I agree, I don't think you can flash that card, but you might be able to put a regular h310 that you can flash into one of the other card slots.From one of the pictures I see it is an H310 mini card.
From what I read you might not be able to flash it to IT.
That is a lot of simultaneous connections for a home system. Is it for a business?Thanks for the info all.
I don't think I will take the chance and stick with Supermicro based system.
I have 8 x 4TB WD red drives ready to rock and roll for data and 2 X Seagate 500MB hybrid drives for the os.
Its planned to be a file server for 20-30 clients and a Plex server for 10 clients. Aside from the backplane
issue that I was not aware of am I in the right ballpark hardware wise ?
Thanks again for all your help.
Totally not needed for FreeNAS. A 32GB drive is more than enough for data and the only time it reads it is during boot or on the infrequent occasion that it needs to read or write something to the boot drive. Most of what is on the boot media is loaded to RAM during boot and lives there while the server is running. You can easily (as I do) use a 40GB laptop style hard drive for the boot drive and the system works great. Slow and small just don't matter. You could use a 16GB USB 2.0 memory stick and it would work just the same.I was planning to use the two hybrid drives for the OS
Not ordinarily; by default it goes on the data pool once you create one. You can put it on the boot pool, but that isn't generally recommended.I didn't realise that logging was not kept on the boot drive.
Not built in, but it can be scripted easily enough, and there are a number of examples around here. But if that email would pass through anyone else's mail servers, I wouldn't--the config file contains passwords, encryption keys, etc. Edit: The system also stores nightly backups of the config file in the .system dataset, which is by default on the data pool (another reason you don't really want it on your boot device).Does Freenas have a facility to email a backup of its configuration
It's separate RAM for each CPU. See my sig for one dual-socket Supermicro board. It works well, but it's not the current generation.I want to aim for 128GB of ram. Do the dual CPU Supermicro boards (if they sell them) have a separate ram bank for each cpu or is it combined.
An LSI/Broadcom/Avago SAS HBA, and a SAS2 or SAS3 expander backplane.What hdd controller ( I know I need non raid ) would you recommend for a self-build with 12 ports / SAS link.
Sorry that I didn't respond sooner. Yes, by way of some scripting, look here:Does Freenas have a facility to email a backup of its configuration on a timed basis or the facility to email it via a cron job.
Yes. Cost depends on if you want new or used. I would go with used for the cost savings. Something like this:I have found this case for use if I go for self build. Do Supermicro produce any dual CPU motherboards and if so what sort of price range am I looking at.
They certainly do sell them and it is a separate bank for each CPU, but they need to match one another.I want to aim for 128GB of ram. Do the dual CPU Supermicro boards (if they sell them) have a separate ram bank for each cpu or is it combined.
This is my current favorite because it is PCIe 3.0. It is HP branded but under the covers it is an LSI / Avago / Broadcom card. It gives you 8 SAS lanes but with an expander backplane like the chassis I linked to above has, it can control all the drives (up to 256 drives if I recall correctly) :What hdd controller ( I know I need non raid ) would you recommend for a self-build with 12 ports / SAS link
Once you use it, you will never want to not have it.IPMI would be nice but not vital
Not a good one, too old and slow.We still haven't fully unpacked :D but I spotted this.
You should stay away from any used AMD processors because they are probably very old (this one is) and they burn way more power and put out so much heat.If this is not suitable there is this server but as I am in the UK I am a bit worried about the customs charges.
I looked that up, $2100 to $2400 US and you should be able to get a nice used server, even with shipping from the US, for that price. Don't jump on the first thing you see though.I think I am going about this the wrong way. I see Supermicro have readybuilt servers. If I spec out what I am after could someone recommend a prebuilt system from super micro. I want to be as futereproof as possible and have a budget of £1500-£1800
This system is already fully configured with compatible components:Any thoughts ?