DayDreamer88
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Hi everyone,
I'm new to FreeNAS and I was hoping to get some help on a new build. I've read the most recent FreeNAS Community Hardware Guide 2016-10 Edition Revision 1e) but I'm still confused about a few things. Namely, the SAS/SATA controllers and advise with regards to RAID.
The guide recommends against
"Using any sort of hardware RAID
I would like to make this as painless as possible by going with something pre-built and used and have mostly looked into Mr. Rackables as it appears to be well recommended based on what I've read in other threads.
Needs/wants:
I've been looking at something like the following: http://www.ebay.com/itm/2U-10-bay-6...837243?hash=item1ecd53c1bb:g:11EAAOSwIxZZfocR
Server Chassis/ Case SYS-6027AX-72RF-HFT1
Motherboard X9DAX-7F-HFT
Backplane BPN-SAS-829BTQ Backplane TQ 10 Bay SAS-2 compatible
NIC * Integrated Dual Intel 1000BASE-T Ports
IPMI * Integrated IPMI 2.0 Management
Processor
2x Intel Xeon E5-2680 V2 DEC (10) Core 2.8GHz
Memory
128GB DDR3
16 x 8GB - DDR3 - REG
Hard Drives None ( Add on drive with links below )
RAID / HBA
8 wired to Onboard SAS2 from LSI 2208 (1GB cache) HW RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60 support
**2 wired to Onboard SATA 3.0 6Gb/s with RAID 0, 1
HD Caddy 10x 3.5" Supermicro caddy
Power Supply 2x 1280Watt Power Supply PWS-1K28P-SQ
Rail Rail Kit 2U
PCI-Expansions slots Low Profile 2x PCI-E 3.0 x16, 3x PCI-E 3.0 x8, 1x UIO PCI-E 3.0 x8 (for SMC UIO) or 1x PCI-E 2.0 x4 (in x8
Would this work or is this just overkill?
Thanks in advance for the advice!
I'm new to FreeNAS and I was hoping to get some help on a new build. I've read the most recent FreeNAS Community Hardware Guide 2016-10 Edition Revision 1e) but I'm still confused about a few things. Namely, the SAS/SATA controllers and advise with regards to RAID.
The guide recommends against
"Using any sort of hardware RAID
- Exporting individual drives as RAID0 volumes is not a good solution
- The vast majority of hardware RAID controllers is not appropriate for FreeNAS"
I would like to make this as painless as possible by going with something pre-built and used and have mostly looked into Mr. Rackables as it appears to be well recommended based on what I've read in other threads.
Needs/wants:
- Dual PSU
- RAID6
- Support for at least 8 hot-swap 3.5" drives (more would be great)
- 64GB RAM minimum, 128GB preferably
- Encryption
- PLEX Server - ability to transcode 2-3 streams
- Will run Crashplan PRO
- CouchPotato
- Owncloud
I've been looking at something like the following: http://www.ebay.com/itm/2U-10-bay-6...837243?hash=item1ecd53c1bb:g:11EAAOSwIxZZfocR
Server Chassis/ Case SYS-6027AX-72RF-HFT1
Motherboard X9DAX-7F-HFT
Backplane BPN-SAS-829BTQ Backplane TQ 10 Bay SAS-2 compatible
NIC * Integrated Dual Intel 1000BASE-T Ports
IPMI * Integrated IPMI 2.0 Management
Processor
2x Intel Xeon E5-2680 V2 DEC (10) Core 2.8GHz
Memory
128GB DDR3
16 x 8GB - DDR3 - REG
Hard Drives None ( Add on drive with links below )
RAID / HBA
8 wired to Onboard SAS2 from LSI 2208 (1GB cache) HW RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60 support
**2 wired to Onboard SATA 3.0 6Gb/s with RAID 0, 1
HD Caddy 10x 3.5" Supermicro caddy
Power Supply 2x 1280Watt Power Supply PWS-1K28P-SQ
Rail Rail Kit 2U
PCI-Expansions slots Low Profile 2x PCI-E 3.0 x16, 3x PCI-E 3.0 x8, 1x UIO PCI-E 3.0 x8 (for SMC UIO) or 1x PCI-E 2.0 x4 (in x8
Would this work or is this just overkill?
Thanks in advance for the advice!