Hi, just need some advice on my decisions.
We currently run 2 FreeNAS systems at my work, and need a large storage pool for our ongoing projects. The idea is to get a third server, with 2 pools. One which will be store frequent data for our workers (mostly CAD drawings). And second pool, less frequently accessed, which will store large PointCloud data. We calculated at our current expanding rate, we would require close to 1 PB of PointCloud data. After looking at different systems, I am leaning on getting something like: THIS and having it fill up with the main frequent pool disks. Obviously the RAM would have to be swapped for decent ECC memory, but with 6 x8 PCI-E 3.0 lanes, there is lots of room for HBA cards(intent for the 1 x 16 PCI-E lane is fibre network card). The idea is to add cascading JBOD chassis as we need them, for the less frequent accessed PointCloud pool(s).
The point is to not spend too much money initially, and have room for growth as we expand. Will the hardware listed above be up to the task? Should we consider another HBA card, other than the provided LSI 9210-8i? All shares are SAMBA windows shares.
Any suggestions welcome, although I have some experience with FreeNAS, it would be my first time building a cascading system. Thank you in advance.
We currently run 2 FreeNAS systems at my work, and need a large storage pool for our ongoing projects. The idea is to get a third server, with 2 pools. One which will be store frequent data for our workers (mostly CAD drawings). And second pool, less frequently accessed, which will store large PointCloud data. We calculated at our current expanding rate, we would require close to 1 PB of PointCloud data. After looking at different systems, I am leaning on getting something like: THIS and having it fill up with the main frequent pool disks. Obviously the RAM would have to be swapped for decent ECC memory, but with 6 x8 PCI-E 3.0 lanes, there is lots of room for HBA cards(intent for the 1 x 16 PCI-E lane is fibre network card). The idea is to add cascading JBOD chassis as we need them, for the less frequent accessed PointCloud pool(s).
The point is to not spend too much money initially, and have room for growth as we expand. Will the hardware listed above be up to the task? Should we consider another HBA card, other than the provided LSI 9210-8i? All shares are SAMBA windows shares.
Any suggestions welcome, although I have some experience with FreeNAS, it would be my first time building a cascading system. Thank you in advance.