I’m assembling a FreeNAS conversion of an existing computer. It currently has a desktop CPU, non ECC memory, etc., so some of the computer will need to be replaced. I’ve built computers with desktop CPUs in the past, but this is my first Xeon build. I’ve been looking at Xeon CPUs for a while and it’s somewhat confusing.
The server will be for personal use. I will also be running MariaDB, Seafile, and email on the server. Other services may be added in the future, but transcoding will not be done on this server. That being said, I would like the system to be more powerful than currently needed to allow some growing room.
Case
CPU
Motherboard
Memory
HBA
Boot drive
Data drives
Thanks a lot for any suggestions!
The server will be for personal use. I will also be running MariaDB, Seafile, and email on the server. Other services may be added in the future, but transcoding will not be done on this server. That being said, I would like the system to be more powerful than currently needed to allow some growing room.
Case
- CSE-846E16-R1200B (has SAS2/6GbS expander) (already have this)
CPU
- Perhaps Xeon E5-1650?
Motherboard
- Supermicro X10SRi-F?
Memory
- 64 GB ECC expandable to at least 128 GB
HBA
- LSI 9240-8I
Boot drive
- 128 GB SSD (already have this)
Data drives
- 13 x Seagate ST10000NM0086 10TB 7200 RPM 256MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s (chosen from Backblaze failure report)
Thanks a lot for any suggestions!
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