SOLVED SUPERMICRO 6049P-E1CR60H -- Will it FreeNAS?

[NicoLambrechts]

Good day, here is my spec:
SUPERMICRO SSG-6049P-E1CR60H 60 BAY STORAGE
LSI 3108 CACHEVAULT KIT
ISO9001 QUALITY ASSURANCE - SERVERS NO SOFTWARE
16GB DDR4-2933 1RX4 LP ECC REG DIMM
SUPERMICRO SIOM 4-PORT 10GBASE-T INTEL X550
INTEL S4510 240GB, SATA 6GB/S, 3D, TLC 2.5", 7.0MM
CLX-SP 4208 8C/16T 2.1G 11M 9.6GT 2UPI
30x 16TB Seagate Disks

Will FreeNAS run on this?

 

[Newfoundland.Republic]

I'd say so. The motherboard is a X11DSC+. Make sure that the HBA(s) is (are) in IT mode. I've seen a few comments on staying away from Seagate drives and to stick with WD (Red) or HGST NAS drives.

It is on the forums and other places on the number of drives per ZFS pool.

 

[NicoLambrechts]

I'd say so. The board is a X11DSC+. Make sure that the HBAs are in IT mode. I've seen a few comments on staying away from Seagate drives and to stick with WD (Red) or HGST NAS drives

 

[NicoLambrechts]

I have seen some of those reviews of Seagate aswell... However my supplier has seen recently that the Seagate's are holding and similar systems, where WD etc is failing more often.
These are SEAGATE3.5",16TB,7.2K RPM,SATA3,512E/4KN (EVANS,256MB Cache) disks.

Is there a limitation on FreeNas?
I believe HA etc is not included where it is in TrueNAS.

 

[Newfoundland.Republic]

I was in the process of updating my response when I was called away:
It is on the forums and other places on the number of drives per ZFS pool.

It seems you are right on HA not being available with FreeNAS. That seems to be a TrueNAS offering. See https://www.ixsystems.com/blog/freenas-vs-truenas/. It is a little dated but probably still relevant.

 

[Jessep]

The issue with some Seagate drives was firmware related not drive failures. It has not been publicly acknowledged and the firmware fixes are not publicly available.

 

[Newfoundland.Republic]

This video - also somewhat dated - from iX Systems is also a good explanation of the difference between the two: https://youtu.be/wWyFddha7t0

 

[NicoLambrechts]

Thank you very much! Rock Solid info as always from this Forum!!