superadmin29
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Hey y'all. I'm re-deploying my main storage server (giving VMware the boot and running TrueNAS on bare metal) and wanted to make sure I get my disk configuration right before transferring all my data back. This will be my main storage server, containing mostly media but also for use with storing ISOs, files, and app data (Bitwarden, Vault, LDAP, Sonarr, Radarr, etc).
Context:
Here is a list of the current storage devices I have on hand:
Please let me know what your thoughts are on this setup and if there are any changes I should consider. Appreciate your time.
Context:
- The main storage server will be used only for storage (no app, jails, VMs, etc will be running) with a 10 core (20 thread) Xeon and 70GB of RAM.
- This storage server has (12) 3.5" drive bays and a connected SAS disk shelf with (24) 2.5" bays, both of which are approximately half filled and will continue to grow as storage needs demand.
- I have a separate backup host (4x3.5") that can store significantly less data, but will be used for backups of some core media and pertinent files. Thus data resiliency on the primary storage host is preferred but not absolutely critical.
- All storage and compute hosts are connected by 10Gbe, and I have a 1Gpbs upstream.
- NFS will be used for connecting shares to necessary compute hosts. I looked into it and I think that iSCSI would be overkill (feel free to prove me wrong).
- Plex media usage can assume about 4 concurrent streams max, potentially growing slightly in the future. A Nvidia Tesla P4 is powering transcodes.
Here is a list of the current storage devices I have on hand:
- (7) 3.5" WD Red Plus 10TB 7200RPM CMR (to be expanded as needed to 12)
- (4) 2.5" SanDisk Lightning Ascend Gen II 1.6TB SAS SSD (Specs)
- (7) 2.5" HGST Ultrastar 400GB SAS SSD (Specs)
- (1) Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB M.2 NVMe SSD
- (3) Mirrored 10TB Storage VDevs
- (1) 10TB Hot Spare VDev
- (1) Mirrored 1.6TB Metadata VDev
- (1) Mirrored 400GB Dedup VDev
- (1) Mirrored 500GB Log VDev (would purchase adapter, and another drive)
- Remaining SAS SSDs would be thrown in a different storage pool
Please let me know what your thoughts are on this setup and if there are any changes I should consider. Appreciate your time.