Hello to all the people in the forum!
This isn't a hardware issue or any problems at all, my systems are running great!
I just wanted to say thanks for all the info I received while reading soooooooo many posts about Truenas Core.
What happened, well... my old Readynas systems RN204 and RN214 died last year and I thought it was about time to update to Truenas.
The real server hardware I needed was / is way too expensive for this 66 year old disabled Veteran to buy so I did the next best thing until I can afford it.
Being a Server and Network engineer of 30 years experience, I decided to use standard computer boards to install Truenas Core: Version: TrueNAS-13.0-U5.3.
I Know, I know... I shouldn't do that, BUT! It was the only way of saving my baby pictures and other important documents
.
Anyway, after several tries and failures, it's finally ironed out and works flawlessly now for 11 months, thanks to all the posts I read.
Because I keep reading that you want the hardware setup, here it is, but keep in mind that there are two identical systems running side by side, nas-2 and nas-4, for the moment anyway.
Computer case: LIAN LI High Airflow Micro ATX PC Case (Amazon)
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Software: TrueNAS Core-13.0-U5.3
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Mainboard: MSI B560i (don't laugh, it's not server quality, but it works!)
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CPU: 11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-11400 @ 2.60 GHz (more than enough).
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Cooling: Water cooling from CoolerMaster ML280 (never more than 38 degrees Celsius, even at high transfer rates).
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Memory: 64.0 Gib non ECC
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SATA connector: M.2 to SATA3.0 Adapter Card, M.2 M EKY PCIE3.0 to SATA Adapter Card 6 ports. (Amazon)
Again, don't laugh, it works just fine with high transfer rates on my 10 Gb network.
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Pool: /mnt/nas-2 and /mnt/nas-4: 6 drives each, 3 vdevs each, 12x Seagate IRON WOLF NAS Drives.
I bought these over several months because of the price and just updated the systems back and forth when possible.
MIRROR: ONLINE
ada0 ,
ada1
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MIRROR: ONLINE
ada2 ,
ada3
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MIRROR: ONLINE
ada4 ,
ada5
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Log Memory:
2x 512Gb NVMe per machine as LOGS:
MIRROR: ONLINE
ada0 ,
ada1
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Network: Media Type: Ethernet, Media Subtype: 10Gbase-SR SolarFlare: SFN6122F
This works FLAWLESSLY and gets really good transfer speeds!
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So for all the "SERVER FREAKS like me", there is an alternative to doing it the hard way.
According to iPerf I'm getting 9.32 Gb/ps / 1165 Megabytes/ps (more than enough!)
My thanks to all the moderators and others for all the technical information that made this possible.
This isn't a hardware issue or any problems at all, my systems are running great!
I just wanted to say thanks for all the info I received while reading soooooooo many posts about Truenas Core.
What happened, well... my old Readynas systems RN204 and RN214 died last year and I thought it was about time to update to Truenas.
The real server hardware I needed was / is way too expensive for this 66 year old disabled Veteran to buy so I did the next best thing until I can afford it.
Being a Server and Network engineer of 30 years experience, I decided to use standard computer boards to install Truenas Core: Version: TrueNAS-13.0-U5.3.
I Know, I know... I shouldn't do that, BUT! It was the only way of saving my baby pictures and other important documents
.Anyway, after several tries and failures, it's finally ironed out and works flawlessly now for 11 months, thanks to all the posts I read.
Because I keep reading that you want the hardware setup, here it is, but keep in mind that there are two identical systems running side by side, nas-2 and nas-4, for the moment anyway.
Computer case: LIAN LI High Airflow Micro ATX PC Case (Amazon)
******************************************************************************************
Software: TrueNAS Core-13.0-U5.3
*******************************************************************************************
Mainboard: MSI B560i (don't laugh, it's not server quality, but it works!)
*******************************************************************************************
CPU: 11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-11400 @ 2.60 GHz (more than enough).
*******************************************************************************************
Cooling: Water cooling from CoolerMaster ML280 (never more than 38 degrees Celsius, even at high transfer rates).
******************************************************************************************
Memory: 64.0 Gib non ECC
*******************************************************************************************
SATA connector: M.2 to SATA3.0 Adapter Card, M.2 M EKY PCIE3.0 to SATA Adapter Card 6 ports. (Amazon)
Again, don't laugh, it works just fine with high transfer rates on my 10 Gb network.
*******************************************************************************************
Pool: /mnt/nas-2 and /mnt/nas-4: 6 drives each, 3 vdevs each, 12x Seagate IRON WOLF NAS Drives.
I bought these over several months because of the price and just updated the systems back and forth when possible.
MIRROR: ONLINE
ada0 ,
ada1
chevron_right
MIRROR: ONLINE
ada2 ,
ada3
chevron_right
MIRROR: ONLINE
ada4 ,
ada5
********************************************************************************************
Log Memory:
2x 512Gb NVMe per machine as LOGS:
MIRROR: ONLINE
ada0 ,
ada1
chevron_right
********************************************************************************************
Network: Media Type: Ethernet, Media Subtype: 10Gbase-SR SolarFlare: SFN6122F
This works FLAWLESSLY and gets really good transfer speeds!
********************************************************************************************
So for all the "SERVER FREAKS like me", there is an alternative to doing it the hard way.
According to iPerf I'm getting 9.32 Gb/ps / 1165 Megabytes/ps (more than enough!)
My thanks to all the moderators and others for all the technical information that made this possible.
