Hi Guys,
New to the forum so here goes. I had a Baffalo terastion which died recently (Luckily I had the data stored elsewhere) and I started to look for a better NAS option. I thought surely there must be something out there better than the Baffalo which has very limited help if you start getting Kernal issue (Booting firmware). So I started to look at synology, but thought for the spec and the price I am sure I can do better. Then I researched some more and stabled on Freenas. Finally I light OS Nas system which seems to have alot of redundancies should anything go wrong. As I am familiar with building PC's I thought I am sure I can do a better job. So I started to look and was looking at some atx server boards which buy the time I added the cost up was around the £1800 mark.
So I finally came across a Dell R720XD with the below Specs:
2x Intel Xeon E5-2670 V1
1100w twin redundancy power supplies
64gb Ram
Dell H310 Raid controller which has pass thorough (IT Mode) so Freenas can control all Hard drives
8x 6TB Sas drives 7.2K Total 48TB
2x 10GB ports and 2x 1GB port
2x USB for now
I am upgrading the rear 2bays so I can add 2x ssd drives,
I think if I have the ssd drives on the Front and use the dell H310 Raid controller I’m not sure if freenas will work.
I have purchased a Dlink DGS-1510-28X 28 port 1GB with 4x 10GB ports switch,
My Plan
I have a Dell machine I9 9900 which has a Nvidia Quadro 2200 graphics card. This will be my plex server and I will add a 10gb pci card which has 2 ports. 1 port will go to the switch and the other directly to the Dell R720XD so I think it will be faster as it’s a direct link.
Same on the R720XD 1x 10GB port to the switch and other to the Dell plex server.
My Questions
Whats the best way to set the pools up, looking for 1 large volume which again not sure if that’s best and what Size will I get.
How many disks can fail before I lose any data in
Raid2Z
Raid3Z
How will the speed be in
Raid2Z
Raid3Z
What is the point of having 2x SSD, will freenas manage the redundancy for those 2 drives if one fails?
How easy is it if my system dies to move the drives to other machine and restore the data.
Should I install Freenas 11.3 or Truenas 12 however not sure how stable Truenas 12.0 is. Or is there a Trunas 11.3 I can download?
Should I buy a LSI card twin port which should I need to recover the drives in a emergency or should I buy another Dell 720XD shell for around £250
Please give me your thoughts on the system and let me know if I’m thinking to much into this.
Thanks in advanced!
New to the forum so here goes. I had a Baffalo terastion which died recently (Luckily I had the data stored elsewhere) and I started to look for a better NAS option. I thought surely there must be something out there better than the Baffalo which has very limited help if you start getting Kernal issue (Booting firmware). So I started to look at synology, but thought for the spec and the price I am sure I can do better. Then I researched some more and stabled on Freenas. Finally I light OS Nas system which seems to have alot of redundancies should anything go wrong. As I am familiar with building PC's I thought I am sure I can do a better job. So I started to look and was looking at some atx server boards which buy the time I added the cost up was around the £1800 mark.
So I finally came across a Dell R720XD with the below Specs:
2x Intel Xeon E5-2670 V1
1100w twin redundancy power supplies
64gb Ram
Dell H310 Raid controller which has pass thorough (IT Mode) so Freenas can control all Hard drives
8x 6TB Sas drives 7.2K Total 48TB
2x 10GB ports and 2x 1GB port
2x USB for now
I am upgrading the rear 2bays so I can add 2x ssd drives,
I think if I have the ssd drives on the Front and use the dell H310 Raid controller I’m not sure if freenas will work.
I have purchased a Dlink DGS-1510-28X 28 port 1GB with 4x 10GB ports switch,
My Plan
I have a Dell machine I9 9900 which has a Nvidia Quadro 2200 graphics card. This will be my plex server and I will add a 10gb pci card which has 2 ports. 1 port will go to the switch and the other directly to the Dell R720XD so I think it will be faster as it’s a direct link.
Same on the R720XD 1x 10GB port to the switch and other to the Dell plex server.
My Questions
Whats the best way to set the pools up, looking for 1 large volume which again not sure if that’s best and what Size will I get.
How many disks can fail before I lose any data in
Raid2Z
Raid3Z
How will the speed be in
Raid2Z
Raid3Z
What is the point of having 2x SSD, will freenas manage the redundancy for those 2 drives if one fails?
How easy is it if my system dies to move the drives to other machine and restore the data.
Should I install Freenas 11.3 or Truenas 12 however not sure how stable Truenas 12.0 is. Or is there a Trunas 11.3 I can download?
Should I buy a LSI card twin port which should I need to recover the drives in a emergency or should I buy another Dell 720XD shell for around £250
Please give me your thoughts on the system and let me know if I’m thinking to much into this.
Thanks in advanced!