Hello Guy,
I'm Nico and I've been reading the forum for some time now. I didn't want to post here and ask the same question as other 10k people but I decided that before I spend the $ I should get the PROs opinion...
So sorry for the noob questions: I'm about to buy the hardware for my first FreeNAS build, the use is mainly data storage for our small business. We have around 16 devices on the network (both Win and macOS). The "heavy users" are our interior designers that work on CAD files (around 6GB each) directly on the server: open file without moving it to local and once they finish working they save a new copy of the file on the server.
Will this hardware be ok for my scope (mainly "large" files transfer)?
So this is the hardware list:
MB: Supermicro X10SL7-F
CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1220 v3 @ 3.1 GHz
RAM: Crucial 16Gb Kit - CT2KIT102472BD160B
HD: 4 x WD 3TB - WD30EFRX in RAIDZ2
PSU 450W are ok?
RAIDZ2 should give me 6Tb of usable space right? how difficult is it to expand the usable space with RAIDZ2?
I've checked the hardware guide, the manual and the guide from Cyberjock (REALLY helpful) but I'm still not 100% clear on how to expand a RAIDZ2, do I have to create a new VDEV? can a folder be shared between 2 or more VDEVs?
I'm based in Sydney and I've a budget of $1500 (AUD), with this config I'm at $1594 and I can't really go over this. I would love to get a Xeon 1230 and 32 Gb of ram but that is OB
Let me know if you would change something in this config.
Thank you for your help!
I'm Nico and I've been reading the forum for some time now. I didn't want to post here and ask the same question as other 10k people but I decided that before I spend the $ I should get the PROs opinion...
So sorry for the noob questions: I'm about to buy the hardware for my first FreeNAS build, the use is mainly data storage for our small business. We have around 16 devices on the network (both Win and macOS). The "heavy users" are our interior designers that work on CAD files (around 6GB each) directly on the server: open file without moving it to local and once they finish working they save a new copy of the file on the server.
Will this hardware be ok for my scope (mainly "large" files transfer)?
So this is the hardware list:
MB: Supermicro X10SL7-F
CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1220 v3 @ 3.1 GHz
RAM: Crucial 16Gb Kit - CT2KIT102472BD160B
HD: 4 x WD 3TB - WD30EFRX in RAIDZ2
PSU 450W are ok?
RAIDZ2 should give me 6Tb of usable space right? how difficult is it to expand the usable space with RAIDZ2?
I've checked the hardware guide, the manual and the guide from Cyberjock (REALLY helpful) but I'm still not 100% clear on how to expand a RAIDZ2, do I have to create a new VDEV? can a folder be shared between 2 or more VDEVs?
I'm based in Sydney and I've a budget of $1500 (AUD), with this config I'm at $1594 and I can't really go over this. I would love to get a Xeon 1230 and 32 Gb of ram but that is OB
Let me know if you would change something in this config.
Thank you for your help!