Hello everyone,
this is my very first build of FreeNAS and after I've read forums and best practices - I've decided I will go with more expensive ECC (vs NON-ECC). This is based on some disastrous messages about lost pools etc. Could you please give me your opinion...will it work?
NAS will be primarily used to store family photos, some music, etc + I plan to use Owncloud plugin.
As MOBO of my choice I would like to go with:
https://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/X11/X11SCH-F.cfm
It can take 2400 MHZ RAM modules, has 8 SATA ports + 2 NIC + IPMI as a Bonus
Is some external SATA controller in PCI-e better choice? Speed-wise...
CPU:
https://ark.intel.com/content/www/u...core-i3-8100-processor-6m-cache-3-60-ghz.html
RAM:
The MOBO support only unbuffered RAM, and CPU is limited to 2400 Mhz RAM - Could you please suggest some ECC Unbuffered "budget" memory modules which will work with MOBO as well as CPU?
I was looking at Kingston Server Premier, but this particular MOBO isn't in their compatibility list (yet?).
OS should be running on two cheaper mirrored SSDs - is this an overkill?
HDD:
6 x 4 TB WD RED in RAIDZ2
https://www.newegg.com/global/sg-en/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822236599
Those are 5400 RPM, should I go with 7200 RPM WD RED PRO?
Will it feel slow? Has anyone got some experience with the difference?
And not so important for the build itself, but:
PSU:
https://www.bequiet.com/en/powersupply/1252 - 550W
Do you think I could go with 450 W version which also has 8 SATA connectors?
I've used https://outervision.com/power-supply-calculator to calculate the consumption and I should be fine. Or is it better to have a stronger PSU?
this is my very first build of FreeNAS and after I've read forums and best practices - I've decided I will go with more expensive ECC (vs NON-ECC). This is based on some disastrous messages about lost pools etc. Could you please give me your opinion...will it work?
NAS will be primarily used to store family photos, some music, etc + I plan to use Owncloud plugin.
As MOBO of my choice I would like to go with:
https://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/X11/X11SCH-F.cfm
It can take 2400 MHZ RAM modules, has 8 SATA ports + 2 NIC + IPMI as a Bonus
Is some external SATA controller in PCI-e better choice? Speed-wise...
CPU:
https://ark.intel.com/content/www/u...core-i3-8100-processor-6m-cache-3-60-ghz.html
RAM:
The MOBO support only unbuffered RAM, and CPU is limited to 2400 Mhz RAM - Could you please suggest some ECC Unbuffered "budget" memory modules which will work with MOBO as well as CPU?
I was looking at Kingston Server Premier, but this particular MOBO isn't in their compatibility list (yet?).
OS should be running on two cheaper mirrored SSDs - is this an overkill?
HDD:
6 x 4 TB WD RED in RAIDZ2
https://www.newegg.com/global/sg-en/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822236599
Those are 5400 RPM, should I go with 7200 RPM WD RED PRO?
Will it feel slow? Has anyone got some experience with the difference?
And not so important for the build itself, but:
PSU:
https://www.bequiet.com/en/powersupply/1252 - 550W
Do you think I could go with 450 W version which also has 8 SATA connectors?
I've used https://outervision.com/power-supply-calculator to calculate the consumption and I should be fine. Or is it better to have a stronger PSU?
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