Hi All,
I'm looking for some advice on building a file server, I want to use it for plain old file storage, both for backups and archiving old stuff, and for fast external storage for my Mac Mini 2018 with 10gb ethernet.
I've so far cobbled together a selection of parts, without much rhyme or reason, so I don't mind spending a bit more to round out the system, what I have so far:
Intel Server board S3420GPV with a quad core xeon, (cant remember exactly what model)
32gb ECC DDR3
2x 120gb Sata SSD's (Boot drives?)
4x 240gb Sata SSD's (fast storage, caching?)
4x 2tb HDD's
Theres a old Dell SAS controller in there, A dell sas 6/ir , so as basic as it gets really, I do have a second one if needed.
A USB 3.0 Card
and a Aquantia 10gbe network card (not currently supported by FreeBSD sadly)
Ideally I want to directly connect the 10gbe straight to the Mac Mini to avoid a costly switch, and use the other two ports for the rest of the network.
I've juggled OS and configurations (Windows Server, Ubuntu etc) and file systems but not really found what to settle on.
Ideally I'd like one big storage pool with a single volume with some sort of caching, that I can access from both windows and mac os, and have it fast enough to keep the 10gbe nice and full.
I've looked ubuntu server with ZFS, but after reading all the guides I still don't know the best way of config the ZFS.
I have a MSDN sub so trying windows server is an option, but not sure storage spaces is worth the hassle.
Any advice would be good, or new ideas to try!
I'm looking for some advice on building a file server, I want to use it for plain old file storage, both for backups and archiving old stuff, and for fast external storage for my Mac Mini 2018 with 10gb ethernet.
I've so far cobbled together a selection of parts, without much rhyme or reason, so I don't mind spending a bit more to round out the system, what I have so far:
Intel Server board S3420GPV with a quad core xeon, (cant remember exactly what model)
32gb ECC DDR3
2x 120gb Sata SSD's (Boot drives?)
4x 240gb Sata SSD's (fast storage, caching?)
4x 2tb HDD's
Theres a old Dell SAS controller in there, A dell sas 6/ir , so as basic as it gets really, I do have a second one if needed.
A USB 3.0 Card
and a Aquantia 10gbe network card (not currently supported by FreeBSD sadly)
Ideally I want to directly connect the 10gbe straight to the Mac Mini to avoid a costly switch, and use the other two ports for the rest of the network.
I've juggled OS and configurations (Windows Server, Ubuntu etc) and file systems but not really found what to settle on.
Ideally I'd like one big storage pool with a single volume with some sort of caching, that I can access from both windows and mac os, and have it fast enough to keep the 10gbe nice and full.
I've looked ubuntu server with ZFS, but after reading all the guides I still don't know the best way of config the ZFS.
I have a MSDN sub so trying windows server is an option, but not sure storage spaces is worth the hassle.
Any advice would be good, or new ideas to try!