Programming Machine
Cadet
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- Oct 4, 2013
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I'm planning a small light use free nas server and wondered if people could sense check my build?
Case: Silverstone DS380.
Motherboard: ASRock C2750D4I (C2750 Avoton with 12 SATA ports)
RAM: 64GB SSD
OS: 512GB Samsung 850 Pro SSD
L2ARC: 2 x striped 512GB Samsung 850 Pro SSD to give 1TB total.
Storage: 8 x 6TB Seagate SATA NAS drives in ZFS2 to give 36TB of storage.
Add in card: USB 3 + eSATA + firewire (optional) - any recommendations?
I have a lot of duplicate data so want to run deduplication. I suspect the RAM won't be enough which is why I've specified the striped SSDs. I am not too worried about read/write performance. I am a little worried about the risk of corruption with deduplication (it will be on UPS). I'd also like to run encryption - will I need to supply a password at boot up?
I've read different things about the motherboard, have the problems been ironed out? Is connecting the 8 drives through different controller chips (with different SATA speeds) a bad idea? Can anyone recommend a good ECC memory supplier? Does anyone know if the motherboard supports hardware disk encryption (for the SSDs)?
Any recommendations on the USB eSATA add in card for connecting external drives? It is for taking backups into the system from hard disks. There's loads of cheap cards on eBay, but I want something reliable. Has the FreeBSD USB 3 problem been fixed?
Is the striped L2ARC SSDs overkill?
I don't believe I need a ZIL.
Thanks for any help,
T.
Case: Silverstone DS380.
Motherboard: ASRock C2750D4I (C2750 Avoton with 12 SATA ports)
RAM: 64GB SSD
OS: 512GB Samsung 850 Pro SSD
L2ARC: 2 x striped 512GB Samsung 850 Pro SSD to give 1TB total.
Storage: 8 x 6TB Seagate SATA NAS drives in ZFS2 to give 36TB of storage.
Add in card: USB 3 + eSATA + firewire (optional) - any recommendations?
I have a lot of duplicate data so want to run deduplication. I suspect the RAM won't be enough which is why I've specified the striped SSDs. I am not too worried about read/write performance. I am a little worried about the risk of corruption with deduplication (it will be on UPS). I'd also like to run encryption - will I need to supply a password at boot up?
I've read different things about the motherboard, have the problems been ironed out? Is connecting the 8 drives through different controller chips (with different SATA speeds) a bad idea? Can anyone recommend a good ECC memory supplier? Does anyone know if the motherboard supports hardware disk encryption (for the SSDs)?
Any recommendations on the USB eSATA add in card for connecting external drives? It is for taking backups into the system from hard disks. There's loads of cheap cards on eBay, but I want something reliable. Has the FreeBSD USB 3 problem been fixed?
Is the striped L2ARC SSDs overkill?
I don't believe I need a ZIL.
Thanks for any help,
T.