Hello.
I'm new on the forum - but have been stalking FreeNAS for some time now.
I'm currently in the process of getting my first dedicated box up and running - so input from the more experienced crowd is appriciated.
Main area will be NAS, backup of pictures etc (with offsite sync if possible), VM's to play with, surveillance (move my Zoneminder hack'n slash setup onto this box)
Atm I have the choice between this:
Alt 1:
HP Z800 - 2x Xeon 5650, 96 GB ECC Samsung Ram
Alt 2:
Asus Z9PA-D8 - 2x Xeon E5-2670, 64 GB ECC Samsung Ram
The RAM in both are 8GB DDR3 2RX4 PC3-10600R 240-Pin 1333MHz ECC REG Registered sticks.
Both:
HP NC 364T quad nic (HP branded Intel nic as far as I can tell)
IBM M1015 SAS controller (LSI branded, but crossflashed to IT mode, P20 firmware)
4x 4 TB WD Red drives (more will be added when my wallet says "ok" - maybe 1 dedicated hot spare?)
2 x SanDisk 16 GB USB
This will all hook into my ZyXEL GS1900-24E - and that brings up another question.
Can I have my quad nic in LACP to feed the masses (3-4 PC's, 2-3 stream devices, 1 WiFi-router, surveillance 2-4 cam's) and use the built in nic as "admin" ?
Alot of "can I", "should I" here - but I'd like to get most of the thinking done before I slap the hardware together ( Still got hair on my head, and would like to keep it there ;-) )
And at the end of it all:
- Yes, it's way overpowered any wich way I go - but I have this (free beats buying atm)
- Yes, it will add to my electricity bill
- No, I will not swap out part A for part B if part A will serve me for the next 1-2 years
- Yes, I've been using Google (but experience says "ask someone that has tried it before" will produce better and faster answeres)
- Yes, I'll be very glad for the feedback I'll hopefully get.
org_ok
I'm new on the forum - but have been stalking FreeNAS for some time now.
I'm currently in the process of getting my first dedicated box up and running - so input from the more experienced crowd is appriciated.
Main area will be NAS, backup of pictures etc (with offsite sync if possible), VM's to play with, surveillance (move my Zoneminder hack'n slash setup onto this box)
Atm I have the choice between this:
Alt 1:
HP Z800 - 2x Xeon 5650, 96 GB ECC Samsung Ram
Alt 2:
Asus Z9PA-D8 - 2x Xeon E5-2670, 64 GB ECC Samsung Ram
The RAM in both are 8GB DDR3 2RX4 PC3-10600R 240-Pin 1333MHz ECC REG Registered sticks.
Both:
HP NC 364T quad nic (HP branded Intel nic as far as I can tell)
IBM M1015 SAS controller (LSI branded, but crossflashed to IT mode, P20 firmware)
4x 4 TB WD Red drives (more will be added when my wallet says "ok" - maybe 1 dedicated hot spare?)
2 x SanDisk 16 GB USB
This will all hook into my ZyXEL GS1900-24E - and that brings up another question.
Can I have my quad nic in LACP to feed the masses (3-4 PC's, 2-3 stream devices, 1 WiFi-router, surveillance 2-4 cam's) and use the built in nic as "admin" ?
Alot of "can I", "should I" here - but I'd like to get most of the thinking done before I slap the hardware together ( Still got hair on my head, and would like to keep it there ;-) )
And at the end of it all:
- Yes, it's way overpowered any wich way I go - but I have this (free beats buying atm)
- Yes, it will add to my electricity bill
- No, I will not swap out part A for part B if part A will serve me for the next 1-2 years
- Yes, I've been using Google (but experience says "ask someone that has tried it before" will produce better and faster answeres)
- Yes, I'll be very glad for the feedback I'll hopefully get.
org_ok
