DeaDSouL
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Hi,
I'm about to build a FreeNAS box that will serve the following:
The parts I've chosen so far, are: (last update: 2017-01-23)
Motherboard: Supermicro X10SRH-CF ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-1650 V4 3.6GHz 6-Core Processor
Boot: 2 x 32GB SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 Flash Drive (SDCZ43-032G-G46)
Storage: 7 x 10TB WD Gold in RaidZ3 & 5 x Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive in RaidZ1
in future will expand the Z3 pool and adding the second vdev (7x10TB)
Chassis: Supermicro 3U SC836BE1C-R1K03B
NIC: Chelsio T520-BT High Performance, Dual Port 10GbE Unified Wire Adapter
CPU Cooler: Supermicro SNK-P0048AP4 heatsink
RAM: Crucial 64GB Kit (2 x 32GB) ECC DDR4-2400 RDIMM (CT2K32G4RFD424A)
UPS: Cyberpower PR1500ELCDRTXL2U 1500 VA / 1125 W
That chassis supports E-ATX & ATX motherboards.. I'm not sure if Micro-ATX is supported too. That's why I've emailed supermicro support team, and I'm waiting for their reply. In case it wasn't supported I guess I'll go with Norco RPC-4224 4U with a good redundant power supply. Although the 24-bays is much better than the 16-bays in terms of future-proof. Or do you suggest something else?
This build might look like an overkill?
Well, yes it might. But I might use many plugins and I don't want to find myself unable to. Besides I'll enable the compression. as well, as this built should be future-proof 5~7 years at least.
Removed: (So, what do you recommend for CPU Cooler, ECC RAM, UPS and HBA?)
So, what do you recommend for UPS ?
Updates:
any suggestions or advices would be greatly appreciated
Thanks
I'm about to build a FreeNAS box that will serve the following:
- Backup
- Computers & laptops (6 devices)
- iOSes devices via iTunes on a virtual windows box (9 devices)
- Timemachine (AFP) for OSX devices (2 devices)
- PLEX media server: Storing & streaming 1080p media
- Games library ( for 3 PCs) [will be on the SSDs 5x500GB in RaidZ1]
- ownCloud: for all family members
- File server: (CIFS & NFS)
- Transmission
The parts I've chosen so far, are: (last update: 2017-01-23)
Motherboard: Supermicro X10SRH-CF ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-1650 V4 3.6GHz 6-Core Processor
Boot: 2 x 32GB SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 Flash Drive (SDCZ43-032G-G46)
Storage: 7 x 10TB WD Gold in RaidZ3 & 5 x Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive in RaidZ1
in future will expand the Z3 pool and adding the second vdev (7x10TB)
Chassis: Supermicro 3U SC836BE1C-R1K03B
NIC: Chelsio T520-BT High Performance, Dual Port 10GbE Unified Wire Adapter
CPU Cooler: Supermicro SNK-P0048AP4 heatsink
RAM: Crucial 64GB Kit (2 x 32GB) ECC DDR4-2400 RDIMM (CT2K32G4RFD424A)
UPS: Cyberpower PR1500ELCDRTXL2U 1500 VA / 1125 W
That chassis supports E-ATX & ATX motherboards.. I'm not sure if Micro-ATX is supported too. That's why I've emailed supermicro support team, and I'm waiting for their reply. In case it wasn't supported I guess I'll go with Norco RPC-4224 4U with a good redundant power supply. Although the 24-bays is much better than the 16-bays in terms of future-proof. Or do you suggest something else?
This build might look like an overkill?
Well, yes it might. But I might use many plugins and I don't want to find myself unable to. Besides I'll enable the compression. as well, as this built should be future-proof 5~7 years at least.
Removed: (So, what do you recommend for CPU Cooler, ECC RAM, UPS and HBA?)
So, what do you recommend for UPS ?
Updates:
[2017-01-11]:
- The Supermicro technical support team, just confirmed that the X10SRM-TF will fit into SC836BE1C-R1K03B.
- They said that I'll need a RAID control or HBA to connect all 16 hard drives. And as far as I know that ZFS wants the full control and direct access to HDD in order to be able to do its thing. So, I think my only option is the HBA... Any good HBA recommendation please?
- A nice friendly helpful guy called "Cpuroast" in the #FreeNAS channel on FreeNode. suggested X10SRH-CF instead of X10SRM-TF in order to avoid getting an HBA since that board already has the needed 3008 in order to connect those 16bays in SC836BE1C-R1K03B.
- Since X10SRH-CF has a dual 1Gb instead of 10Gb ports, I've decided to go with the Chelsio T520-BT.
- Choosing Crucial 64GB Kit (2 x 32GB) ECC DDR4-2133 RDIMM (CT2K32G4RFD4213) based on the #FreeNAS channel's users recommendation. Again, specially "Cpuroast".
- I noticed E5-1650 is the most recommended CPU when it comes to NAS.. So, I've chosen E5-1650 V4 instead of E5-2620 V4.
- Since E5-1650 V4 supports 2400MHz ram, I've chosen Crucial 64GB Kit (2 x 32GB) ECC DDR4-2400 RDIMM (CT2K32G4RFD424A) instead of Crucial 64GB Kit (2 x 32GB) ECC DDR4-2133 RDIMM (CT2K32G4RFD4213).
- I've been advised to use 7 HDD in Z3 instead of 6 HDD in Z2. Because of the huge stress time the drives will be in when I'm rebuilding the array if one drive fails because of the huge size of 10TB, which may causing another drive to fail in that period, and if that happens I can't afford losing another drive or I'll be in a serious trouble. So, I'll be using 7 drives in RaidZ3.
- Choosing APC Smart-UPS 1500VA LCD RM 2U 120V (SMT1500RM2U) as the UPS.
- I totally forgot that the standard voltage in my country (Kuwait) is 240V and the standard frequency is 50Hz. Which means the APC Smart-UPS 1500VA LCD RM 2U 120V (SMT1500RM2U) will not work since it's 120V/60Hz.
- I was talking to Supermicro support team, and they recommended SNK-P0048AP4 as the CPU-Cooler for this setup.
- Choosing Cyberpower PR1500ELCDRTXL2U (1500 VA / 1125 W) as the UPS.
any suggestions or advices would be greatly appreciated
Thanks
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