Dear all,
My name is Julien and I am glad to join you on this forum to install my first TrueNAS DYI system. I have spent some time reading the available documentation and diverse forum posts, and now I would like to confirm with you a few points as I am still not totally familiar with TrueNAS Core.
If possible, I would greatly appreciate recommendations / advices on the below setup.
The need is simple: to configure a stable storage system where I can store Photo, video, documents and slowly explore the capabilities of TrueNas Core by later installing apps and add-ons in dedicated Jails.
The hardware I have at the moment:
My motherboard provides only 4 x SATA 6Gb/s (8 would be needed).
-> what would be the best PCI to SATA extension card to add another 4 ports knowing the motherboard has:
Following questions on storage partitions
Is it possible to configure the storage as below?
1] Boot partitions + SLOG partitions mirrored on these two SSD:
However I am not sure yet if that's a good idea to add the SLOG partition on the boot SSD, then mirror it on the 2nd one. Can it be done?
I thought of this setup to avoid using the NVMe for both SLOG and L2ARC as I read it was not a smart move in terms of performances.
Also, does the "16Gb SWAP" partition created at the installation on boot device actually refers to L2ARC?
If yes, should this installation step be skipped to later create a L2ARC on the NVMe instead?
2] L2ARC partition on the new SSD NVMe
-> If yes, what should be the right size for this L2ARC partition?
-> If there is remaining space, can it be used for another purpose?
3] RAIDZ2 with the 6 x 10TB NAS Hard Drives
Many thanks in advance for your advices. Happy Valentines day!
My name is Julien and I am glad to join you on this forum to install my first TrueNAS DYI system. I have spent some time reading the available documentation and diverse forum posts, and now I would like to confirm with you a few points as I am still not totally familiar with TrueNAS Core.
If possible, I would greatly appreciate recommendations / advices on the below setup.
The need is simple: to configure a stable storage system where I can store Photo, video, documents and slowly explore the capabilities of TrueNas Core by later installing apps and add-ons in dedicated Jails.
The hardware I have at the moment:
- A motherboard with 4 x SATA 6Gbps
- An Intel CPU
- 16 GB DDR4
- 1 new SSD NVMe SAMSUNG 970 EVO PLUS 250GB
- 6 HDD 10 TB SATA 6Gb/s
- 1 old SSD SanDisk Extreme PROD 240GB SATA 6Gbps
- 1 old SSD Crucial m4 256Gb SATA 6Gbps
My motherboard provides only 4 x SATA 6Gb/s (8 would be needed).
-> what would be the best PCI to SATA extension card to add another 4 ports knowing the motherboard has:
- 1 x PCI Express 5.0
- 1 x PCI Express 4.0
- 2 x PCIe 3.0
Following questions on storage partitions
Is it possible to configure the storage as below?
1] Boot partitions + SLOG partitions mirrored on these two SSD:
- 1 old SSD SanDisk Extreme PROD 240GB SATA 6Gbps
- 1 old SSD Crucial m4 256Gb SATA 6Gbps
However I am not sure yet if that's a good idea to add the SLOG partition on the boot SSD, then mirror it on the 2nd one. Can it be done?
I thought of this setup to avoid using the NVMe for both SLOG and L2ARC as I read it was not a smart move in terms of performances.
Also, does the "16Gb SWAP" partition created at the installation on boot device actually refers to L2ARC?
If yes, should this installation step be skipped to later create a L2ARC on the NVMe instead?
2] L2ARC partition on the new SSD NVMe
- 1 x SAMSUNG 970 EVO PLUS M.2 2280 250GB
-> If yes, what should be the right size for this L2ARC partition?
-> If there is remaining space, can it be used for another purpose?
3] RAIDZ2 with the 6 x 10TB NAS Hard Drives
- 6 x HDD 10 TB SATA 6Gbps
Many thanks in advance for your advices. Happy Valentines day!