I keep planning a FreeNAS build, then life interferes, then things change, then back to the drawing board. One more try, I think it'll happen this time.
This will be a a home mass storage server, mostly music (for Plex), photos, general backups, etc. Not planning on running any jails at this time - I already have another house server, running ESXi with various VMs, and Plex and such will live there. Three people in the house, so not too many concurrent connections.
I got some feedback on two passes over the hardware earlier, and have respecced again, this time using a Supermicro X11 board and a Coffee Lake Xeon-E. Advice very welcome. The Xeon-E system seems to be cheaper than the older LGA1150 X11 boards, with faster processors and more space to add RAM.
Case: Supermicro 825TQ-R700LPB (Rack mount 2U case with 8 3.5" hot-swap bays and two more non-swap bays). Already own this, so building around it.
MB: Supermicro X11SCL-F I went with a board without an on-board RAID controller as it seems easier to buy a pre-flashed expansion card rather than cross-flashing the on-board to IT mode. Looks like it's cheaper, too.
CPU: Intel Xeon E-2124G - I probably don't really need a Xeon, and can save money here, but it just feels wrong putting a non-Xeon into a server like this... the 2124 seems to be the price/performance sweet spot, and I'm assuming I need the on-chip graphics as there won't be a separate GPU. Is this correct?
CPU Cooler: Supermicro SNK-P0046A4 - this is the cooler SM recommends for this board in a 2U case.
RAM: Samsung module from the MB approved vendor list. Single 32GB modules, ECC. MB can support up to 4 of these, but I think 32GB will be plenty to start with.
HBA: Plan to buy a pre-flashed HBA such as this one: LSI 9240-8i . Don't want to deal with flashing.
Boot device: 2x Supermicro SATADOM SSD-DM064-SMCMVN - 64G each. The 32G is probably enough, but the price difference is negligible. Again, probably overkill, but these seem a better bet than USB sticks or even small SSDs.
Data drives: 8x WD Red, 10TB, in a RAIDZ2 configuration. Shucked Elements drives. Already got those sitting on the shelf waiting to be shucked.
I believe that there is no need for SLOG or L2ARC drives for my application.
Thoughts?
I'd especially appreciate confirmation that I need a -G CPU here, as the non-G versions are a bit cheaper.
This will be a a home mass storage server, mostly music (for Plex), photos, general backups, etc. Not planning on running any jails at this time - I already have another house server, running ESXi with various VMs, and Plex and such will live there. Three people in the house, so not too many concurrent connections.
I got some feedback on two passes over the hardware earlier, and have respecced again, this time using a Supermicro X11 board and a Coffee Lake Xeon-E. Advice very welcome. The Xeon-E system seems to be cheaper than the older LGA1150 X11 boards, with faster processors and more space to add RAM.
Case: Supermicro 825TQ-R700LPB (Rack mount 2U case with 8 3.5" hot-swap bays and two more non-swap bays). Already own this, so building around it.
MB: Supermicro X11SCL-F I went with a board without an on-board RAID controller as it seems easier to buy a pre-flashed expansion card rather than cross-flashing the on-board to IT mode. Looks like it's cheaper, too.
CPU: Intel Xeon E-2124G - I probably don't really need a Xeon, and can save money here, but it just feels wrong putting a non-Xeon into a server like this... the 2124 seems to be the price/performance sweet spot, and I'm assuming I need the on-chip graphics as there won't be a separate GPU. Is this correct?
CPU Cooler: Supermicro SNK-P0046A4 - this is the cooler SM recommends for this board in a 2U case.
RAM: Samsung module from the MB approved vendor list. Single 32GB modules, ECC. MB can support up to 4 of these, but I think 32GB will be plenty to start with.
HBA: Plan to buy a pre-flashed HBA such as this one: LSI 9240-8i . Don't want to deal with flashing.
Boot device: 2x Supermicro SATADOM SSD-DM064-SMCMVN - 64G each. The 32G is probably enough, but the price difference is negligible. Again, probably overkill, but these seem a better bet than USB sticks or even small SSDs.
Data drives: 8x WD Red, 10TB, in a RAIDZ2 configuration. Shucked Elements drives. Already got those sitting on the shelf waiting to be shucked.
I believe that there is no need for SLOG or L2ARC drives for my application.
Thoughts?
I'd especially appreciate confirmation that I need a -G CPU here, as the non-G versions are a bit cheaper.
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