K1LLA_KING_KONG
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- May 24, 2023
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Hello TrueNAS team
Im a first time server builder and (obviously) a first time TrueNAS user
I am building this from an old PC, hopefully, the hardware is enough. Where it may be lacking I can upgrade if necessary.
Server objectives: small business media storage for video / photo editing purposes and all PC back up
Ideally using files directly from the server to Premier pro other other computers would be the goal, but I understand that may not be possible with my hardware.
I intend to upgrade the target main editing PCs with 2.5Gbe NIC
Heres my current server hardware:
Gigabyte G1.Sniper B6 https://www.gigabyte.com/id/Motherboard/G1Sniper-B6-rev-10/sp#sp
16GB RAM DDR3 (standard / non ECC)
i7 4790 (4 core) with Intel HD graphics 4600
Drives to buy:
5 or 6 x 10TB Toshiba N300
1x 1TB NVME Samsung 970 Evo
Upgrades:
2.5Gbe NIC
Upgrades to expand later:
1. LSI HBA SAS Card
Mobo details:
1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16 (PCIEX16)
* For optimum performance, if only one PCI Express graphics card is to be installed, be sure to install it in the PCIEX16 slot.
(The PCIEX16 slot conforms to PCI Express 3.0 standard.)
1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x4 (PCIEX4)
* The M.2 socket shares bandwidth with the PCIEX4 slot. When the M.2 socket is populated, the PCIEX4 slot will operate at up to x2 mode.
2 x PCI Express x1 slots
(The PCIEX4 and PCI Express x1 slots conform to PCI Express 2.0 standard.)
2 x PCI slots
4 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
2 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors
1 x M.2 Socket 3 connector
* Support for M.2 PCIe SSDs only.
* The M.2 socket shares bandwidth with the PCIEX4 slot. When the M.2 socket is populated, the PCIEX4 slot will operate at up to x2 mode.
With 6x Sata I can install up to 6 HDD's before needing an HBA SAS card
What I don't know about is VDEV's and how to see these up.
1. Is there an optimal amount of drives I should use? If I use 5x10TB vs 6x10TB?
2. Does the NVME act as a boot drive or a cache?
3. Do I need more than 1 SSD? If so I could add a SATA SSD
So before I go to purchase all these drives is there anything missing or I could do better?
TIA
Im a first time server builder and (obviously) a first time TrueNAS user
I am building this from an old PC, hopefully, the hardware is enough. Where it may be lacking I can upgrade if necessary.
Server objectives: small business media storage for video / photo editing purposes and all PC back up
Ideally using files directly from the server to Premier pro other other computers would be the goal, but I understand that may not be possible with my hardware.
I intend to upgrade the target main editing PCs with 2.5Gbe NIC
Heres my current server hardware:
Gigabyte G1.Sniper B6 https://www.gigabyte.com/id/Motherboard/G1Sniper-B6-rev-10/sp#sp
16GB RAM DDR3 (standard / non ECC)
i7 4790 (4 core) with Intel HD graphics 4600
Drives to buy:
5 or 6 x 10TB Toshiba N300
1x 1TB NVME Samsung 970 Evo
Upgrades:
2.5Gbe NIC
Upgrades to expand later:
1. LSI HBA SAS Card
Mobo details:
1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16 (PCIEX16)
* For optimum performance, if only one PCI Express graphics card is to be installed, be sure to install it in the PCIEX16 slot.
(The PCIEX16 slot conforms to PCI Express 3.0 standard.)
1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x4 (PCIEX4)
* The M.2 socket shares bandwidth with the PCIEX4 slot. When the M.2 socket is populated, the PCIEX4 slot will operate at up to x2 mode.
2 x PCI Express x1 slots
(The PCIEX4 and PCI Express x1 slots conform to PCI Express 2.0 standard.)
2 x PCI slots
4 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
2 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors
1 x M.2 Socket 3 connector
* Support for M.2 PCIe SSDs only.
* The M.2 socket shares bandwidth with the PCIEX4 slot. When the M.2 socket is populated, the PCIEX4 slot will operate at up to x2 mode.
With 6x Sata I can install up to 6 HDD's before needing an HBA SAS card
What I don't know about is VDEV's and how to see these up.
1. Is there an optimal amount of drives I should use? If I use 5x10TB vs 6x10TB?
2. Does the NVME act as a boot drive or a cache?
3. Do I need more than 1 SSD? If so I could add a SATA SSD
So before I go to purchase all these drives is there anything missing or I could do better?
TIA