Mostly_Broken
Cadet
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- Mar 26, 2021
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Hi all,
I'm new to Free/TrueNAS - I have another (unRaid) server that is currently doing the heavy lifting (Emby, primary NAS, VM's, etc.). This server currently has 6TB of dual parity redundant storage - I have used around 2TB a year for the last couple of years (currently used 4TB in total)
I haven't had any issues with this, however I'm now planning to deploy a TrueNAS box to keep a backup of the primary server, taking advantage of snapshots etc.
I've thrown together a test system using parts I had knocking about and have got everything setup for TrueNAS to pull from the primary unRaid server via Rsync.
The decisions I'm struggling with now are:
Hardware to use:
The test system I've been testing with has:
I'm torn between actually buying a case for this and using it for real or;
Buying another 2u HP 14 Bay Server (DL380p Gen8), and fitting a H220 HBA (IT Mode) - is this overkill for my purpose?
The initial cost would actually be around the same for either by the time I've brought a case and new PSU for the 'test' system or brought the server and LSI card...
The biggest cost factor I'm concerned with (aside from HDDs) is power consumption; if I used the HP server, I have a plan to have it auto startup once a week, backup / run any scheduled tasks, before shutting down again... is this a commonly practiced method, or should I just plan to run this backup 24/7 with daily backups?
Amount of Storage to setup
Due to ZFS being less flexible with adding / expanding storage - I'm thinking maybe the best plan would be to shuck 4 8TB WD Elements drives and setup these in a RAIDz2, giving 16TB useable storage, which should be plenty for years to come...
Is this overkill?
Any other thoughts on this project / plan would be apprciated!
Many Thanks
I'm new to Free/TrueNAS - I have another (unRaid) server that is currently doing the heavy lifting (Emby, primary NAS, VM's, etc.). This server currently has 6TB of dual parity redundant storage - I have used around 2TB a year for the last couple of years (currently used 4TB in total)
I haven't had any issues with this, however I'm now planning to deploy a TrueNAS box to keep a backup of the primary server, taking advantage of snapshots etc.
I've thrown together a test system using parts I had knocking about and have got everything setup for TrueNAS to pull from the primary unRaid server via Rsync.
The decisions I'm struggling with now are:
Hardware to use:
The test system I've been testing with has:
- AMD A4-3300 APU
- 8GB (Non ECC) Memory
- MSI M-ATX Desktop Board
I'm torn between actually buying a case for this and using it for real or;
Buying another 2u HP 14 Bay Server (DL380p Gen8), and fitting a H220 HBA (IT Mode) - is this overkill for my purpose?
The initial cost would actually be around the same for either by the time I've brought a case and new PSU for the 'test' system or brought the server and LSI card...
The biggest cost factor I'm concerned with (aside from HDDs) is power consumption; if I used the HP server, I have a plan to have it auto startup once a week, backup / run any scheduled tasks, before shutting down again... is this a commonly practiced method, or should I just plan to run this backup 24/7 with daily backups?
Amount of Storage to setup
Due to ZFS being less flexible with adding / expanding storage - I'm thinking maybe the best plan would be to shuck 4 8TB WD Elements drives and setup these in a RAIDz2, giving 16TB useable storage, which should be plenty for years to come...
Is this overkill?
Any other thoughts on this project / plan would be apprciated!
Many Thanks