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[Ericloewe]

Except LinusTechTips--that's rock solid.

Linus' touch is enough to cause hardware failure on a massive level. :D

 

[pirateghost]

Linus is the best been watching him for years too bad he hasnt gone in debth of freenas


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Linus is a moron.

 

[jgreco]

Linus is the best been watching him for years too bad he hasnt gone in debth of freenas

epic sarcasm detection failure.


They didn't suffer a "massive RAID failure." They suffered a massive ... well, let's just say it too starts with R and ends in D, but it's six letters, not four... failure.

 

[INCSlayer]

@Ericloewe @pirateghost @jgreco

I was trying to be nice and diplomatic but you guys just went for the shotgun approach :P

 

[jgreco]

@Ericloewe @pirateghost @jgreco

I was trying to be nice and diplomatic but you guys just went for the shotgun approach :p

Nice and diplomatic. I think I *was* being nice and diplomatic. Did you watch the video?

 

[DJ9]

The only way I'd let Linus in a data center is if was to one of my competitors. :D

 

[INCSlayer]

Nice and diplomatic. I think I *was* being nice and diplomatic. Did you watch the video?

yes yes i have and i groaned and wanted to hit him with a hammer for most of it

 

[jgreco]

No, you need a full size clue-by-four.

 

[MontyD]

Quick question I'm planning on using a Corsair 850W power supply for my build (I have actually ordered the case and power supply already) and like @russnas said i won't be using over 400w of power. Should having twice the available power from the psu be a problem? Should i downgrade my psu and get something else? just to remind you guys this is why I'm looking at currently. (crossed off stuff has been purchased) I took @Kevin Horton 's advice and added a extra 2tb of storage so I can run RaidZ2. Which will give me two disks of parity and help with keeping my data safe.

• Fractal Design Node 304 mITX Compact Case Black 6X3.5INT No PSU Front Audio 2XUSB3.0 -89.99 (CAD)
  
• ASRock E3C224D2I Mini ITX Server Motherboard LGA 1150 Intel C224 DDR3 1600/1333
• Intel Core i3-4170 3M Haswell Dual-Core 3.7 GHz LGA 1150 54W BX80646I34170 Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 4400
• Mushkin Enhanced Proline 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 UDIMM ECC DDR3 1333 (PC3 10600) Server Memory Model 997044
• Refurbished: CORSAIR RM850 850W ATX12V v2.31 and EPS 2.92 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Full Modular Active PFC Power Supply - CP-9020056-NA/RF
• 4x WD Red 2TB NAS Hard Disk Drive - 5400 RPM Class SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5 Inch - WD10EFRX
• 120gb kingston hyper x ssd
• Kingston DataTraveler SE9 G2 32GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive DTSE9G2/32GBCR

260GB TimeMachine
1-1.5Tb Owncloud
1.5TB PMS
240GB-740GB for personal storage
(this won't go over 80%)

 

[MontyD]

Also I have 2 500gb hard drives, one is a wd blue and the other is a seagate barracuda. Will I be able to include these in my build as another array? I understand that all the drives in one array must be the same capacity.

 

[Kevin Horton]

Also I have 2 500gb hard drives, one is a wd blue and the other is a seagate barracuda. Will I be able to include these in my build as another array? I understand that all the drives in one array must be the same capacity.

You could use those two drives as a separate pool. Either set them up as a mirror, if you want to be able to lose one drive without losing data, or set them up stripped, which gives double the capacity but you lose all the data on the that pool if either drive fails. The choice depends on the importance of the data on that pool.

No matter what you do, you want these in a separate pool, so their failure cannot affect the data in the main pool.

 

[MontyD]

Alright so just a quick update going to put in the order for the rest of my components tomorrow or the day after. Just wanted to check if the ram would be good thinking of going with 2x 8gb dimms.

thinking of this so far:

• Open Box: Crucial 16GB (2x8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Server Memory Model CT2KIT102472BB160B
• Crucial 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM ECC Unbuffered DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Server Memory Model CT2KIT102472BD160B

If anyone can find cheaper deals on RAM please let me know. Im also going to be throwing the following cooler in to make the system more quiet:
Noctua NH-L12 120mm & 92mm SSO Bearing PWM Fans CPU Cooler
(only problem is that I'm not sure if there is gonna be enough clearance for the cooler to fit)

Motherboard I'm using is: (just as a reference to see if the RAM i picked is good)

• ASRock E3C224D2I Mini ITX Server Motherboard LGA 1150 Intel C224 DDR3 1600/1333

 

[Ericloewe]

thinking of this so far:

• Open Box: Crucial 16GB (2x8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Server Memory Model CT2KIT102472BB160B

Heck no, that is registered.

• Crucial 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM ECC Unbuffered DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Server Memory Model CT2KIT102472BD160B

That one is fine.

 

[MontyD]

Heck no, that is registered.


That one is fine.

Whats the difference between it being registered and not

 

[pirateghost]

Whats the difference between it being registered and not

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Registered_memory?wprov=sfla1

 

[MontyD]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Registered_memory?wprov=sfla1

Wouldn't you want them to be registered? Seeing they put less electrical load on the memory controller.

 

[Ericloewe]

Wouldn't you want them to be registered? Seeing they put less electrical load on the memory controller.

That's not how things work.

The memory controller needs to be designed to handle Registered or Load-Reduced DIMMs, in addition to UDIMMs.
LGA115x processors only take UDIMMs, single-socket Xeon E5 CPUs take RDIMMs and UDIMMs and dual+ socket Xeon E5s take LR-DIMMs, too.

 

[MontyD]

quick update:
case arrived, I installed the 2 500gb hdd i had lying around, the PSU, and did some cable management.
Also bought the cpu and ram. For now I'm going to put the build on hold till i find a part time job although i could finish it. Just want some income before i finish it off.

 

[MontyD]

So I ordered the remaining parts for my build got the cpu Tuesday should get the ram today. Just ordered the 4 x 2tb wd red drives, motherboard, and 16gb usb drive today. hopefully everything comes within a week

 

[MontyD]

also quick question is there any way of using a gpu with freenas?

 

[danb35]

is there any way of using a gpu with freenas?

What for? FreeNAS is a text-mode server OS. What benefit would a GPU give?