I am finally putting the server I've putting off for a year. Thus far I have or have ordered the following parts:
SM 836 chassis w/ SAS2-EL2 backplane
LSI 9300 16i HBA
SM X10DRH-iLN4 motherboard (on back order till late April)
2x E5-2695 v3 cpu (ES CPUs marked QEY6 replacing the original QFQKs I had due to higher base clock)
2x HUSSL40108SS600 100GB ssd (intended for use as ZIL until I can get something better)
Where I need advice:
1. I am leaning toward a SM DOM, SSD-DM128-SMCMVN1 specifically, for booting ESXi. I realize way large for the intended purpose but the write speed is so much higher than the other modules. Am I right in thinking this will make a difference?
2. Primary storage will be spinners connected to the LSI 9300 via the SAS2 -EL2 backplane. The 2 HGST SSD will also be connected here. Will using SATA drives be a bad thing to do? The 9300 and all attached drives will be passed to Napp-it for ZFS and for now any way ZIL.
3. The memory prices ATM are causing me to scale back my 128GB plans and go with 64GB. From what I've read not going with 8x DIMMS in this board will put a serious damp on memory performance. Is this an accurate statement?
If you seen an blatant errors in this please by all means point them out.
Thanks
SM 836 chassis w/ SAS2-EL2 backplane
LSI 9300 16i HBA
SM X10DRH-iLN4 motherboard (on back order till late April)
2x E5-2695 v3 cpu (ES CPUs marked QEY6 replacing the original QFQKs I had due to higher base clock)
2x HUSSL40108SS600 100GB ssd (intended for use as ZIL until I can get something better)
Where I need advice:
1. I am leaning toward a SM DOM, SSD-DM128-SMCMVN1 specifically, for booting ESXi. I realize way large for the intended purpose but the write speed is so much higher than the other modules. Am I right in thinking this will make a difference?
2. Primary storage will be spinners connected to the LSI 9300 via the SAS2 -EL2 backplane. The 2 HGST SSD will also be connected here. Will using SATA drives be a bad thing to do? The 9300 and all attached drives will be passed to Napp-it for ZFS and for now any way ZIL.
3. The memory prices ATM are causing me to scale back my 128GB plans and go with 64GB. From what I've read not going with 8x DIMMS in this board will put a serious damp on memory performance. Is this an accurate statement?
If you seen an blatant errors in this please by all means point them out.
Thanks