How I got here:
What happened to me recently is my wife had lots of video's and photo's locally stored on in a different folder that was not being backed up and they got lost after the SSD was wrecked.
This led me to this post, increase space and make sure some things are slightly more oops-proof. After adding new disks to my existing NAS i discovered it is getting slow to my liking when my wife or kids start using data from it. It's an older NAS and budget build from 2012
Goals:
Work on it, code & video editing.
Examples: Video editing storage space, video's of course, storage for code and backups of off-site websites. Save the steam library on it etc.
Reduce harddisk space per workstation.
My house is filled with computers. All 3 kids have one, wifey has one and I have 2 pristine ones (i7's with bells and whistles). A laptop as well. I tend to switch between computers alot, depending if I work with someone for work or sit alone in the mancave.
My goal is keep the workstations simple with no data on it that needs to be backed up.
Run VM's on the machine.
4VM's - 4 run on 4x2G RAM total 8 with not alot to do. The need for existing when it gets used which is often planned with my clients.
1VM - I play with to testout installations on fresh OS-installs. I keep these running often and they do execute some sort of workload
2 till 4 People will be using the NAS actively during the day.
From this including the hardware advice I am pondering the big question: Not sure how powerful my CPU / MOBO combination should be?
I have been considering the C3000 Atom series, (Supermicro A2SDi-H-TF).
Also the Supermicro A1SA7-2750F (retail)
I read on the "hardware 2016 R1e". Atom is generally not recommended, but the C3000 series is newer than 2016, is this still the case end 2017?
Then later I also considered a cheaper board with 2011-3 socket: Supermicro X10SRI-F
This part kept me googling and reading for a day or two and gave me no answers ( actually lot of answers which induced even more questions ). Time to talk with some specialists.. Hello freenas forum!
What CPU/Mobo should I go for with the VM + storage and speed needs?
Another alternative is also ok
What happened to me recently is my wife had lots of video's and photo's locally stored on in a different folder that was not being backed up and they got lost after the SSD was wrecked.
This led me to this post, increase space and make sure some things are slightly more oops-proof. After adding new disks to my existing NAS i discovered it is getting slow to my liking when my wife or kids start using data from it. It's an older NAS and budget build from 2012
Goals:
Work on it, code & video editing.
Examples: Video editing storage space, video's of course, storage for code and backups of off-site websites. Save the steam library on it etc.
Reduce harddisk space per workstation.
My house is filled with computers. All 3 kids have one, wifey has one and I have 2 pristine ones (i7's with bells and whistles). A laptop as well. I tend to switch between computers alot, depending if I work with someone for work or sit alone in the mancave.
My goal is keep the workstations simple with no data on it that needs to be backed up.
Run VM's on the machine.
4VM's - 4 run on 4x2G RAM total 8 with not alot to do. The need for existing when it gets used which is often planned with my clients.
1VM - I play with to testout installations on fresh OS-installs. I keep these running often and they do execute some sort of workload
2 till 4 People will be using the NAS actively during the day.
From this including the hardware advice I am pondering the big question: Not sure how powerful my CPU / MOBO combination should be?
- I will go for 2x 10 GbE, onboard or addon card. (I prefer RJ45)
- One 10GbE is reserved as a directlinkt to my most used workstation as i dont have 10GbE switches yet.
- No sizing constrains, E-ATX/ATX all ok.
- Needs to fit: 6 * 6TB and 4 x * 2 TB drives running (2x a VDEV mirror mode) wich are actively used. The 4x2TB backup to the big ones, nightly and run in raidz2
I was looking for 12 SATA ports, I can settle for 10. Somehow more always seems better. It's like the amount of computers you need is the amount of computers you have + 1 - Needs to fit an expansion slot if no 2x onboard 10GbE RJ45
- Trying to keep power draw not too much above 100W, it's on 24x7x365
- RAM 64GB ECC to start with room to increase. I want to be able to put 128GB in it.
I have been considering the C3000 Atom series, (Supermicro A2SDi-H-TF).
Also the Supermicro A1SA7-2750F (retail)
I read on the "hardware 2016 R1e". Atom is generally not recommended, but the C3000 series is newer than 2016, is this still the case end 2017?
Then later I also considered a cheaper board with 2011-3 socket: Supermicro X10SRI-F
This part kept me googling and reading for a day or two and gave me no answers ( actually lot of answers which induced even more questions ). Time to talk with some specialists.. Hello freenas forum!
What CPU/Mobo should I go for with the VM + storage and speed needs?
Another alternative is also ok