For starters, here's my current system:
CPU: AMD A10-6700
Mobo: BIOSTAR Hi-FI A85W
RAM: 16GB (4x4GB) Non-ECC DDR3
Drives: 8x1TB Samsung/Seagate in RAIDZ2
Chassis: Chenbro RM42300-F server chassis (4U rackmount)
Freenas: Nightly 10. Running a single Ubuntu Server VM with many services: Plex, Ubiquiti Unifi Controller, Apache, and more...
So, it's kinda been a mish-mash process through the past 6 years I've been running FreeNAS, and it works very well. But I'm ready to upgrade, especially to Intel, since I'd like to use the UEFI bootloader support in FreeNAS 10 for a Windows Server VM. I'm going to upgrade the drives later, so for right now, my focus is on CPU/Mobo/RAM.
New setup:
CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1230v5 Skylake
RAM: 16GB(2x8GB) ECC DDR4 2133 (not sure which brand yet, need mobo choice first)
Mobo: Supermicro ?????
I was originally going to go for the E3-1245v5 to get GPU, but I figured it better to just save the $50 and give myself back the shared RAM usage.
As for the board, I think I've narrowed it down to two:
SUPERMICRO MBD-X11SSM-O
SUPERMICRO MBD-X11SSM-F-O
I don't know which one to get! It looks like the only difference with the F version is that it has a dedicated IPMI LAN port. I haven't ever used IPMI before, but the prospect is intriguing. I definitely need on-board video, which unfortunately rules out a couple of the ATX form factor boards I was looking at.
So, first of all, am I going down a good path here? It's obviously a huge upgrade to my current box, but is it worth it to go bigger? Is the E3-1270v5 worth the extra $100? (It doesn't appear so)
Second, which mobo? :)
EDIT: Third: I want to run two 32GB SSDs mirrored for the boot drive. What's the best way to go about this? I can obviously get a cheap-o PCIe 2 port SATA card...is this recommended?
CPU: AMD A10-6700
Mobo: BIOSTAR Hi-FI A85W
RAM: 16GB (4x4GB) Non-ECC DDR3
Drives: 8x1TB Samsung/Seagate in RAIDZ2
Chassis: Chenbro RM42300-F server chassis (4U rackmount)
Freenas: Nightly 10. Running a single Ubuntu Server VM with many services: Plex, Ubiquiti Unifi Controller, Apache, and more...
So, it's kinda been a mish-mash process through the past 6 years I've been running FreeNAS, and it works very well. But I'm ready to upgrade, especially to Intel, since I'd like to use the UEFI bootloader support in FreeNAS 10 for a Windows Server VM. I'm going to upgrade the drives later, so for right now, my focus is on CPU/Mobo/RAM.
New setup:
CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1230v5 Skylake
RAM: 16GB(2x8GB) ECC DDR4 2133 (not sure which brand yet, need mobo choice first)
Mobo: Supermicro ?????
I was originally going to go for the E3-1245v5 to get GPU, but I figured it better to just save the $50 and give myself back the shared RAM usage.
As for the board, I think I've narrowed it down to two:
SUPERMICRO MBD-X11SSM-O
SUPERMICRO MBD-X11SSM-F-O
I don't know which one to get! It looks like the only difference with the F version is that it has a dedicated IPMI LAN port. I haven't ever used IPMI before, but the prospect is intriguing. I definitely need on-board video, which unfortunately rules out a couple of the ATX form factor boards I was looking at.
So, first of all, am I going down a good path here? It's obviously a huge upgrade to my current box, but is it worth it to go bigger? Is the E3-1270v5 worth the extra $100? (It doesn't appear so)
Second, which mobo? :)
EDIT: Third: I want to run two 32GB SSDs mirrored for the boot drive. What's the best way to go about this? I can obviously get a cheap-o PCIe 2 port SATA card...is this recommended?
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