Which Network Card?

[lemonyx]

Still very new here and building my first NAS. Finding information here is a little frustrating cause it's all over the place.

This is what I (have) bought so far: (signature)

will be adding several WD's red's (4tb) and looking for a UPS


Can anyone point me to the discussion for network card and adapters or recommend one? So far I have heard about CHELSIO and Intel but which one will work for my set up? Mainly building this NAS for movies for more dependable storage.

 

[kdragon75]

Supermicro.com:

1. Dual Gigabit Ethernet LAN ports (1 Intel® i217LM & 1 Intel® i210AT)

That's what you have onboard. These are solid NICs and there is no reason to upgrade unless you looking for 10gbe.

 

[lemonyx]

Supermicro.com:

1. Dual Gigabit Ethernet LAN ports (1 Intel® i217LM & 1 Intel® i210AT)

That's what you have onboard. These are solid NICs and there is no reason to upgrade unless you looking for 10gbe.

Hey, thanks for getting back. Shows that I don't know much but I'm learning. :(

 

[Chris Moore]

Still very new here and building my first NAS. Finding information here is a little frustrating cause it's all over the place.

This is what I (have) bought so far: (signature)

will be adding several WD's red's (4tb) and looking for a UPS


Can anyone point me to the discussion for network card and adapters or recommend one? So far I have heard about CHELSIO and Intel but which one will work for my set up? Mainly building this NAS for movies for more dependable storage.

Like @kdragon75 said, your system board has built-in network adapters that are perfectly compatible with FreeNAS.
If you need a 10Gb card, we need to talk more about the other equipment you are connecting to.
It matters if it is RJ-45 or SFP+ for example.

 

[Chris Moore]

Hey, thanks for getting back. Shows that I don't know much but I'm learning. :(

These guides (from the Resources section) might help you:

Slideshow explaining VDev, zpool, ZIL and L2ARC
https://forums.freenas.org/index.ph...ning-vdev-zpool-zil-and-l2arc-for-noobs.7775/

Terminology and Abbreviations Primer
https://forums.freenas.org/index.php?threads/terminology-and-abbreviations-primer.28174/

FreeNAS® Quick Hardware Guide
https://forums.freenas.org/index.php?resources/freenas®-quick-hardware-guide.7/

Hardware Recommendations Guide Rev 1e) 2017-05-06
https://forums.freenas.org/index.php?resources/hardware-recommendations-guide.12/

Also, when you are configuring your FreeNAS, this guide might help you:

Uncle Fester's Basic FreeNAS Configuration Guide
https://www.familybrown.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=fester:intro

There is a video I can point you at but it is not nearly so comprehensive as the guide.

 

[lemonyx]

These guides (from the Resources section) might help you:

Slideshow explaining VDev, zpool, ZIL and L2ARC
https://forums.freenas.org/index.ph...ning-vdev-zpool-zil-and-l2arc-for-noobs.7775/

Terminology and Abbreviations Primer
https://forums.freenas.org/index.php?threads/terminology-and-abbreviations-primer.28174/

FreeNAS® Quick Hardware Guide
https://forums.freenas.org/index.php?resources/freenas®-quick-hardware-guide.7/

Hardware Recommendations Guide Rev 1e) 2017-05-06
https://forums.freenas.org/index.php?resources/hardware-recommendations-guide.12/

Also, when you are configuring your FreeNAS, this guide might help you:

Uncle Fester's Basic FreeNAS Configuration Guide
https://www.familybrown.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=fester:intro

There is a video I can point you at but it is not nearly so comprehensive as the guide.

Thanks Chris, I have been looking at those guides and will look them over more. Since I have something that will work on board, I'll just stick with it. Not broken, don't fix

 

[Chris Moore]

Not broken, don't fix

Until you are ready for 10Gb networking.
https://youtu.be/MgNpI6VAAhI