Recommend a Motherboard > 32GB Ram

[we7313]

My current build was going to be:

Supermicro X10SL7-F Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard
Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor
Crucial 2 XCT2KIT102472BD160B 16GB (2x8GB) ECC RAM

Limiting me to 32 gigs or Ram. Can anyone else recommend another popular board people use with freenas that can support at least 64gigs of Ram?

I plan on putting 8-10 4 TB drives in it to start and want to be able to expand as the years go on.
Thanks,
-Will

 

[jgreco]

The E3's prior to V5 are limited to 32GB. The practical sideways choice is probably the X10SRL with an E5-1620 CPU. Be sure to look at registered, not unbuffered, memory if you go that route. The Avoton C2750 also supports 64GB RAM but the DIMM prices are ridiculous.

 

[mattbbpl]

I had a similar decision to make (I'm right at the threshold of requiring more than 32 GB of RAM), and decided that by the time I need more storage my current infrastructure would probably not be worth upgrading - at least not given the price differential required for a 64+ GB platform immediately.

There comes a point where future proofing your machine is no longer cost effective given the projected tech trajectory. I'm not sure if you've reached that point or not, but it's something to consider before making the jump beyond the 32 GB wall.

 

[jgreco]

By the way, the rules for RAM sizing do soften up once you get up there with that much RAM. You probably don't want to build a 100TB pool on a 32GB box, but you can probably get away with 50-60TB.