Scyntherei
Cadet
- Joined
- Dec 23, 2017
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Prequel
I'm running a single mini-itx box right now with the following configuration:
CPU: Intel - Xeon E3-1225 V5 3.3 GHz Quad-Core Processor
Motherboard: ASRock - C236 WSI Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard
Memory: Crucial - 16 GB (1 x 16 GB) DDR4-2133 Memory
Memory: Crucial - 16 GB (1 x 16 GB) DDR4-2133 Memory
Storage: Western Digital - Red 3 TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive
Storage: Western Digital - Red 3 TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive
Storage: Western Digital - Red 3 TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive
Storage: Western Digital - Red 3 TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive
Storage: Western Digital - Red 3 TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive
Storage: Western Digital - Red 3 TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive
Case: BitFenix - Phenom Midnight Black Mini ITX Tower Case
Power Supply: Corsair - CX 430 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply
Other: SanDisk Ultra Fit 16GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive SDCZ43-016G-G46
Other: SanDisk Ultra Fit 16GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive SDCZ43-016G-G46
On that machine I'm running esxi and passing through a PCI-E sata card. I could not for the life of me get jails/vms/docker set up the way I'd like within FreeNAS itself. At someone point I just decided FreeNAS is doing too much. So I decided to simplify and let FreeNAS handle storage and set up another VM in esxi to handle my docker containers. This still isn't ideal-- I still face strange issues from time to time. So I'd like to take it one step further and physically separate the two machines.
Usage is not that heavy-- primarily for home file storage and streaming media to a handful of devices using plex. Plex would be running on the xeon machine, not the atom.
I'd really like to use an Atom C3xxx board for their feature set and low power consumption, however I've been having a heck of a time looking for my dream case for it.
Ideally I'd like it meet the following criteria
Existing hardware to carry over:
6xWD Red 3tb looking to expand to 12 drives
This isn't so much a question of will it freenas? But more a plea for help in finding a case for this thing. Also perhaps a discussion on whether or not the C3xxx is actually the right choice.
I'm running a single mini-itx box right now with the following configuration:
CPU: Intel - Xeon E3-1225 V5 3.3 GHz Quad-Core Processor
Motherboard: ASRock - C236 WSI Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard
Memory: Crucial - 16 GB (1 x 16 GB) DDR4-2133 Memory
Memory: Crucial - 16 GB (1 x 16 GB) DDR4-2133 Memory
Storage: Western Digital - Red 3 TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive
Storage: Western Digital - Red 3 TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive
Storage: Western Digital - Red 3 TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive
Storage: Western Digital - Red 3 TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive
Storage: Western Digital - Red 3 TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive
Storage: Western Digital - Red 3 TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive
Case: BitFenix - Phenom Midnight Black Mini ITX Tower Case
Power Supply: Corsair - CX 430 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply
Other: SanDisk Ultra Fit 16GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive SDCZ43-016G-G46
Other: SanDisk Ultra Fit 16GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive SDCZ43-016G-G46
On that machine I'm running esxi and passing through a PCI-E sata card. I could not for the life of me get jails/vms/docker set up the way I'd like within FreeNAS itself. At someone point I just decided FreeNAS is doing too much. So I decided to simplify and let FreeNAS handle storage and set up another VM in esxi to handle my docker containers. This still isn't ideal-- I still face strange issues from time to time. So I'd like to take it one step further and physically separate the two machines.
Usage is not that heavy-- primarily for home file storage and streaming media to a handful of devices using plex. Plex would be running on the xeon machine, not the atom.
I'd really like to use an Atom C3xxx board for their feature set and low power consumption, however I've been having a heck of a time looking for my dream case for it.
Ideally I'd like it meet the following criteria
- 2-4U 12 3.5" bay hotswap
- backplane with 8 drives driven by mini-sas HD 4 drives driven by sata or all 12 sata
- compact (not full depth rack)
Existing hardware to carry over:
6xWD Red 3tb looking to expand to 12 drives
This isn't so much a question of will it freenas? But more a plea for help in finding a case for this thing. Also perhaps a discussion on whether or not the C3xxx is actually the right choice.