Hi.
I got my hands on a older server used for esxi relatively cheap (at least in my opinion).
What I hope you could help me with, is to see if there is any pitfalls to this setup when it comes to FreeNAS.
I know this is a "few" generations from new, but I hope it is a nice place to start my FreeNAS journey.
My initial thought is to have a fileshare, Media storage, Plex Server and a TimeMachine.
The motherboard only supports 6x SATA out of the box, so I was planing on running the OS on a 64GB Kingston HyperX Usb stick, then using the 6 sata ports for my storage (I was thinking RAIDZ2). I do have 2x Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB that I was thinking of using for the OS in a mirror, but then I have to few sata ports for storage (maybe adding a HBA later on?).
So my questions are:
Hardware:
I got my hands on a older server used for esxi relatively cheap (at least in my opinion).
What I hope you could help me with, is to see if there is any pitfalls to this setup when it comes to FreeNAS.
I know this is a "few" generations from new, but I hope it is a nice place to start my FreeNAS journey.
My initial thought is to have a fileshare, Media storage, Plex Server and a TimeMachine.
The motherboard only supports 6x SATA out of the box, so I was planing on running the OS on a 64GB Kingston HyperX Usb stick, then using the 6 sata ports for my storage (I was thinking RAIDZ2). I do have 2x Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB that I was thinking of using for the OS in a mirror, but then I have to few sata ports for storage (maybe adding a HBA later on?).
So my questions are:
- Do any of you see any immediate pitfalls to this setup?
- With the Buss Speed cap of 5.86 GT/s QPI, is this going to be an issue if I in the future would like to add a 10Gb/s nic? Is this going to be an issue with other part of FreeNAS?
- Any suggestions on what I should upgrade/add first to this setup?
Hardware:
- Motherboard: X8DTL-iF http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/QPI/5500/X8DTL-iF.cfm
- CPU: 2 x Xeon E5645 @2.4GHz https://ark.intel.com/products/4876...r-E5645-12M-Cache-2_40-GHz-5_86-GTs-Intel-QPI
- CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U12DXi4 http://noctua.at/en/nh-u12dx-i4
- Memory: 6x16GB (96GB) Samsung Registered ECC 1.35V
- NIC 1: 1x Dual Intel® 82571EB Gigabit Ethernet Controller https://ark.intel.com/products/50494/Intel-PRO1000-PT-Dual-Port-Server-Adapter
- NIC 2: 1x Dual Intel® 82576 Gigabit Ethernet
- Storage: 5x Seagate Barracuda 2TB, 1x Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB
- Case: Fractal Design XL R2 http://www.fractal-design.com/home/product/cases/define-series/define-xl-r2-black-pearl
- PSU: Fractal Design R2 650W Gold http://www.fractal-design.com/home/product/power-supplies/discontinued-products/tesla-r2-650w
- *Optional: SSD: 2x Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB
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