SomeRandomBS
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- Sep 1, 2016
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Hello, I am new to FreeNAS but I feel like I have done my research. I would very much appreciate more advanced users opinions and any recommendations of my current configuration. I understand that running FreeNAS from a VM is not the most desirable configuration but I feel that I have done it in the best possible way, significantly reducing my risk of data loss.
Hardware:
ESXi run from 32GB USB
SuperMicro X10SRL-F
E5-4620 V3
128GB DDR4-2133 (Runs at 1867)
4x4TB LSI RAID 10 (Main ESXi Datastore)
4x6TB Non-RAID (Separate controller from LSI RAID)
FreeNAS is run as a VM with the following specs. These can be increased if necessary, this was just my starting point.
4 vCPU
32GB RAM
40GB OS Drive on the (ESXi DataStore)
4x6TB for ZFS via DirectPath I/O PT
So I have the 4x6TB setup in Mirror (RAID10) and I have setup the following DataSets.
Archive_Dedupe (lz4 with ZFS Dedupe enabled, atime enabled)
WindowsBackups_Dedupe (lz4 with ZFS Dedupe enabled)
Downloads (No compression, atime enabled)
Storage (lz4)
I am on the fence about using Dedupe after doing research however I really wanted to take advantage of this for Archive data and Windows Backups. Thoughts?
Any other recommendations?
Hardware:
ESXi run from 32GB USB
SuperMicro X10SRL-F
E5-4620 V3
128GB DDR4-2133 (Runs at 1867)
4x4TB LSI RAID 10 (Main ESXi Datastore)
4x6TB Non-RAID (Separate controller from LSI RAID)
FreeNAS is run as a VM with the following specs. These can be increased if necessary, this was just my starting point.
4 vCPU
32GB RAM
40GB OS Drive on the (ESXi DataStore)
4x6TB for ZFS via DirectPath I/O PT
So I have the 4x6TB setup in Mirror (RAID10) and I have setup the following DataSets.
Archive_Dedupe (lz4 with ZFS Dedupe enabled, atime enabled)
WindowsBackups_Dedupe (lz4 with ZFS Dedupe enabled)
Downloads (No compression, atime enabled)
Storage (lz4)
I am on the fence about using Dedupe after doing research however I really wanted to take advantage of this for Archive data and Windows Backups. Thoughts?
Any other recommendations?