Non-superMicro HW - Dell R740XD/HBA330+ OR Lenovo SR650/430 - 16i SAS/SATA 12Gb HBA

[michaeleino]

I have been using freenas for at least 6 years, with a great performance out of a Huge PC, But now we are going as the book states :)
What about the below HW config? do the dell HBA330+ good for freenas ? does it suffer any drawbacks with freenas ?
and please any recommended modification for the below ?

Note.. here where i'm being, we can't purchase the supermicro easly, due to lake of local distributer/resellers and after sale support.

PowerEdge R740XD Server
Chassis with Up to 12 x 3.5” Hard Drives for 2CPU Configuration
Trusted Platform Module: No Trusted Platform Module
Processor: 2x Intel® Xeon® Silver 4116 2.1G, 12C/24T, 9.6GT/s, 16.5M Cache, Turbo, HT(85W) DDR4-2400
Memory DIMM Type and Speed: 2666MT/s RDIMMs
Memory Capacity: (4) 16GB RDIMM, 2666MT/s, Dual Rank
RAID Configuration: C1, No RAID for HDDs/SSDs (Mixed Drive Types Allowed)
RAID Controller: HBA330+ Controller, 12Gb Adapter, Low Profile
Hard Drives: (8) 10TB 7.2K RPM NLSAS 12Gbps 512e 3.5in Hot-plug Hard Drive
Power Management BIOS Settings: Power Saving Dell Active Power Controller
Advanced System Configurations: UEFI BIOS Setting
Fans: 6 Performance Fans forR740/740XD
Power Supply: Dual, Hot-plug, Redundant Power Supply (1+1), 1100W
PCIe Riser: Riser Config 2, 3 x8, 1 x16 slots
Embedded Systems Management: iDRAC9, Express
Network Daughter Card: Intel X550 Quad Port 10GbE, Base-T, rNDC
Bezel: No Bezel
Quick Sync: No Quick Sync
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SSD for L2ARC/zil : Samsung 970 PRO 512GB - NVMe PCIe M.2 2280 SSD (MZ-V7P512BW)

 

[michaeleino]

up!
any recommendation ?

 

[Ericloewe]

do the dell HBA330+ good for freenas ?

Should be, it's an SAS3008. You might need to crossflash it to standard LSI firmware. If you can, just get an LSI SAS 9300 from the start.

SSD for L2ARC/zil : Samsung 970 PRO 512GB - NVMe PCIe M.2 2280 SSD (MZ-V7P512BW)

Assuming you would benefit from L2ARC or SLOG (both are far from being a given), the 970 Pro should be an okay L2ARC, but it's useless as SLOG as it doesn't have power loss protection.

 

[michaeleino]

thanks Ericloewe
for your response.... Do you mean, to purchase another LSI SAS9300 ? from Dell we can't order the server without a storage controller .. and sure there is no LSI there :/

What should the technical rep, confirm to make sure it will work without flashing? just "IT-mode or JBod mode" ?
I see your point for the SLOG (Y)...

 

[michaeleino]

I have another option here with ThinkSystem SR650 as below:

Backplane: ThinkSystem SR650/SR550/SR590 3.5"SATA/SAS 12-Bay Backplane
Processor: 2x Intel Xeon Silver 4114 10C 85W 2.2GHz
RAMs: 2x ThinkSystem 32GB TruDDR4 2666 MHz(2Rx4 1.2V) RDIMM
HBA: ThinkSystem 430-16i SAS/SATA 12Gb HBA ## based on broadcom SAS3416
HDDs: 8x ThinkSystem 3.5" 10TB 7.2K SAS 12Gb Hot Swap 512e HDD
SSD Kit: ThinkSystem M.2 Enablement Kit
SSD: ThinkSystem M.2 5100 480GB SATA6Gbps Non-Hot Swap SSD ## for L2ARC
NIC: ThinkSystem 10Gb 2-port Base-T LOM
HBA for JBOD Exp: ThinkSystem 430-16e SAS/SATA 12GbHBA
PSU: 2x ThinkSystem 750W(230/115V)Platinum Hot-Swap Power Supply

will this rocks the Dell solution ?

 

[michaeleino]

I have another option here with ThinkSystem SR650 as below:

Backplane: ThinkSystem SR650/SR550/SR590 3.5"SATA/SAS 12-Bay Backplane
Processor: 2x Intel Xeon Silver 4114 10C 85W 2.2GHz
RAMs: 2x ThinkSystem 32GB TruDDR4 2666 MHz(2Rx4 1.2V) RDIMM
HBA: ThinkSystem 430-16i SAS/SATA 12Gb HBA ## based on broadcom SAS3416
HDDs: 8x ThinkSystem 3.5" 10TB 7.2K SAS 12Gb Hot Swap 512e HDD
SSD Kit: ThinkSystem M.2 Enablement Kit
SSD: ThinkSystem M.2 5100 480GB SATA6Gbps Non-Hot Swap SSD ## for L2ARC
NIC: ThinkSystem 10Gb 2-port Base-T LOM
HBA for JBOD Exp: ThinkSystem 430-16e SAS/SATA 12GbHBA
PSU: 2x ThinkSystem 750W(230/115V)Platinum Hot-Swap Power Supply

will this rocks the Dell solution ?

bump up!
Any suggestion for this lenovo ??