I've been a long time lurker, but this is my first post... Even though I've done a lot of reading and learning, I still consider myself a newb, so please help!
I'm running FreeNAS 11 and I just hit 80% capacity so I need/want to build a new NAS. I currently have 5 x 3TB HDDs for a usable total of ~10TB. Including a small SSD for booting, my tiny case (LIAN LI PC-Q25B) is packed full. I've got 16GB RAM and an AMD-A4-6300 processor. Nothing fancy, but it has worked like a champ for the last two years.
The new NAS, like the current, will just be for storage. It might have a SMB share, but I have separate servers for other things. There will be at most 10 users at a time.
I have 8 x 8TB WD Reds (technically 1 is a white label) that I picked up during the last sale. My plan is to use those in a 24 or 36 bay chassis and in the future when I need to expand, I can add 8 more drives at a time as a new vdev. (Still learning, is this correct?)
I've been trying to find a good price for a Supermicro chassis, but they seem to be rare these days. Assuming I do get my hands on one, I would still need other components.
This is just one example, but I see a posting for a Supermicro 24 Bay for $350 that comes with
SUPERMICRO MBD-X8SIE-O LGA 1156 Intel 3420
Xenon 2.8ghz Processor (No more info given)
12GB DDR3 ECC RAM (Would need more)
Adaptec 5808 raid w/ 512mb cache
12 x 300GB 15k SAS Drives
With this I would need a new backplane? And probably Motherboard and therefore processor and RAM, since this one only supports up to 32GB RAM? So I'm really only getting the chassis...
Any recommendations?
Much appreciated!
I'm running FreeNAS 11 and I just hit 80% capacity so I need/want to build a new NAS. I currently have 5 x 3TB HDDs for a usable total of ~10TB. Including a small SSD for booting, my tiny case (LIAN LI PC-Q25B) is packed full. I've got 16GB RAM and an AMD-A4-6300 processor. Nothing fancy, but it has worked like a champ for the last two years.
The new NAS, like the current, will just be for storage. It might have a SMB share, but I have separate servers for other things. There will be at most 10 users at a time.
I have 8 x 8TB WD Reds (technically 1 is a white label) that I picked up during the last sale. My plan is to use those in a 24 or 36 bay chassis and in the future when I need to expand, I can add 8 more drives at a time as a new vdev. (Still learning, is this correct?)
I've been trying to find a good price for a Supermicro chassis, but they seem to be rare these days. Assuming I do get my hands on one, I would still need other components.
This is just one example, but I see a posting for a Supermicro 24 Bay for $350 that comes with
SUPERMICRO MBD-X8SIE-O LGA 1156 Intel 3420
Xenon 2.8ghz Processor (No more info given)
12GB DDR3 ECC RAM (Would need more)
Adaptec 5808 raid w/ 512mb cache
12 x 300GB 15k SAS Drives
With this I would need a new backplane? And probably Motherboard and therefore processor and RAM, since this one only supports up to 32GB RAM? So I'm really only getting the chassis...
Any recommendations?
Much appreciated!