Build’s Name: All-in-One for Home/Office
Operating System/ Storage Platform: ESXi / OmniOS / Napp-it / Win Server & Win 10 VMs
CPU: Xeon E-2278G
Cooler: Noctua NH-U12S & Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut
Motherboard: Supermicro X11SCA-F
Chassis: Zalman M1000-HS1, 15x HDD (3x 5x3.5” bays), 1x Icy Dock MB608SP 6x2.5" SSD bays.
Fans: 4x 120mm Corsair ML120, 3x 140mm Corsair ML140, 1x 40mm Noctua NF-A4x10 FLX (PCH), 2x 40mm blowers (HBA&NIC), 4x 140mm Moko magnetic dust filters.
Drives: 2x Corsair MP510 1920MB M.2 (VMs), 4x WD HE10 8TB (Filer/Backup), 8x WD Red 3TB (Replicate), 1x Crucial MX500 250Mb (OmniOS/Napp-it), 1x Samsung Ultra Fit USB 3.1 32GB (ESXi), other SSDs (Datastores)
RAM: 128GB (4x 32GB) Samsung 2666Mhz ECC UDIMM (M391A4G43MB1-CTD)
Add-in Cards: Supermicro AOC-SHG3-4M2P (Slot6), Broadcom 9400-16i (SlotM.2-M2), Quadro P4000 (Slot4), Quadro P620 (Slot7), Intel X520-DA2 (Slot2), 2x Startech USB3S2SAT3CB (Onboard 3.0), Sil3114 4xSATA PCI.
Power Supply: Seasonic SSR-1000GD 1000W
UPS: APC Smart-UPS 1000
Router: DrayTek Vigor 2862
Switch: DGS-1510-52 with FS 66612 SFP+ to RJ-45 10G Module
Other Bits: M.2 to PCIe x4 adapter, 3M flexible x4 riser cable, made an upside-down PCI bracket for 9400-16i, Broadcom SATA cables.
Usage Profile: All-in-One, VM Server, NAS/SAN, VDI, iSCSI, Backup, Remote Access, Squeezebox, Emby, Lab
Other information…
Ordered parts, which have been VERY difficult to get hold of!
My old 2012 built server (X8SIL-F, X3450, 32GB, 2x M1015) was like a rock; durable, but too slow and not enough ram for VMs.
I spec'd this new server around the requirements of OmniOS & Napp-it (Intel CPU, Supermicro motherboard, LSI HBA controller), but to run VMs faster. The Xeon E-series has fast single core speed and 8-cores should be enough.
My plan is to set it up as follows:
VM & live project pool (RAID-0):
2x 2TB NVMe M.2 RAID-0 = 4TB. With my disaster recovery, if pool fails, I use my disaster pool (with redundancy) until a new SSD arrives.
Slow filer and backup pool (RAID-10):
4x 8TB HDD RAID-10 = 16TB
Disaster recovery pool (RAID-Z2):
8x 3TB HDD in Z2 = 18TB, regular Sync to VM and Filer pools (ZFS send/receive, or VEEAM), to allow the drives to be pulled and put into my old server, which will remain off, but ready.
Backups:
Nightly: to external USB 5TB drive (remains attached)
Weekly: to external USB 5TB drive (kept outside of building)
Monthly: to external USB 5TB drive (kept in a drawer)
Remote server: HP ML110 G6, X3450, 16Gb, perhaps at another family member's home, for nightly Sync
Comments welcome!
Operating System/ Storage Platform: ESXi / OmniOS / Napp-it / Win Server & Win 10 VMs
CPU: Xeon E-2278G
Cooler: Noctua NH-U12S & Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut
Motherboard: Supermicro X11SCA-F
Chassis: Zalman M1000-HS1, 15x HDD (3x 5x3.5” bays), 1x Icy Dock MB608SP 6x2.5" SSD bays.
Fans: 4x 120mm Corsair ML120, 3x 140mm Corsair ML140, 1x 40mm Noctua NF-A4x10 FLX (PCH), 2x 40mm blowers (HBA&NIC), 4x 140mm Moko magnetic dust filters.
Drives: 2x Corsair MP510 1920MB M.2 (VMs), 4x WD HE10 8TB (Filer/Backup), 8x WD Red 3TB (Replicate), 1x Crucial MX500 250Mb (OmniOS/Napp-it), 1x Samsung Ultra Fit USB 3.1 32GB (ESXi), other SSDs (Datastores)
RAM: 128GB (4x 32GB) Samsung 2666Mhz ECC UDIMM (M391A4G43MB1-CTD)
Add-in Cards: Supermicro AOC-SHG3-4M2P (Slot6), Broadcom 9400-16i (SlotM.2-M2), Quadro P4000 (Slot4), Quadro P620 (Slot7), Intel X520-DA2 (Slot2), 2x Startech USB3S2SAT3CB (Onboard 3.0), Sil3114 4xSATA PCI.
Power Supply: Seasonic SSR-1000GD 1000W
UPS: APC Smart-UPS 1000
Router: DrayTek Vigor 2862
Switch: DGS-1510-52 with FS 66612 SFP+ to RJ-45 10G Module
Other Bits: M.2 to PCIe x4 adapter, 3M flexible x4 riser cable, made an upside-down PCI bracket for 9400-16i, Broadcom SATA cables.
Usage Profile: All-in-One, VM Server, NAS/SAN, VDI, iSCSI, Backup, Remote Access, Squeezebox, Emby, Lab
Other information…
Ordered parts, which have been VERY difficult to get hold of!
My old 2012 built server (X8SIL-F, X3450, 32GB, 2x M1015) was like a rock; durable, but too slow and not enough ram for VMs.
I spec'd this new server around the requirements of OmniOS & Napp-it (Intel CPU, Supermicro motherboard, LSI HBA controller), but to run VMs faster. The Xeon E-series has fast single core speed and 8-cores should be enough.
My plan is to set it up as follows:
VM & live project pool (RAID-0):
2x 2TB NVMe M.2 RAID-0 = 4TB. With my disaster recovery, if pool fails, I use my disaster pool (with redundancy) until a new SSD arrives.
Slow filer and backup pool (RAID-10):
4x 8TB HDD RAID-10 = 16TB
Disaster recovery pool (RAID-Z2):
8x 3TB HDD in Z2 = 18TB, regular Sync to VM and Filer pools (ZFS send/receive, or VEEAM), to allow the drives to be pulled and put into my old server, which will remain off, but ready.
Backups:
Nightly: to external USB 5TB drive (remains attached)
Weekly: to external USB 5TB drive (kept outside of building)
Monthly: to external USB 5TB drive (kept in a drawer)
Remote server: HP ML110 G6, X3450, 16Gb, perhaps at another family member's home, for nightly Sync
Comments welcome!
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