I had been watching FreeNAS and ZFS for quite a number of years and finally took the plunge the past couple weeks with my first FreeNAS build. This is after having spent the better part of a decade using Ubuntu Server as my backup server.
My first FreeNAS build....
I currently have 3 drives attached per SAS port on the M1015s. So 6 drives per M1015. I have them in two VDEVs of 6 x 2TB RAIDZ2. And the spool striped across the two VDEVs. From what I read, this seems to be a reasonable configuration. I have a couple spare 2TB drives lying around in case of drive failure.
I just finished putting it all together last night so haven't had much time to test and tune, which I expect to do over the next couple weeks before I put the server into service.
My first FreeNAS build....
- Intel Core i3-4330
- Supermicro MBD-X10SAT-O
- 2 x 8GB DDR 1600 ECC SDRAM
- Rosewill RSV-L4411 case
- SeaSonic G Series SSR-550RM 550W PSU
- 2 x IBM ServeRAID M1015 (crossflashed to IT mode)
- 12 x 2TB SATA drives (Mix of WD and Samsung)
- 16GB USB Flash Drive to boot FreeNAS
I currently have 3 drives attached per SAS port on the M1015s. So 6 drives per M1015. I have them in two VDEVs of 6 x 2TB RAIDZ2. And the spool striped across the two VDEVs. From what I read, this seems to be a reasonable configuration. I have a couple spare 2TB drives lying around in case of drive failure.
I just finished putting it all together last night so haven't had much time to test and tune, which I expect to do over the next couple weeks before I put the server into service.