Fireball81
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Hey there,
i have build a FreeNAS server several moons ago, which is working as a backup machine for our main production rig.
To give you a brief overview of that the machine is based on, here a quick overview:
Current Server:
- XCase 4U 24bay Case (no expander backplane)
- Supermicro X11SSL-CF
- 32GB DDR4 ECC RAM
- Pentium G4400 2x3,3GHz
- 2xLSI SAS 3008 8i (one embedded and the other as a PCIe card)
I have 2 vdevs, each consisting of 7x8TB (ST8000VN0022) in a RaidZ2 configuration, building a single storage pool.
I am planing for an upgrade of this server, with mainly two goals in mind.
1.) Increase capacity by adding a third vdev of 7x8TB to the storage pool. (or even switching from 2x7x8TB RaidZ2 to 3x8x8 RaidZ2)
2.) Increase performance and overall throughput bandwidth (10GbE)
To increase the capacity i would probably add another SAS 3008, only i can`t, cause i am running out of PCIe slots on my X11SSL-CF, not mentioning the Chelsio T540 (or something equally good) for 10GbE.
Basically that means i either purchase a new chassis with an expander backplane or i upgrade the entire platform to something that offers
more upgrade flexbility.
I tend to do the latter not the former and these are the ideas i have in mind so far:
S2011-3 build:
- XCase 4U 24bay Case (adopt)
- Supermicro X10SRL-F
- 32GB DDR4 ECC RAM (adopt)
- Intel Xeon E5-1620 v4
- 3xLSI SAS 3008 8i (1 of the 3 HBAs will be adopted from the previous configuration)
- Chelsio T540 (hopefully something pops up on ebay)
For a little bit extra upgrade potential i was also considering S3647, e.g:
S3647 build:
- XCase 4U 24bay Case (adopt)
- Supermicro X11SPL-F
- 32GB DDR4 ECC RAM (adopt)
- Intel Xeon Silver 4112, 4x 2.60GHz
- 3xLSI SAS 3008 8i (1 of the 3 HBAs will be adopted from the previous configuration)
- Chelsio T540 (hopefully something pops up on ebay)
The configuration on S3647 would still leave me with a few PCIe slots left for future expansion but on the flipside,
SMB performance would probably favor the E5-1620 v4 over the Xeon Silver 4112. (in theory at least)
What do you guys think? I f you see any (more affordable) alternative, which you would consider a better upgrade path, please let me know.
Thanks for your suggestions and opinions in advance.
Regards
Dennis
i have build a FreeNAS server several moons ago, which is working as a backup machine for our main production rig.
To give you a brief overview of that the machine is based on, here a quick overview:
Current Server:
- XCase 4U 24bay Case (no expander backplane)
- Supermicro X11SSL-CF
- 32GB DDR4 ECC RAM
- Pentium G4400 2x3,3GHz
- 2xLSI SAS 3008 8i (one embedded and the other as a PCIe card)
I have 2 vdevs, each consisting of 7x8TB (ST8000VN0022) in a RaidZ2 configuration, building a single storage pool.
I am planing for an upgrade of this server, with mainly two goals in mind.
1.) Increase capacity by adding a third vdev of 7x8TB to the storage pool. (or even switching from 2x7x8TB RaidZ2 to 3x8x8 RaidZ2)
2.) Increase performance and overall throughput bandwidth (10GbE)
To increase the capacity i would probably add another SAS 3008, only i can`t, cause i am running out of PCIe slots on my X11SSL-CF, not mentioning the Chelsio T540 (or something equally good) for 10GbE.
Basically that means i either purchase a new chassis with an expander backplane or i upgrade the entire platform to something that offers
more upgrade flexbility.
I tend to do the latter not the former and these are the ideas i have in mind so far:
S2011-3 build:
- XCase 4U 24bay Case (adopt)
- Supermicro X10SRL-F
- 32GB DDR4 ECC RAM (adopt)
- Intel Xeon E5-1620 v4
- 3xLSI SAS 3008 8i (1 of the 3 HBAs will be adopted from the previous configuration)
- Chelsio T540 (hopefully something pops up on ebay)
For a little bit extra upgrade potential i was also considering S3647, e.g:
S3647 build:
- XCase 4U 24bay Case (adopt)
- Supermicro X11SPL-F
- 32GB DDR4 ECC RAM (adopt)
- Intel Xeon Silver 4112, 4x 2.60GHz
- 3xLSI SAS 3008 8i (1 of the 3 HBAs will be adopted from the previous configuration)
- Chelsio T540 (hopefully something pops up on ebay)
The configuration on S3647 would still leave me with a few PCIe slots left for future expansion but on the flipside,
SMB performance would probably favor the E5-1620 v4 over the Xeon Silver 4112. (in theory at least)
What do you guys think? I f you see any (more affordable) alternative, which you would consider a better upgrade path, please let me know.
Thanks for your suggestions and opinions in advance.
Regards
Dennis