-Adam-
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Hi!
It's been a while that I posted. My first setup (Intel® Xeon(R) CPU E31220 @ 3.10GHz, Intel® Server Board S1200BTS, 4x4GB 1333MHz Kingston ECC Memory, WD RED's) is working flawlessly for couple of years now. We use it for general document stuff, photos and base of our cloud system. In meantime I have built another setup, strictly as a server for photographs (Supermicro X11SSL-F + Pentium G4400 + Samsung (2Rx8) 288-pin DDR4 Unbuffered DIMM with ECC 1Gx72 (2Rx8), PC4-19200 + 6x3TB WDRED) which is also doing its job perfectly for over a year.
I'm very grateful for many guides that I found here and for your previous help which I got here, in this forum!
Now it is time to build a replacement for the first build which was actually a hardware recovery from different server and a test for first FreeNAS installation!
Principals:
- I would like to build a machine that will last couple of years and to be as much upgradable in terms of efficiency as possible in the future.
- The plan is to install the newest 11.2 v. of FreeNAS.
- Usage: mostly CIFS and AFP shares
- no jails, no virtualization (for this we have a second server)
- daily RSYNC backup to current FreeNAS (current setup will be wiped, reinstalled and configured as a backup solution)
Here is my hardware picks:
1/ Chassis: CSE-825TQC-600LPB - https://www.supermicro.com/products/chassis/2U/825/SC825TQC-600LPB
- thinking about redundant power supply
- 8x 3,5" bays - we will use probably RAIDZ2 4x6TB or 4x4TB ord RAIDZ3 5x4TB or 5x6TB as a start
2/ Board: X10DRi-T - https://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/xeon/c600/x10dri-t.cfm
- 2x Xenon processors
- 16x memory slots
- 2x 10Gbit ethernet
3/ Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2620 v4 Octa-core (8 Core) 2.10 GHz
- The plan is to install one and have an option to upgrade with second in the future
4/ Memory: Samsung DDR4-2666 CL19 ECC reg. SR
- 4x16GB of ECC RAM
- I have a possibility install a lot more in the future
5/ Disks - WD REDS - all my FreeNAS setups use WD RED HD. Extremely happy!
My concerns:
- I don't know whether more processor(s) power is needed. Will FreeNAS use the power of two xeons or is it an overkill? The price difference between single-processor motherboard is not that much.
- After reading this: https://www.freenas.org/blog/a-comp...-design-part-iii-pools-performance-and-cache/ - I don't want to use caching, but I'm willing to buy more ram if needed. I think it is safer in the long run. Good idea?
- Will FreeNAS take advantage of 10Gbit? I have a 10Gbit switch, rsync will be done between two servers with 10Gbit connections. What about the 1Gbit network? Will the performance be better between in setup like: COMPUTER <-1GBIT->SWITCH<-10GBIT->FREENAS than standard 1GBBIT all the way?
Thanks for your input and time, feel free to recommend your changes!
Adam
It's been a while that I posted. My first setup (Intel® Xeon(R) CPU E31220 @ 3.10GHz, Intel® Server Board S1200BTS, 4x4GB 1333MHz Kingston ECC Memory, WD RED's) is working flawlessly for couple of years now. We use it for general document stuff, photos and base of our cloud system. In meantime I have built another setup, strictly as a server for photographs (Supermicro X11SSL-F + Pentium G4400 + Samsung (2Rx8) 288-pin DDR4 Unbuffered DIMM with ECC 1Gx72 (2Rx8), PC4-19200 + 6x3TB WDRED) which is also doing its job perfectly for over a year.
I'm very grateful for many guides that I found here and for your previous help which I got here, in this forum!
Now it is time to build a replacement for the first build which was actually a hardware recovery from different server and a test for first FreeNAS installation!
Principals:
- I would like to build a machine that will last couple of years and to be as much upgradable in terms of efficiency as possible in the future.
- The plan is to install the newest 11.2 v. of FreeNAS.
- Usage: mostly CIFS and AFP shares
- no jails, no virtualization (for this we have a second server)
- daily RSYNC backup to current FreeNAS (current setup will be wiped, reinstalled and configured as a backup solution)
Here is my hardware picks:
1/ Chassis: CSE-825TQC-600LPB - https://www.supermicro.com/products/chassis/2U/825/SC825TQC-600LPB
- thinking about redundant power supply
- 8x 3,5" bays - we will use probably RAIDZ2 4x6TB or 4x4TB ord RAIDZ3 5x4TB or 5x6TB as a start
2/ Board: X10DRi-T - https://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/xeon/c600/x10dri-t.cfm
- 2x Xenon processors
- 16x memory slots
- 2x 10Gbit ethernet
3/ Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2620 v4 Octa-core (8 Core) 2.10 GHz
- The plan is to install one and have an option to upgrade with second in the future
4/ Memory: Samsung DDR4-2666 CL19 ECC reg. SR
- 4x16GB of ECC RAM
- I have a possibility install a lot more in the future
5/ Disks - WD REDS - all my FreeNAS setups use WD RED HD. Extremely happy!
My concerns:
- I don't know whether more processor(s) power is needed. Will FreeNAS use the power of two xeons or is it an overkill? The price difference between single-processor motherboard is not that much.
- After reading this: https://www.freenas.org/blog/a-comp...-design-part-iii-pools-performance-and-cache/ - I don't want to use caching, but I'm willing to buy more ram if needed. I think it is safer in the long run. Good idea?
- Will FreeNAS take advantage of 10Gbit? I have a 10Gbit switch, rsync will be done between two servers with 10Gbit connections. What about the 1Gbit network? Will the performance be better between in setup like: COMPUTER <-1GBIT->SWITCH<-10GBIT->FREENAS than standard 1GBBIT all the way?
Thanks for your input and time, feel free to recommend your changes!
Adam
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