I only recently turned to Freenas for an offline backup machine, and am very happy with how Freenas is working. This PC's sole purpose is to periodically turn on and backup my primary NAS. This pc is currently made of desktop components with 14 hdd's, and to expand on this I'll need to look into larger cases such as the supermicro chassis.
I'm looking to rebuild this PC, starting off with a more suitable chassis. Current specs below, which is largely thrown together from old components
*Freenas
*dual core celeron g3930, 24gb ddr4, asus z270
*8x8tb in a Raidz2
*6x6tb in a Raidz1
*adaptec 16 port 71605 (was running hardware raid earlier, drives are now passed through)
*10gbit qsfp ConnectX-2 card (40gbit with infiniband, though i'm stuck with ethernet inside Freenas)
The dual core is nearly maxed out writing to the 8x8tb raidz2, and that array gets around 800MB/s
I'm not sure where to start on a larger, more appropriate build. It will need to backup my primary NAS which is currently good for a realized ~125TiB, and i'm looking for the best value/$ approach.
I was looking at a chassis like this 36 bay CSE-847E16-R1400UB. Is this the largest (affordable) chassis that can hold a motherboard? This carries more bays than the 24 bay version, and the 45 bay versions looks like it is for hdd's only. I live in Australia, and shipping is looking pricey at $400USD, so not sure what my alternatives are.
Supermicro 847E16-R1400UB BAREBONE 4U Server SAS2 Exp 6Gps 36x TRAYS Rail Kit | eBay
Will desktop ATX parts work in the supermicro chassis? I have an old x58/5820k cpu that I could retire into this proposed PC, unless I would be better off selling it and purchasing a used xeon and board. AM4 desktop gear also makes for a cheap alternative, with the bonus that the components are swappable with the other PC's i have running.
Ideally, i would like to swap to a 40gbit ConnectX-3 ethernet card, and have a cpu capable of maxing out this ~5GB/s worth of bandwidth.
The adaptec raid card runs well, though getting a hba with no bios could make the system simpler. Do the common LSI cards have bios's they have to post through?
To summarize the above, i'm looking for recommendations on
*a large case in the 24bay + range
*motherboard and cpu(s) capable of pushing 5GB/s throughput (would my 5820k be viable?)
*space/slot for a 40gbit ethernet card
*a more appropriate hba for the drives
Sorry if this post was better suited in the chassis related forum. Thanks!
I'm looking to rebuild this PC, starting off with a more suitable chassis. Current specs below, which is largely thrown together from old components
*Freenas
*dual core celeron g3930, 24gb ddr4, asus z270
*8x8tb in a Raidz2
*6x6tb in a Raidz1
*adaptec 16 port 71605 (was running hardware raid earlier, drives are now passed through)
*10gbit qsfp ConnectX-2 card (40gbit with infiniband, though i'm stuck with ethernet inside Freenas)
The dual core is nearly maxed out writing to the 8x8tb raidz2, and that array gets around 800MB/s
I'm not sure where to start on a larger, more appropriate build. It will need to backup my primary NAS which is currently good for a realized ~125TiB, and i'm looking for the best value/$ approach.
I was looking at a chassis like this 36 bay CSE-847E16-R1400UB. Is this the largest (affordable) chassis that can hold a motherboard? This carries more bays than the 24 bay version, and the 45 bay versions looks like it is for hdd's only. I live in Australia, and shipping is looking pricey at $400USD, so not sure what my alternatives are.
Supermicro 847E16-R1400UB BAREBONE 4U Server SAS2 Exp 6Gps 36x TRAYS Rail Kit | eBay
Will desktop ATX parts work in the supermicro chassis? I have an old x58/5820k cpu that I could retire into this proposed PC, unless I would be better off selling it and purchasing a used xeon and board. AM4 desktop gear also makes for a cheap alternative, with the bonus that the components are swappable with the other PC's i have running.
Ideally, i would like to swap to a 40gbit ConnectX-3 ethernet card, and have a cpu capable of maxing out this ~5GB/s worth of bandwidth.
The adaptec raid card runs well, though getting a hba with no bios could make the system simpler. Do the common LSI cards have bios's they have to post through?
To summarize the above, i'm looking for recommendations on
*a large case in the 24bay + range
*motherboard and cpu(s) capable of pushing 5GB/s throughput (would my 5820k be viable?)
*space/slot for a 40gbit ethernet card
*a more appropriate hba for the drives
Sorry if this post was better suited in the chassis related forum. Thanks!