Build’s Name: Dell R730XD NAS/DO EVERYTHING BUILD
Operating System/ Storage Platform: FreeNAS
CPU: 2 x Xeon E5-2678 12 core 2.5GHz
Motherboard: Dell R730XD
Chassis: Dell R730XD
Drives: Deciding...
RAM: 128GB (8x16GB)
Add-in Cards: Perc H730
Power Supply: 2 x 750w
Usage Profile: Plex Movie/TV storage, Transcode, Backups, VM Hosting
I'm upgrading from a QNAP TVS-1282 with an i5 and 32gb of memory with 8 x 6TB HGST drives and 32TB of storage. I've outgrown that box and need more space in addition to needing more power. I've grown sick of the crappy QNAP OS that is holding that box back. There are serious issues with the controller where it will freeze up with any significant data transfer and it's annoying.
Anyway, I picked up this guy:
Dell R730xd 24-Core Server 2x E5-2678 v3 2.5GHz 128GB-16 H730 RPS 3.5in | eBay
And I'm trying to finalize what drives I should be filling it with. I'm going to add the optional 2x2.5" ssd backplane for the rear of the server so I'll need to fill it with 12 3.5" drives and 2 2.5" drives.
My questions are:
Thanks!
Operating System/ Storage Platform: FreeNAS
CPU: 2 x Xeon E5-2678 12 core 2.5GHz
Motherboard: Dell R730XD
Chassis: Dell R730XD
Drives: Deciding...
RAM: 128GB (8x16GB)
Add-in Cards: Perc H730
Power Supply: 2 x 750w
Usage Profile: Plex Movie/TV storage, Transcode, Backups, VM Hosting
I'm upgrading from a QNAP TVS-1282 with an i5 and 32gb of memory with 8 x 6TB HGST drives and 32TB of storage. I've outgrown that box and need more space in addition to needing more power. I've grown sick of the crappy QNAP OS that is holding that box back. There are serious issues with the controller where it will freeze up with any significant data transfer and it's annoying.
Anyway, I picked up this guy:
Dell R730xd 24-Core Server 2x E5-2678 v3 2.5GHz 128GB-16 H730 RPS 3.5in | eBay
And I'm trying to finalize what drives I should be filling it with. I'm going to add the optional 2x2.5" ssd backplane for the rear of the server so I'll need to fill it with 12 3.5" drives and 2 2.5" drives.
My questions are:
- Is it worth looking at used SAS nearline HDDs? I'm a little concerned about used HDDs but I've had amazing experiences with used enterprise gear in the past.
- If no on the SAS HDDs, would the 8TB external shucked drives be a big performance bottleneck for this system?
- I'm looking at adding 2 SSDs to the rear backplane and am wondering if 6GB/s SAS SSDs will be a bottleneck for me.
- I'm planning on buying an Intel Optane 900P AIC 280GB for a ZIL drive, should I look into picking up a second for a L2ARC cache drive as well?
Thanks!