TrueNas Scale build

[RageVista]

Hello,
Just wanting to get some feedback to updating my freenas system. I mainly use it as a plex media server with extra storage for large files (photos and video's) with occasionally backing-up crucial data from my PC. I built it back in 2019 with bare basic knowledge of freenas capabilities, youtube lots of information at the time got me up and running with my system. However lately with the release of TrueNas Scale I seem more benefits of updating my system and software so I can study/tinker with Docker and Vm's on my local system. I Really want to have an KVM option so I can monitor/change the Truenas System on boot-up incase something goes wrong and its seems like a nicely to have. Was looking at going Intel for the Intel vPro option but also looking into Pi KVM as a better option.

Current Build:
-ASROCK - X570M Pro4
-G.Skill - F4-3200C16D-16GVKB x1
-Seagate - ST6000VN001 x 4
-Factal Node 804 Mini
-500 SSD (boot Drive [Can't remember the brand])
-Corsair SF600 SFX Platinum Modular 600W
-AMD ryzen 3 3200G

New build:
-ASROCK - X570M Pro4 (Same)
-Quadro P2000
-Seagate - ST6000VN001 x 4
-Seagate 10TB x2
-Factal Node 804 Mini
-Corsair SF600 SFX Platinum Modular 600W
-AMD Ryzen 5 5600G
-Crucial CT16G4DFD832A 16GB 3200MHz DDR4 x 2
-2 m.2 SSD for L2Arc
-2 USB [Raid 0] boot drive

Or should I go intel? I want to be able to pass my PGU through to Plex for hardware encoding also.
Is there something I'm missing or something that is not right?

Any feedback will be helpful.
Thanks

 

[diogen]

For tinkering with VMs - AMD choice would be cheaper (per core) and less heat (everything else equal).
But pick an NVidia discrete GPU for passthrough - much less headaches at the moment...

How to setup GPU passthrough on Ryzen 3

Does anyone know how to get the Ryzen 3 GPU to work? System specs in my signature TrueNAS sees the GPU: In the VM settings I'm also seeing the above GPU: But once I start the VM I get the following error: [EFAULT] internal error: qemu unexpectedly closed the monitor...

www.truenas.com

 

[RageVista]

For tinkering with VMs - AMD choice would be cheaper (per core) and less heat (everything else equal).
But pick an NVidia discrete GPU for passthrough - much less headaches at the moment...

How to setup GPU passthrough on Ryzen 3

Does anyone know how to get the Ryzen 3 GPU to work? System specs in my signature TrueNAS sees the GPU: In the VM settings I'm also seeing the above GPU: But once I start the VM I get the following error: [EFAULT] internal error: qemu unexpectedly closed the monitor...

www.truenas.com

The one I was thinking is the Nvidia P2000 GPU,

PNY VCQP2000-PB Quadro P2000 5 GB Video Card (VCQP2000-PB) - PCPartPicker

PNY VCQP2000-PB Quadro P2000 5 GB Video Card (VCQP2000-PB)

pcpartpicker.com

 

[indivision]

Current Build:
-ASROCK - X570M Pro4
-G.Skill - F4-3200C16D-16GVKB x1
-Seagate - ST6000VN001 x 4
-Factal Node 804 Mini
-500 SSD (boot Drive [Can't remember the brand])
-Corsair SF600 SFX Platinum Modular 600W
-AMD ryzen 3 3200G

New build:
-ASROCK - X570M Pro4 (Same)
-Quadro P2000
-Seagate - ST6000VN001 x 4
-Seagate 10TB x2
-Factal Node 804 Mini
-Corsair SF600 SFX Platinum Modular 600W
-AMD Ryzen 5 5600G
-Crucial CT16G4DFD832A 16GB 3200MHz DDR4 x 2
-2 m.2 SSD for L2Arc
-2 USB [Raid 0] boot drive

I would go for a much different build.

• I would sell that motherboard, CPU and RAM and put the returns toward a SuperMicro board (built in IPMI) and ECC RAM.
• I would use regular SSD drives for boot. No USB.
• Instead of adding 2x10TB drives I would add 6x[something smaller]. Might require adding a controller card, depending on your board. With 2 drives you either have 50% waste or 0 redundancy.

Another note, in my experience, the GPU pass-through thing doesn't work as well as I hoped. It's still fairly easy to bog the system down on 4k tasks depending on video formatting and client sizes. In hindsight, a more durable video streaming solution would be to use various auto-formatting apps/features (available in Scale) to just have the video ready for the formats you will be viewing it at.

 

[diogen]

The one I was thinking is the Nvidia P2000 GPU,

If you already have this card, it should work. This is from the Pascal line of GPUs.
I'd pick one of the newer Turing cards T400/600 (if it does what you need), even if only for its lower power consumption.
It's cheaper, too...

T600 vs Quadro P2000 [9-Benchmark Showdown]

Comparing Quadro P2000 with T600: technical specs, games and benchmarks.

technical.city