Hopefully I have posted this in the correct forum. Looking for some advice on this build. Have most of the bits listed below but am still deciding on the best disk configuration. Any advice is appreciated.
Build’s Name: HomeLab NAS Build
Operating System/ Storage Platform: ZFS - Still researching the best option e.g FreeNas, Napp-IT etc.
CPU: 2 x SIX-Core XEON E5-2620 2.0GHz Processors
Motherboard: Supermicro X9DRi-LN4F+
Chassis: SuperChassis CSE-846 24x 3.5" with BPN-SAS2-846EL1 backplane
Drives: Researching best drive options (Possibly 4tb or 6tb WD REDs)
RAM: 24GB
Add-in Cards: Intel X520DA2 + (2X Intel Optane 900p 280GB - Free Intel samples from Work which I would like to make good use of. I assume using 1 for SLOG is a no-brainer.)
Power Supply: Dual PWS-920P-SQ
Other Bits: Rack rails
Usage Profile: This will be used to consolidate storage for file share, media, NVR storage,backups & VM storage for approx 10 VM's. Currently using a 5 bay and 8 Bay Synology for storage needs with a total capacity of about 15TB. I currently run a 2 node ESxi cluster and 2 node Hyper-V cluster for test and dev on an Intel 4 node (H2312JFF).
Other information…
Still trying to decide on the best drive configuration for this machine before purchasing HDD's and the HBA. I have been reading on ZFS and am trying to get my head around Vdevs (RAIDz1, RAIDz2). I have worked in the IT sector for many years but ZFS is new to me. Very familiar with standard RAID and SAN but I am still getting to grips with ZFS terminology.
Thanks.
Build’s Name: HomeLab NAS Build
Operating System/ Storage Platform: ZFS - Still researching the best option e.g FreeNas, Napp-IT etc.
CPU: 2 x SIX-Core XEON E5-2620 2.0GHz Processors
Motherboard: Supermicro X9DRi-LN4F+
Chassis: SuperChassis CSE-846 24x 3.5" with BPN-SAS2-846EL1 backplane
Drives: Researching best drive options (Possibly 4tb or 6tb WD REDs)
RAM: 24GB
Add-in Cards: Intel X520DA2 + (2X Intel Optane 900p 280GB - Free Intel samples from Work which I would like to make good use of. I assume using 1 for SLOG is a no-brainer.)
Power Supply: Dual PWS-920P-SQ
Other Bits: Rack rails
Usage Profile: This will be used to consolidate storage for file share, media, NVR storage,backups & VM storage for approx 10 VM's. Currently using a 5 bay and 8 Bay Synology for storage needs with a total capacity of about 15TB. I currently run a 2 node ESxi cluster and 2 node Hyper-V cluster for test and dev on an Intel 4 node (H2312JFF).
Other information…
Still trying to decide on the best drive configuration for this machine before purchasing HDD's and the HBA. I have been reading on ZFS and am trying to get my head around Vdevs (RAIDz1, RAIDz2). I have worked in the IT sector for many years but ZFS is new to me. Very familiar with standard RAID and SAN but I am still getting to grips with ZFS terminology.
Thanks.