I’m building out a server for a business environment. The use cases will be as an iSCSI ESXi datastore for 4 hosts in a cluster with sync enabled, CIFS for VM backup with Veeam and file sharing throughout the company.
Here are the hardware specs:
Server Chassis: Supermicro Superchassis SC836E16-R1200B
Motherboard: Supermicro X8DT3-F
CPU: Dual Intel Xeon L5640 @ 2.27 GHz
RAM: 96GB DDR3 ECC (12 x 8GB)
Controller: M1015 flashed to IT Mode
Backplane: SAS2-836EL2, one SAS cable to the M1015 should give me access to all 16 drives
NIC: Quad Port Intel NIC + 1 onboard Intel NIC
Power Supplies: Dual 1200 watt
UPS: APC Smart-UPS 1200VA
Drives: 6x 3TB WD Reds, 6x 4TB WD Reds, 2x 100GB S3700s, 1x 480GB Intel 730
The configuration I was thinking about would be mirrored vdevs with 4TB drives for the datastore with mirrored 8GB SLOG comprised of 100GB S3700s. Additionally, thinking about a 320GB L2ARC using an Intel 730 480GB drive.
For the file sharing and backup I was going to do RAIDZ2 with the 3TB drives and enable backups of the VMs at night so the disks wouldn’t be hit too hard during the day. Not planning on putting SSDs for SLOG or L2ARC.
I wanted to get some feedback as to the setup and if there is anything that I'm missing. Thanks!
Here are the hardware specs:
Server Chassis: Supermicro Superchassis SC836E16-R1200B
Motherboard: Supermicro X8DT3-F
CPU: Dual Intel Xeon L5640 @ 2.27 GHz
RAM: 96GB DDR3 ECC (12 x 8GB)
Controller: M1015 flashed to IT Mode
Backplane: SAS2-836EL2, one SAS cable to the M1015 should give me access to all 16 drives
NIC: Quad Port Intel NIC + 1 onboard Intel NIC
Power Supplies: Dual 1200 watt
UPS: APC Smart-UPS 1200VA
Drives: 6x 3TB WD Reds, 6x 4TB WD Reds, 2x 100GB S3700s, 1x 480GB Intel 730
The configuration I was thinking about would be mirrored vdevs with 4TB drives for the datastore with mirrored 8GB SLOG comprised of 100GB S3700s. Additionally, thinking about a 320GB L2ARC using an Intel 730 480GB drive.
For the file sharing and backup I was going to do RAIDZ2 with the 3TB drives and enable backups of the VMs at night so the disks wouldn’t be hit too hard during the day. Not planning on putting SSDs for SLOG or L2ARC.
I wanted to get some feedback as to the setup and if there is anything that I'm missing. Thanks!
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