Hi everyone,
After reading some posts and guides on this forum, I feel ready to post my FreeNAS plans. I usually build my PC's on my own from chosen components, but it's the first time I'm doing a server-project.
What am I planning to do with the system?
Big-Tower Silverstone SST-TJ07-S [silverstonetek.com]
6x HDD Seagate Ironwolf 6TB [amazon.com]
Things I need to buy:
Mainboard: Supermicro X11SL-CF (8x SAS LSI 3008 on Board and 6x SATA) [newegg.com]
CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1240 v6 @ 4x3.7Ghz [amazon.com] OR Intel Xeon E3-1220 v6 @ 4x3Ghz [amazon.com]
RAM: 1x16GB Samsung DDR4-2133 ECC Unbuffered [amazon.com]
PSU: be quiet! Dark Power Pro 11 550W [amazon.com]
Cooler: Alpenfoehn Black Ridge (95W TDP) [alpenfoehn.de]
SSD: 2x Samsung 860 Evo 1TB [amazon.com]
The HDD's build a single Raidz2 Pool and be used as a "All-purpose-storage". The SSD's will go in a mirror and be used as Installation Drive for Plugins and VM's.
What do you think about this build? Did I miss something?
Question 1:
Since I have a big tower case that could also take an E-ATX Mainboard... Would it be better to look for a bigger size Mainboard like ATX? The Supermicro X11SL-CF is a micro-ATX Board, so there will be a lot of unused space inside...
Question 2:
Is it good to have a Mainboard with integrated SAS (LSI 3008) or should i go for a dedicated HBA (LSI SAS3008 9300-8i) --> Flash to IT-Mode...?
Best regards
shauku
After reading some posts and guides on this forum, I feel ready to post my FreeNAS plans. I usually build my PC's on my own from chosen components, but it's the first time I'm doing a server-project.
What am I planning to do with the system?
- Backups for Windows 10 PC's, and Linux Servers (Ubuntu / Centos) and Apple TimeMachine
- Media Server (Plex) - So I need good transcoding Power (Maybe also for two 4K streams in near future...?)
- Downloader - Couchpotato or radarr and maybe also torrents
- Private Cloud setup (if possible?)
- Last but not least... 1 or 2 Linux VM's just to do (and learn) stuff :D
Big-Tower Silverstone SST-TJ07-S [silverstonetek.com]
6x HDD Seagate Ironwolf 6TB [amazon.com]
Things I need to buy:
Mainboard: Supermicro X11SL-CF (8x SAS LSI 3008 on Board and 6x SATA) [newegg.com]
CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1240 v6 @ 4x3.7Ghz [amazon.com] OR Intel Xeon E3-1220 v6 @ 4x3Ghz [amazon.com]
RAM: 1x16GB Samsung DDR4-2133 ECC Unbuffered [amazon.com]
PSU: be quiet! Dark Power Pro 11 550W [amazon.com]
Cooler: Alpenfoehn Black Ridge (95W TDP) [alpenfoehn.de]
SSD: 2x Samsung 860 Evo 1TB [amazon.com]
The HDD's build a single Raidz2 Pool and be used as a "All-purpose-storage". The SSD's will go in a mirror and be used as Installation Drive for Plugins and VM's.
What do you think about this build? Did I miss something?
Question 1:
Since I have a big tower case that could also take an E-ATX Mainboard... Would it be better to look for a bigger size Mainboard like ATX? The Supermicro X11SL-CF is a micro-ATX Board, so there will be a lot of unused space inside...
Question 2:
Is it good to have a Mainboard with integrated SAS (LSI 3008) or should i go for a dedicated HBA (LSI SAS3008 9300-8i) --> Flash to IT-Mode...?
Best regards
shauku