Hello Gents,
I'm new to posting on the forum, long time viewer, first time poster (cant believe I just typed that)
I could use guidance & direction on my new Server Storage array - primarily used for Plex, however also for Video Editing destination/outputs. I already have a 4 x 4TB RAID 5 w/ SSD cache(cade) from LSI, however the controller is continuously outputting errors, and has dropped a drive (twice) Since this array is now 90% full, I'm using this opportunity to create a new storage solution.
The BoM consists of the following :
1 x Adaptec (Microsemi) Smart Storage 3514-24i RAID Controller w/ Integrated Flash Back up
8 x Seagate 12TB Exos SATA 7200RPM HDDs (PN#ST12000NM0007)
Consumer Grade Intel Platform (Core i7-7700K) Asus Motherboard, Melanox10GB Network card with Twinax connection to UBNT 10GB switch, connecting to my workstation and several other PCs)
Windows 10 Pro OS platform
Enterprise SSD's for Caching ***** ? (Don't have them yet)
Caveats of the Scope of Work are:
Must reside in a smaller (shallow) 4U Rackmount chassis - Due to the shallow wall-mount rack already installed) I'm using a cheap Norco 431 Chassis
Chassis only holds 9 HDDs or 8 HDDs and 2 SSDs
My question/vision is the following:
To run a 8 drive RAID 10 (48TB) with SSD Caching - Maximum Speed possible, Fitting into this chassis, using this RAID card and the drives listed above
Does SSD Caching make sense here? If so, What drives should I use for the SSD caching considering my multimedia-heavy application.
Cost is not a primary driver. Performance and reliability are.
Thanks in advance guys
L
I'm new to posting on the forum, long time viewer, first time poster (cant believe I just typed that)
I could use guidance & direction on my new Server Storage array - primarily used for Plex, however also for Video Editing destination/outputs. I already have a 4 x 4TB RAID 5 w/ SSD cache(cade) from LSI, however the controller is continuously outputting errors, and has dropped a drive (twice) Since this array is now 90% full, I'm using this opportunity to create a new storage solution.
The BoM consists of the following :
1 x Adaptec (Microsemi) Smart Storage 3514-24i RAID Controller w/ Integrated Flash Back up
8 x Seagate 12TB Exos SATA 7200RPM HDDs (PN#ST12000NM0007)
Consumer Grade Intel Platform (Core i7-7700K) Asus Motherboard, Melanox10GB Network card with Twinax connection to UBNT 10GB switch, connecting to my workstation and several other PCs)
Windows 10 Pro OS platform
Enterprise SSD's for Caching ***** ? (Don't have them yet)
Caveats of the Scope of Work are:
Must reside in a smaller (shallow) 4U Rackmount chassis - Due to the shallow wall-mount rack already installed) I'm using a cheap Norco 431 Chassis
Chassis only holds 9 HDDs or 8 HDDs and 2 SSDs
My question/vision is the following:
To run a 8 drive RAID 10 (48TB) with SSD Caching - Maximum Speed possible, Fitting into this chassis, using this RAID card and the drives listed above
Does SSD Caching make sense here? If so, What drives should I use for the SSD caching considering my multimedia-heavy application.
Cost is not a primary driver. Performance and reliability are.
Thanks in advance guys
L