Build’s Name: Free Indie
Operating System/ Storage Platform: Freenas (latest, or your recommendation for latest stable version?)
CPU: 2x e5-2650 v2
Motherboard: SuperMicro X9DRI-LN4F+ Motherboard
Chassis: SuperMicro 846 - 24 bay w/SAS2-846EL1 Backplane
Drives:
boot: SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB
l2arc: Intel 750 Series AIC 400GB PCI-Express 3.0 x4 MLC SSD
SLOG: Intel OPTANE SSD 900p PCIe 280gb
data: 24x 4TB HGST enterprise drives (20x are from a previous LumaForge server, going to try to retain the data/volumes)
RAM: 8x 16gb PC3-10600R
Add-in Cards:
HBA: SuperMicro AOC-S2308L-L8I (flashed to IT mode)
NIC: Chelsio T540-CR - Network Adapter 10 Gigabit Ethernet
Power Supply: 2x 1200w SQ (Super Quiet) PSU
Other Bits:
Usage Profile: File Server w/VM's
Other information… VR/AR/VFX/CG production studio file server (smb) plus VM's for production tracking/database, pipeline/license server/render queue manager/dns/wiki, proxy transcoding/review streaming. For now there are remote artists delivering files via VPN to the storage server and kicking off renders. The pipeline will determine if the job renders locally (four dual xeon servers w/GTX 1080ti gpu's someday to be Titan V or GV100) or if we send to cloud based rendering via Deadline (render queue manager & cloud rendering w/usage based licensing). Render nodes are connected to the Freenas server via DAC.
Any gotchas to watch for in this build? The VM's will not be added until the SMB File Server is proven bulletproof.
Operating System/ Storage Platform: Freenas (latest, or your recommendation for latest stable version?)
CPU: 2x e5-2650 v2
Motherboard: SuperMicro X9DRI-LN4F+ Motherboard
Chassis: SuperMicro 846 - 24 bay w/SAS2-846EL1 Backplane
Drives:
boot: SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB
l2arc: Intel 750 Series AIC 400GB PCI-Express 3.0 x4 MLC SSD
SLOG: Intel OPTANE SSD 900p PCIe 280gb
data: 24x 4TB HGST enterprise drives (20x are from a previous LumaForge server, going to try to retain the data/volumes)
RAM: 8x 16gb PC3-10600R
Add-in Cards:
HBA: SuperMicro AOC-S2308L-L8I (flashed to IT mode)
NIC: Chelsio T540-CR - Network Adapter 10 Gigabit Ethernet
Power Supply: 2x 1200w SQ (Super Quiet) PSU
Other Bits:
Usage Profile: File Server w/VM's
Other information… VR/AR/VFX/CG production studio file server (smb) plus VM's for production tracking/database, pipeline/license server/render queue manager/dns/wiki, proxy transcoding/review streaming. For now there are remote artists delivering files via VPN to the storage server and kicking off renders. The pipeline will determine if the job renders locally (four dual xeon servers w/GTX 1080ti gpu's someday to be Titan V or GV100) or if we send to cloud based rendering via Deadline (render queue manager & cloud rendering w/usage based licensing). Render nodes are connected to the Freenas server via DAC.
Any gotchas to watch for in this build? The VM's will not be added until the SMB File Server is proven bulletproof.