This is my first foray into running a non-Windows OS for my storage. TBH, I need a GUI, so FreeNAS immediately appealed to me. I've set it up with just two spinners in a mirror and have been testing it out for a few days now and it's been great. Stable and easy to use. Later this week when my M1015 arrives and I flash it to LSI9211-IT mode I will put move my NAS data to it (after a rebuild).
For all intents and purposes, my home NAS data is relatively static. My NAS doubles as a media server over a wired Gigabit network. HD video, photos, saving Office docs for work...you get the idea. According to the FreeNAS 8.3.0 User's Guide, based on my type of data I don't need a ZIL. But is there BENEFIT to having one anyway? Potential downside? Due to the fact that FreeNAS runs off a USB stick, I currently have a Samsung 830 SSD sitting gathering dust. As I understand it, there is always a ZIL; the OS just writes it to the system drive (USB stick).
I've already told you the type of data. The hardware for the server is:
Supermicro X9SCA-F
16GB ECC RAM
Xeon 1230V2
IBM M1015 (flashed to 9211-IT)
Six Samsung 500GB spinners (plan to make 2 separate RaidZ arrays and then pool them, if that's the correct terminology)
OS running off 8GB USB stick
Seasonic 850w PS
4U rackmount case
Awesome DVD burner with sticking drawer
I know this system is total overkill for a home file server, but #1, I have the hardware and it's not doing anything else and #2, idle power usage for this system is less than half of my current Core 2 Quad/DDR2 based file server (CPU+PCI-E video card+non-80+ Bronze PS in other system).
Thanks for educating me on ZILs.
For all intents and purposes, my home NAS data is relatively static. My NAS doubles as a media server over a wired Gigabit network. HD video, photos, saving Office docs for work...you get the idea. According to the FreeNAS 8.3.0 User's Guide, based on my type of data I don't need a ZIL. But is there BENEFIT to having one anyway? Potential downside? Due to the fact that FreeNAS runs off a USB stick, I currently have a Samsung 830 SSD sitting gathering dust. As I understand it, there is always a ZIL; the OS just writes it to the system drive (USB stick).
I've already told you the type of data. The hardware for the server is:
Supermicro X9SCA-F
16GB ECC RAM
Xeon 1230V2
IBM M1015 (flashed to 9211-IT)
Six Samsung 500GB spinners (plan to make 2 separate RaidZ arrays and then pool them, if that's the correct terminology)
OS running off 8GB USB stick
Seasonic 850w PS
4U rackmount case
Awesome DVD burner with sticking drawer
I know this system is total overkill for a home file server, but #1, I have the hardware and it's not doing anything else and #2, idle power usage for this system is less than half of my current Core 2 Quad/DDR2 based file server (CPU+PCI-E video card+non-80+ Bronze PS in other system).
Thanks for educating me on ZILs.
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