EngineerFreely
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- Jun 17, 2019
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Good afternoon everyone. I stumbled upon this great forum searching for a off the shelf NAS setup. Needless to say I wasn't happy with what I found and I started to piece together a setup.
Thanks to Chris Moore's advice on another thread, I have purchased the following (and keep in mind, ultra budget good deal stuff).
Supermicro X9SCM-F, Xeon E3-1220v2, 8GB ECC RAM (2x4gb) for $66 on ebay
2x Red 4tb NAS for about $55 and $65
1x HGST 4tb NAS for $53.
I have this old Rocketfish server case I bought 12-some years ago - https://www.bestbuy.com/site/reviews/rocketfish-aluminum-full-tower-case/8428604
Still plan on 1 more 4tb drive, 16gb more ram, a seasonic gold psu, and Dell H310 card.
So now for the few questions. I am sure these answers are plain as day, I couldnt wrap my head around it.
-Dell H310 flashed for FreeNAS? Why the external raid card? Is it because the motherboard supports hardware RAID but not software raid setups? Expansion reasons?
-Boot drive on the server. I have seen people use a single SSD, USB, double USBs in raid 1. Whats the consensus with this motherboard? It has 1 onboard internal USB header. I have a spare Intel 60gb SSD laying around. Thoughts?
-Network connection. Right now I have a Netgear AC1750 connected to my cable modem https://www.netgear.com/home/products/networking/wifi-routers/R6700.aspx and its claimed to be a gigabit router for wired. I am assuming I would just hook my server wired to the router and I would be able to connect to it with anything over wifi or wired connection. Since my house is not wired for ethernet at this time, any tips for a wireless setup? What about tips for a wired setup if I do run wires?
-I have a Realtek RTL8111F dual onboard NIC on my main computer (mini itx with NO room for expansion to an Intel Nic). Any thoughts about getting the best wired connection if I do run wires? Can I utilize the dual jacks?
-I understand the disk, vdev, pool. If I have a RaidZ2 setup, 4x4tb drives on 1 Vdev and I add 4x3tb drives in another vdev on that pool, does it just stripe 57%/43% to the 4x4tb and 4x3tb or does it limit me to essentially a 4x3tb and 4x3tb setup?
Thanks for the help. Great forum and VERY thorough and useful.
Thanks to Chris Moore's advice on another thread, I have purchased the following (and keep in mind, ultra budget good deal stuff).
Supermicro X9SCM-F, Xeon E3-1220v2, 8GB ECC RAM (2x4gb) for $66 on ebay
2x Red 4tb NAS for about $55 and $65
1x HGST 4tb NAS for $53.
I have this old Rocketfish server case I bought 12-some years ago - https://www.bestbuy.com/site/reviews/rocketfish-aluminum-full-tower-case/8428604
Still plan on 1 more 4tb drive, 16gb more ram, a seasonic gold psu, and Dell H310 card.
So now for the few questions. I am sure these answers are plain as day, I couldnt wrap my head around it.
-Dell H310 flashed for FreeNAS? Why the external raid card? Is it because the motherboard supports hardware RAID but not software raid setups? Expansion reasons?
-Boot drive on the server. I have seen people use a single SSD, USB, double USBs in raid 1. Whats the consensus with this motherboard? It has 1 onboard internal USB header. I have a spare Intel 60gb SSD laying around. Thoughts?
-Network connection. Right now I have a Netgear AC1750 connected to my cable modem https://www.netgear.com/home/products/networking/wifi-routers/R6700.aspx and its claimed to be a gigabit router for wired. I am assuming I would just hook my server wired to the router and I would be able to connect to it with anything over wifi or wired connection. Since my house is not wired for ethernet at this time, any tips for a wireless setup? What about tips for a wired setup if I do run wires?
-I have a Realtek RTL8111F dual onboard NIC on my main computer (mini itx with NO room for expansion to an Intel Nic). Any thoughts about getting the best wired connection if I do run wires? Can I utilize the dual jacks?
-I understand the disk, vdev, pool. If I have a RaidZ2 setup, 4x4tb drives on 1 Vdev and I add 4x3tb drives in another vdev on that pool, does it just stripe 57%/43% to the 4x4tb and 4x3tb or does it limit me to essentially a 4x3tb and 4x3tb setup?
Thanks for the help. Great forum and VERY thorough and useful.