Hello,
I'm in the process of deploying a new TrueNAS Scale system on metal. Specifications as follows:
Dell R730XD SFF (2.5")
128G/DDR4 ECC Memory
2 x E5-2643 v4 @ 3.40GHz
NVME Extender Card for the front NVME Slots
HBA330 (12G SAS, no RAID)
13 x Toshiba PX02SMF080 (800G / 12G SAS / 14.6PBW Endurance)
Workload is VMware via iSCSI
Servers are in proper Data Center with UPS and generator backup
Debating on the following VDEV layouts:
Need some opinions here... attempting to maximize the storage available for vm workload while balancing performance and maxizing available IOPS. Everything is a trade off..
I'm in the process of deploying a new TrueNAS Scale system on metal. Specifications as follows:
Dell R730XD SFF (2.5")
128G/DDR4 ECC Memory
2 x E5-2643 v4 @ 3.40GHz
NVME Extender Card for the front NVME Slots
HBA330 (12G SAS, no RAID)
13 x Toshiba PX02SMF080 (800G / 12G SAS / 14.6PBW Endurance)
Workload is VMware via iSCSI
Servers are in proper Data Center with UPS and generator backup
Debating on the following VDEV layouts:
- RAIDX1 (3 Drives) x 4 VDEVs with 1 Hot Spare
- RAIDX2 (4 Drives) x 3 VDEVs with 1 Hot Spare
- Mirror (2 Drives) x 6 VDEVs with 1 Hot Spare)
Need some opinions here... attempting to maximize the storage available for vm workload while balancing performance and maxizing available IOPS. Everything is a trade off..