Erik The Angry
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Hi folks, first post. I've read through the hardware recommendations, and I've built out what I believe to be a good balance for our organization between storage and performance. The below mentioned SSD is meant for read cache... which I'm not 100% sure I need, as this is meant to simply be a backup target. At assorted intervals, backups will be written in from production, and read out to a tape drive for long term retention. Since the files it will be handling are all quite large, a regular SATA SSD would likely provide similar benefit.
Unfortunately, I'm having a hard time identifying whether one of the components will be supported. Specifically, I'm interested in putting in an Intel DC P3500 400GB PCIE SSD. Model is SSDPEDMX400G401.
In following the recommendations (I'm mostly just putting this here to show that I DID read them... TLDR this part if you want):
Does anyone have a fairly definitive idea of whether the SSD will be supported by FreeBSD and FreeNAS?
Unfortunately, I'm having a hard time identifying whether one of the components will be supported. Specifically, I'm interested in putting in an Intel DC P3500 400GB PCIE SSD. Model is SSDPEDMX400G401.
In following the recommendations (I'm mostly just putting this here to show that I DID read them... TLDR this part if you want):
- Mobo is a SuperMicro board. I didn't go with the specifically recommended models as I wanted more drives and the raid cards were not recommended due to ZFS not liking it when other things plays with its data. I could probably use a SATA card, but if it's all on the mobo that's one less component to fail.
- Memory is Crucial, 32GB of ECC.
- Hard drives are 10x 4TB (and the SSD that this topic is about).
- CPU is an Intel i5-6500, as I've read that AMD does poorly.
Does anyone have a fairly definitive idea of whether the SSD will be supported by FreeBSD and FreeNAS?