First off, I am new to FreeNAS and am looking forward to building a box that I will be able to use as disk to disk backup and non-essential data storage for my corporate network.
I am looking at spending roughly 2-3K on the box, and if all works well, I may investigate building an enterprise worthy system running FreeNAS as a large SAN essentially.
Thoughts and suggestions are more than welcome. Here is my goal and then I'll paste my hardware that I'm purchasing. Keep in mind, I have the ability to do things right, so I'm looking for constructive criticism too.
Total storage will be 24TB with 8 3TB drives, and I'm anticipating running 16GB of RAM. Of course, ZFS is a big reason why I'm looking at FreeNAS among other things.
2 SATA cards plus onboard ports for storage, and prob 2 SSD or sata drives for the OS/cache. I will also use NIC's on both my backup server and FreeNAS to do a storage network between them. I want to make sure I can 'dual-home' my machine without issue.
Here is the hardware I have picked so far (using NewEgg)
Qty. Product Description Savings Total Price
2
Mushkin Enhanced Silverline 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory
Item #:N82E16820226095
Return Policy: Memory Standard Return Policy $99.98
1
AMD Phenom II X4 970 Black Edition 3.5GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Desktop Processor
Item #:N82E16819103894
Return Policy: CPU Replacement Only Return Policy $149.99
2
Western Digital Caviar Blue 160GB 3.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
Item #:N82E16822136075
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy $93.98
$79.98
1
Antec EA750 750W Continuous Power "compatible with Core i7/Core i5" Power Supply
Item #:N82E16817371026
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy $139.99
$89.99
3
Rosewill 8" Sata Power Splitter Cable
Item #:N82E16812119010
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy $11.97
8
Western Digital AV-GP 3TB 3.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive -Retail
Item #:N82E16822136926
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy $1,519.92
$1,199.92
1
MSI 890FXA-GD70 ATX AMD Motherboard
Item #:N82E16813130274
Return Policy: Limited Replacement Only Return Policy $199.99
$194.99
2
SYBA SY-PEX40008 PCI Express SATA II (3.0Gb/s) Software RAID Controller Card
Item #:N82E16816124027
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy $119.98
$109.98
1
OKGEAR 24" SATA 6 Gbps Cable, Straight to Straight W/ Metal Latch, Black
Item #:N82E16812123169
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy $1.99
1
Supermicro AOC-SG-i2 PCI-Express High-performance, Cost-effective Dual-port Gigabit Ethernet Card
Item #:N82E16833268002
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy $84.99
Grand Total: $2,023.78
I don't have a case on here yet, but I'm looking at a 16 or 20 hotswap rackmountable case.
I want to make sure what I've picked was going to be suitable, as well as compliant with FreeBSD as far as drivers go. I'm not locked into any one thing on here right now. Let me know, and I can't wait to get this bad boy built!
I am looking at spending roughly 2-3K on the box, and if all works well, I may investigate building an enterprise worthy system running FreeNAS as a large SAN essentially.
Thoughts and suggestions are more than welcome. Here is my goal and then I'll paste my hardware that I'm purchasing. Keep in mind, I have the ability to do things right, so I'm looking for constructive criticism too.
Total storage will be 24TB with 8 3TB drives, and I'm anticipating running 16GB of RAM. Of course, ZFS is a big reason why I'm looking at FreeNAS among other things.
2 SATA cards plus onboard ports for storage, and prob 2 SSD or sata drives for the OS/cache. I will also use NIC's on both my backup server and FreeNAS to do a storage network between them. I want to make sure I can 'dual-home' my machine without issue.
Here is the hardware I have picked so far (using NewEgg)
Qty. Product Description Savings Total Price
2
Mushkin Enhanced Silverline 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory
Item #:N82E16820226095
Return Policy: Memory Standard Return Policy $99.98
1
AMD Phenom II X4 970 Black Edition 3.5GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Desktop Processor
Item #:N82E16819103894
Return Policy: CPU Replacement Only Return Policy $149.99
2
Western Digital Caviar Blue 160GB 3.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
Item #:N82E16822136075
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy $93.98
$79.98
1
Antec EA750 750W Continuous Power "compatible with Core i7/Core i5" Power Supply
Item #:N82E16817371026
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy $139.99
$89.99
3
Rosewill 8" Sata Power Splitter Cable
Item #:N82E16812119010
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy $11.97
8
Western Digital AV-GP 3TB 3.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive -Retail
Item #:N82E16822136926
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy $1,519.92
$1,199.92
1
MSI 890FXA-GD70 ATX AMD Motherboard
Item #:N82E16813130274
Return Policy: Limited Replacement Only Return Policy $199.99
$194.99
2
SYBA SY-PEX40008 PCI Express SATA II (3.0Gb/s) Software RAID Controller Card
Item #:N82E16816124027
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy $119.98
$109.98
1
OKGEAR 24" SATA 6 Gbps Cable, Straight to Straight W/ Metal Latch, Black
Item #:N82E16812123169
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy $1.99
1
Supermicro AOC-SG-i2 PCI-Express High-performance, Cost-effective Dual-port Gigabit Ethernet Card
Item #:N82E16833268002
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy $84.99
Grand Total: $2,023.78
I don't have a case on here yet, but I'm looking at a 16 or 20 hotswap rackmountable case.
I want to make sure what I've picked was going to be suitable, as well as compliant with FreeBSD as far as drivers go. I'm not locked into any one thing on here right now. Let me know, and I can't wait to get this bad boy built!