yeliaB
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After eight years of 24X7 use, my old FreeNAS box is due for replacement.
It's currently handling Time Machine backups for several Macs, storage for all my shows and movies, and Plex in a jail for viewing said shows and movies.
In the future, I'm looking to do more experimenting with virtualization, and so anticipate running 1-2 different relatively-low-compute virtual environments on a regular basis, and might waltz a few others in and out of the box from time to time as well.
Here's what I'm looking at for the major components:
Motherboard: Intel Server Board S1200SPL
My old server was built using the "build it using a quality workstation mobo" school of thought with an Intel motherboard; I figured I'd stick with a brand that has done well by me, and kick things up a notch to one of their entry-level server boards.
Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1245V5 3.5GHz 8MB Smart Cache
I'll admit that choosing this was one part "I've not kept up with Intel's naming conventions to know what the hell it all means", one part "it fits the socket on the mobo", and one part "it's slightly more expensive than the mobo, which has proven to be a good ratio for me previously". ;-) My old server has an Intel Core i7-920 Processor (8M Cache, 2.66 GHz), and runs a steady-state load average of roughly .5 though, as I noted above, I'm going to be playing around more with virtualization in the future and expect things to heat up a bit, CPU-wise.
RAM: Crucial CT8374170 (DDR4 PC4-19200 • CL=17 • Dual Ranked • x8 based • Unbuffered • ECC • DDR4-2400 • 1.2V • 2048Meg x 72)
I've never had a problem with Crucial so I'd like to stick with it. This would give me a total of 32GB spread over two banks, and leaves two slots open for a mid-life "kicker" should performance start sagging in the future.
Power Supply: Antec HCP-850 Platinum
Again, I've had good luck with the Antec supply on my old server, so I'd thought I'd get this new one; its modular design would keep clutter to a minimum, and help airflow through the box.
Drives: (8) Western Digital RE4 4TB (WDC WD4000FYYZ)
These are currently in use on my old server; my plan is to move them over and continue to use them, swapping them out as SMART dictates.
Enclosure: Antec
I don't recall the model number, but it's the one I've been using on my old server, so I'll continue using it. It's been augmented with three SATA 4-bay cold-swap inserts, each with its own fan; the case itself has a one fan in the back, and a large (200mm?) fan on the top. Never had cooling problems, so I'm thinking I should be good keeping it (after throwing some new fans in, of course).
I realize that I'm over-speccing (and yes, gold-plating), but when it comes to servers, I like low-drama configurations, and these kinds of choices eight years ago gave me low drama. That said, I'd love to hear everyone's feedback!
It's currently handling Time Machine backups for several Macs, storage for all my shows and movies, and Plex in a jail for viewing said shows and movies.
In the future, I'm looking to do more experimenting with virtualization, and so anticipate running 1-2 different relatively-low-compute virtual environments on a regular basis, and might waltz a few others in and out of the box from time to time as well.
Here's what I'm looking at for the major components:
Motherboard: Intel Server Board S1200SPL
My old server was built using the "build it using a quality workstation mobo" school of thought with an Intel motherboard; I figured I'd stick with a brand that has done well by me, and kick things up a notch to one of their entry-level server boards.
Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1245V5 3.5GHz 8MB Smart Cache
I'll admit that choosing this was one part "I've not kept up with Intel's naming conventions to know what the hell it all means", one part "it fits the socket on the mobo", and one part "it's slightly more expensive than the mobo, which has proven to be a good ratio for me previously". ;-) My old server has an Intel Core i7-920 Processor (8M Cache, 2.66 GHz), and runs a steady-state load average of roughly .5 though, as I noted above, I'm going to be playing around more with virtualization in the future and expect things to heat up a bit, CPU-wise.
RAM: Crucial CT8374170 (DDR4 PC4-19200 • CL=17 • Dual Ranked • x8 based • Unbuffered • ECC • DDR4-2400 • 1.2V • 2048Meg x 72)
I've never had a problem with Crucial so I'd like to stick with it. This would give me a total of 32GB spread over two banks, and leaves two slots open for a mid-life "kicker" should performance start sagging in the future.
Power Supply: Antec HCP-850 Platinum
Again, I've had good luck with the Antec supply on my old server, so I'd thought I'd get this new one; its modular design would keep clutter to a minimum, and help airflow through the box.
Drives: (8) Western Digital RE4 4TB (WDC WD4000FYYZ)
These are currently in use on my old server; my plan is to move them over and continue to use them, swapping them out as SMART dictates.
Enclosure: Antec
I don't recall the model number, but it's the one I've been using on my old server, so I'll continue using it. It's been augmented with three SATA 4-bay cold-swap inserts, each with its own fan; the case itself has a one fan in the back, and a large (200mm?) fan on the top. Never had cooling problems, so I'm thinking I should be good keeping it (after throwing some new fans in, of course).
I realize that I'm over-speccing (and yes, gold-plating), but when it comes to servers, I like low-drama configurations, and these kinds of choices eight years ago gave me low drama. That said, I'd love to hear everyone's feedback!
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