Hello Community,
Flag, my first post. :)
I need some advise of how to use my spare SSD with FreeNAS.
my setup
1) HP Microserver gen10 with 4 core CPU, 32G ECC RAM. I do not have video card, and 10G card etc.
2) 4 x 6TB WD NAS drive
3) FreeNAS running on a HPE 8G USB drive. ( Yep, I format that stupid ClearOS, and repurpose the 'enterprise grade' USB stick :).
My use case
1) Home NAS, time machine backup, video/photo, file storage.
2) my lovely movie collection
3) emby server running on the FreeNAS as a plugin. No VM, No other plugins.
My Question
I have 2 x SSD spare, which I can connect to HP Microserver ( use 1->2 SATA connector etc ). 1 x SSD is Samsung old 1TB (approx 5 years old). another SSD is Intel 128G ( approx 5 years old as well). They both functioning very well.
My understanding is that for FreeNAS, we can add a read and write cache. So I am wondering, should I consider to use those SSD one for read, and one for write cache. If so, seeking fellow's suggestion which one suits for read, and which for write.
Alternative, would you suggest to make an new pool with SSD, and host emby plugin on SSD pool, rather than the HDD pool which assuming would get better performance if needs load a lot movies etc.
Thank you so much.
Andy
Flag, my first post. :)
I need some advise of how to use my spare SSD with FreeNAS.
my setup
1) HP Microserver gen10 with 4 core CPU, 32G ECC RAM. I do not have video card, and 10G card etc.
2) 4 x 6TB WD NAS drive
3) FreeNAS running on a HPE 8G USB drive. ( Yep, I format that stupid ClearOS, and repurpose the 'enterprise grade' USB stick :).
My use case
1) Home NAS, time machine backup, video/photo, file storage.
2) my lovely movie collection
3) emby server running on the FreeNAS as a plugin. No VM, No other plugins.
My Question
I have 2 x SSD spare, which I can connect to HP Microserver ( use 1->2 SATA connector etc ). 1 x SSD is Samsung old 1TB (approx 5 years old). another SSD is Intel 128G ( approx 5 years old as well). They both functioning very well.
My understanding is that for FreeNAS, we can add a read and write cache. So I am wondering, should I consider to use those SSD one for read, and one for write cache. If so, seeking fellow's suggestion which one suits for read, and which for write.
Alternative, would you suggest to make an new pool with SSD, and host emby plugin on SSD pool, rather than the HDD pool which assuming would get better performance if needs load a lot movies etc.
Thank you so much.
Andy
