BUILD New FreeNAS build

[HankC]

I am planning to build a high performance FreeNAS for home lab.
The motherboard I got already has 4 x 10Gb connections. http://www.asrockrack.com/general/productdetail.asp?Model=EP2C602-2T2OS6/D16
I already have dual Xeon E5-2620 v2 with 128GB RAM installed.
HDD: 6 x 3 TB Toshiba planning to go with another 14 x 3+ TB hdd
Controller 1: LSI 2308-8i onboard
Controller 2: SAS connection from C602
Controller 3: IBM M1015
Case: Norco 4220
The environment that uses this will be 1 Hyper-V, 1 XenServer and 1 VMware vSphere (possible more).
All will connect directly with 10Gb.
I know the system won't be able to saturate the 40Gb throughput by any mean but is it possible with additional RAM and/or L2ARC?
I don't think I would need SLOG since Hyper-V would be using ISCSI (SAMBA 4 when FreeNAS support it).
XenServer would also be using ISCSI.
vSphere would be using NFS (sync off).
Any performance problem with ISCSI for either Hyper-V or XenServer?

 

[HankC]

Btw, Will the 760W Seasonic Platinum power support this build?

 

[Ericloewe]

Btw, Will the 760W Seasonic Platinum power support this build?

Should be okay for 5400RPM drives, but I'd be cautious with 7200RPM drives.

The Norco 4220 is said to be somewhat crummy. For something like your setup, a Supermicro chassis may be better.

 

[HankC]

Well....bad thing is that I already have in place. If the power can't handle it, i'll have external case for hdd then.
View: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mini-SAS-SFF-8087-to-mSATA-SSD-X4-Adapter/111444518115?_trksid=p2047675.c100011.m1850&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D24351%26meid%3Dd1504cab458e4058be9c20e734168c29%26pid%3D100011%26prg%3D10335%26rk%3D3%26rkt%3D10%26sd%3D121399626627

Would something like this make a great L2ARC cache?

 

[cyberjock]

mSATA usually isn't particularly fast compared to standard SSDs and you usually pay for the smaller size. So I'd go with "not really".

The real question is the cost versus benefits of alternatives. Considering you've spent $50 for one of those (and it doesn't store data of its own) I'm guessing you'll never make it cost effective against other options.

 

[HankC]

How is Norco case crummy? is it their sas connection bad?

 

[HankC]

anyone used Marvell WAM(write acceleration module) 8GB for ZIL?