Hello everybody.
This is my first build and I would like to thank to all for the guides throughout the forum. It helped me a lot to see the right HW. Although I must to admit it is much more expensive than I have thought at the beginning (I had no clue about anything), but compared to the ready boxes it is cheaper. The primary goal is to have a home file server and perhaps backup for PCs. As I am still new to this I’ll see what other use I can make of it, I’ll have to go through the jail guides to see that :) (for ex. streaming 1 or 2 HD streams).
So the build:
· SuperMicro X10SLH-F-O
· Intel Xeon E3-1220V3
· 2x CRUCIAL 8GB DDR3 1600 ECC Unbuffered
· Fractal Design Node 804
· Seasonic S12G-450 450W
As for HDD I am thinking of 2 WD Red (EFRX) 6TB, for Freenas a 16GB flash drive and to connect everything - this switch: Netgear GS108E.
Now I have few doubts and questions. This build is based on the x10/v3 platform but Intel already launched the Xeon v5 and Supermicro X11. Would be better to wait for those new components? The advantage would be 8 sata ports on the MoBo and of course it would be based on current technologies (DDR4…). But it might take some time. In the shops they are not even listed yet.
The Xeon might perhaps be too powerful for file server what slower processor would you recommend? Or it is better to have it although not entirely used?
Now regarding the storage. I know that redundancy is widely recommended as well as backup :). The problem is of course money. For now I am thinking not to have any redundancy (all the data will be/are backed up). I have around 4,5-5 TB of data (on external discs) now and having a mirror straight away would max the server immediately. I have no problem with the potential downtime + the time to copy back the files. But few questions arises that I couldn’t find answers too. Can you add easily a mirror to the disks later? Can you set up (easily) to have 2 zpools (1 for data, 1 for the backups)? In the long run I would be thinking to have 3-4 mirrors (6-8 discs total).
Thank you everybody for any tips/help and of course your time.
This is my first build and I would like to thank to all for the guides throughout the forum. It helped me a lot to see the right HW. Although I must to admit it is much more expensive than I have thought at the beginning (I had no clue about anything), but compared to the ready boxes it is cheaper. The primary goal is to have a home file server and perhaps backup for PCs. As I am still new to this I’ll see what other use I can make of it, I’ll have to go through the jail guides to see that :) (for ex. streaming 1 or 2 HD streams).
So the build:
· SuperMicro X10SLH-F-O
· Intel Xeon E3-1220V3
· 2x CRUCIAL 8GB DDR3 1600 ECC Unbuffered
· Fractal Design Node 804
· Seasonic S12G-450 450W
As for HDD I am thinking of 2 WD Red (EFRX) 6TB, for Freenas a 16GB flash drive and to connect everything - this switch: Netgear GS108E.
Now I have few doubts and questions. This build is based on the x10/v3 platform but Intel already launched the Xeon v5 and Supermicro X11. Would be better to wait for those new components? The advantage would be 8 sata ports on the MoBo and of course it would be based on current technologies (DDR4…). But it might take some time. In the shops they are not even listed yet.
The Xeon might perhaps be too powerful for file server what slower processor would you recommend? Or it is better to have it although not entirely used?
Now regarding the storage. I know that redundancy is widely recommended as well as backup :). The problem is of course money. For now I am thinking not to have any redundancy (all the data will be/are backed up). I have around 4,5-5 TB of data (on external discs) now and having a mirror straight away would max the server immediately. I have no problem with the potential downtime + the time to copy back the files. But few questions arises that I couldn’t find answers too. Can you add easily a mirror to the disks later? Can you set up (easily) to have 2 zpools (1 for data, 1 for the backups)? In the long run I would be thinking to have 3-4 mirrors (6-8 discs total).
Thank you everybody for any tips/help and of course your time.