I am building Server with two chassis's
The purpose of these system is for storage I have over 100TB of Data (mostly video media), I need fast access for streaming and content editing for home access. The most important aspects to maintain are; integrity of the data, fast access the ability to add extra storage chassis later on.
First Chassis (Main chassis)
This has the motherboard and the following components;
12 Seagate 10TB IronWolf Nas drives
Since I already have the 12 Seagate drives I prefer to populate the JODB first as I would like to add larger size drives to the main chassis (can this work)?
Proposed Pool and VDEV’s
Pool Option 1
Would putting all the drives into the JBOD first still work if I populate the Main chassis at a later date?
Would there be any performance difference between the two sets of proposed VDEV’s?
The purpose of these system is for storage I have over 100TB of Data (mostly video media), I need fast access for streaming and content editing for home access. The most important aspects to maintain are; integrity of the data, fast access the ability to add extra storage chassis later on.
First Chassis (Main chassis)
This has the motherboard and the following components;
- A 16 bay 3U hot swap chassis
- Supermicro X11SPH-NCTF Server Motherboard
- Processor: Intel XEON Silver 4114
- 96GB Ram (plan to add another 64GB)
- Samsung EVO plus 1TB NVME drive
- Intel DC S3610 Series 480GB, SSD
- Intel DC S3700 Series 400GB, SSD
- Intel DC drives may be used for ZILL / SLOG drives
- External 12 bay, 2U hot swap chassis (JOBD) with connector to main chassis
12 Seagate 10TB IronWolf Nas drives
Since I already have the 12 Seagate drives I prefer to populate the JODB first as I would like to add larger size drives to the main chassis (can this work)?
Proposed Pool and VDEV’s
Pool Option 1
- VDEV 1: Main Chassis (16 drives) – populate half with 8, 14TB drives (RAID Z2)
- VDEV 2: JBOD (12 drives) populate all bays (RAID Z3)
- VDEV 3: Main chassis - Purchase another 8, 14TB drives in 6-9 months, (RAID Z2)
- VDEV 1: Main Chassis (16 drives) - 8 14TB drives (RAID Z2)
- VDEV 2: JBOD (6 drives) (RAID Z2)
- VDEV 3: JBOD (6 drives) (RAID Z2)
- VDEV 4: Main chassis - Purchase another 8, 14TB drives in 6-9 months, (RAID Z2)
Would putting all the drives into the JBOD first still work if I populate the Main chassis at a later date?
Would there be any performance difference between the two sets of proposed VDEV’s?
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