if there is any hardware I might have missed these days.

 

[chuck32]

Are you just looking for input on the case? Or did you leave it very open that you also need input on MB and CPU?

Why do you need half a terrabyte of RAM with the 4U case? At least you worded it this way.

LTT did a video on the R7 where he stuffed it with drives.

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