I think I am loosing my mind for considering this but I am contemplating using unRaid on an Atom for my next upgrade.
My current setup is a server I started building in 2009 so it's age is starting to worry me and I am out of bulk storage space. Dual 3GHz quad core 5400 Xeon, 56GB RAM, 8x 450GB 15k RAID6, 25x 2TB SATA RAID6 with hot spare and a bunch of random SATA drives because I ran out of space on Windows 2012 server with a 10Gb network with a pair of LSI 8888 1st gen SAS controllers and 1st gen SAS expanders. While I love being able to move 10+GB files at over 300MB/s the reality is my bulk storage rarely changes after it's uploaded, is infrequently accessed and a 4 digit electric bill really sucks.
My thoughts are a 1U Supermicro 5018A-AR12L, 8GB RAM, 12x 6TB or 8x 8TB SATA (if I can find them), 256GB SSD cache drive and a 10Gb NIC. This would be just for bulk storage. Expansion is about 10TB/year with 42TB of existing data.
My concerns are not being able to test all unRaid features without buying it. Mainly the write speed with a cache drive, and active directory integration. What are some of your experiences with unRaid? Does anyone have any other recommendations for software.
My current setup is a server I started building in 2009 so it's age is starting to worry me and I am out of bulk storage space. Dual 3GHz quad core 5400 Xeon, 56GB RAM, 8x 450GB 15k RAID6, 25x 2TB SATA RAID6 with hot spare and a bunch of random SATA drives because I ran out of space on Windows 2012 server with a 10Gb network with a pair of LSI 8888 1st gen SAS controllers and 1st gen SAS expanders. While I love being able to move 10+GB files at over 300MB/s the reality is my bulk storage rarely changes after it's uploaded, is infrequently accessed and a 4 digit electric bill really sucks.
My thoughts are a 1U Supermicro 5018A-AR12L, 8GB RAM, 12x 6TB or 8x 8TB SATA (if I can find them), 256GB SSD cache drive and a 10Gb NIC. This would be just for bulk storage. Expansion is about 10TB/year with 42TB of existing data.
My concerns are not being able to test all unRaid features without buying it. Mainly the write speed with a cache drive, and active directory integration. What are some of your experiences with unRaid? Does anyone have any other recommendations for software.