Just read through the whole thread, and still trying to take everything in. I should probably make a separate post, but there is just a ton of experience here and also wanted to see if my build follows the recommendations. I would appreciate any & all feedback (first build ever).
$100 - Rosewill RSV-L4500
$170 - Supermicro MBD-X10SLM-F-O (uATX, LGA 1150, Intel C224, DDR3 1600)
$70 - Intel Pentium G3220 (3 GHz, 2 core)
$100 - ServeRAID M1015
$340 - 32 GB DDR3 1600 ECC RAM
$60 - SeaSonic SSR-360GP 360W (80+ Gold)
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$840 without cables + HDDs.
I'll be starting off without the HBA, with only 16 GB RAM, and probably only 3 x 4 TB drives (RAID10). Next year I'll be adding another 6-10 drives, the extra RAM, HBA, and possibly SSDs for ZIL & L2ARC (depends on how I see the usage going, not entirely sure yet). That puts it more in the range of $570 + HDDs/cables up front.
Couple of questions:
$100 - Rosewill RSV-L4500
$170 - Supermicro MBD-X10SLM-F-O (uATX, LGA 1150, Intel C224, DDR3 1600)
$70 - Intel Pentium G3220 (3 GHz, 2 core)
$100 - ServeRAID M1015
$340 - 32 GB DDR3 1600 ECC RAM
$60 - SeaSonic SSR-360GP 360W (80+ Gold)
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$840 without cables + HDDs.
I'll be starting off without the HBA, with only 16 GB RAM, and probably only 3 x 4 TB drives (RAID10). Next year I'll be adding another 6-10 drives, the extra RAM, HBA, and possibly SSDs for ZIL & L2ARC (depends on how I see the usage going, not entirely sure yet). That puts it more in the range of $570 + HDDs/cables up front.
Couple of questions:
- Everything is consistent and is supported?
- Is 360 W enough for everything + 15 drives at rough 50% utilization?
- If I get 52 TB of raw space is 32 GB of ram enough (+ the SSDs for caching)?
- I am very interested in virtualization, and ideally I will be creating a second VM box with a proper Xeon CPU w/ VT-d support (or just buying a C1100 when I have enough space to not hear the fans). I've seen lots of new posts about virtualizing FreeNAS. Should I just pass and go with my original plan? I guess that is more a personal question about $ than anything.
- Finally, I have read tons about RAIDZ2 vs RAID10. If I can tolerate the read speed of Z2, then I should definitely pick that? Although at 13 drives I should probably do a few pools. Data integrity is important, but I also want to be realistic. Is protecting 2 drive failures out of the 15 a good level of risk?
- Since I am new to the "purchasing half a dozen internal HDDs market", what price point is usually the sweet spot? Seems like things are a bit more expensive lately and I should wait for a good sale. Consumer Barracudas seem like the best deal atm (with good redundancy), but WD Black would be nice.