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Dabbler
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I have been reading about FreeNAS for quite some time now and am finally ready to start building my new NAS. I previously used another off the shelf device so all data will be moved from this device once its setup, tested, burned-in. My existing 5 bay NAS is almost filled at about 8TB.
I would love some oversight from more experience FreeNAS users to make sure this setup makes sense. I have no specific budget but I do want to be cost efficient. I do value long term serviceability, reliability, ease of use, low noise.
USES & GOALS:
1. High performance 10G file storage for all existing data and future expansion (A few desktops / laptops & several streamers)
2. Some lite VM/Jail use (maybe 1-2, not needing to be on all the time)
3. Access remotely (owncloud or similar)
4. Additional Online Backblaze B2 for all critical data
5. Enabling snapshots for added restore functionality
6. Plex (??? - See #1 under questions)
PROPOSED HARDWARE:
Case - NSC-810A $220 (like the shape /form factor, similar size to off the shelf smaller nases, also considered the storinator av15 but its a bit pricey and would be the largest i want to go, also considered the Fractal 804 Node, anything in the realm of these size wise would definitely be a possibility)
PSU - 1U Flex Power Supply 350W $90 (made for case)
Boot Drives - Samsung MUF-32AB/AM FIT Plus 32GB USB Flash - $10 X 2 (planning on running 2 mirrored)
Storage Drives - 8 x 10TB White/Red drives $180 X 10 (purchased, ready to be shucked, plan on raidz2)
Network Adapter - NetApp/Chelsio 110-1114-30 111-00603+A0 10GbE SPF+ Dual-Port PCI-E Network Adapter $40 (purchased)
Cache Drive - Intel 900P 280GB 3D XPoint SSD AIC $270 (already have in my possession)
Motherboard - Supermicro X11SCH-LN4F Motherboard $300
CPU - Intel Xeon E-2126G 6 Core $300 (supports quicksync)
RAM - 128GB (4X32GB) Samsung DDR4-2666 PC4-21300 Registered ECC Server Memory $1,000 (ebay used)
QUESTIONS:
1. Definitely thought this whole time I wanted to run plex off the main unit here but earlier today almost decided against it since I can take my existing older htpc (i5-3570 - not used at tv anymore) and turn it into a plex box with a Quadro P2000 or similar that can hardware transcode. Based on what I have read in the threads it looks like a setup like this should easily exceed my new of maybe a 1-3 streams at anytime
2. Would using the Intel 900P SSD as a read/write cache improve performance over just having plenty of memory?
3. The X11SCH-LN4F supports dual M.2 drives. Would it make sense to have a pool of mirrored 970 EVOs for standard file access or making this a storage pool for regularly accessed documents? Some other config that makes more sense?
4. Based on my expected use and goals does this CPU/Motherboard/RAM/Case combo make sense? If theres an older generation cpu/mobo combo that uses ddr3 based ram i'd be happy to go to something like that as long as its powerful enough and supports the neccesary amount of the ram. The case chosen above supports a max of micro-atx.
5. Do I actually need that much ram (128GB) for the system right now or will 64GB be sufficient until I actually use more of the storage space?
Anything else I should consider? Thanks so much in advance!
I would love some oversight from more experience FreeNAS users to make sure this setup makes sense. I have no specific budget but I do want to be cost efficient. I do value long term serviceability, reliability, ease of use, low noise.
USES & GOALS:
1. High performance 10G file storage for all existing data and future expansion (A few desktops / laptops & several streamers)
2. Some lite VM/Jail use (maybe 1-2, not needing to be on all the time)
3. Access remotely (owncloud or similar)
4. Additional Online Backblaze B2 for all critical data
5. Enabling snapshots for added restore functionality
6. Plex (??? - See #1 under questions)
PROPOSED HARDWARE:
Case - NSC-810A $220 (like the shape /form factor, similar size to off the shelf smaller nases, also considered the storinator av15 but its a bit pricey and would be the largest i want to go, also considered the Fractal 804 Node, anything in the realm of these size wise would definitely be a possibility)
PSU - 1U Flex Power Supply 350W $90 (made for case)
Boot Drives - Samsung MUF-32AB/AM FIT Plus 32GB USB Flash - $10 X 2 (planning on running 2 mirrored)
Storage Drives - 8 x 10TB White/Red drives $180 X 10 (purchased, ready to be shucked, plan on raidz2)
Network Adapter - NetApp/Chelsio 110-1114-30 111-00603+A0 10GbE SPF+ Dual-Port PCI-E Network Adapter $40 (purchased)
Cache Drive - Intel 900P 280GB 3D XPoint SSD AIC $270 (already have in my possession)
Motherboard - Supermicro X11SCH-LN4F Motherboard $300
CPU - Intel Xeon E-2126G 6 Core $300 (supports quicksync)
RAM - 128GB (4X32GB) Samsung DDR4-2666 PC4-21300 Registered ECC Server Memory $1,000 (ebay used)
QUESTIONS:
1. Definitely thought this whole time I wanted to run plex off the main unit here but earlier today almost decided against it since I can take my existing older htpc (i5-3570 - not used at tv anymore) and turn it into a plex box with a Quadro P2000 or similar that can hardware transcode. Based on what I have read in the threads it looks like a setup like this should easily exceed my new of maybe a 1-3 streams at anytime
2. Would using the Intel 900P SSD as a read/write cache improve performance over just having plenty of memory?
3. The X11SCH-LN4F supports dual M.2 drives. Would it make sense to have a pool of mirrored 970 EVOs for standard file access or making this a storage pool for regularly accessed documents? Some other config that makes more sense?
4. Based on my expected use and goals does this CPU/Motherboard/RAM/Case combo make sense? If theres an older generation cpu/mobo combo that uses ddr3 based ram i'd be happy to go to something like that as long as its powerful enough and supports the neccesary amount of the ram. The case chosen above supports a max of micro-atx.
5. Do I actually need that much ram (128GB) for the system right now or will 64GB be sufficient until I actually use more of the storage space?
Anything else I should consider? Thanks so much in advance!
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