iamwhoiamtoday
Limp Gawd
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I'm looking into replacing my Windows file server with FreeNAS. This is in my home lab.
I want to have 14*2TB drives (probably in 2*7 drive RAIDz2 arrays) for my multimedia / library. (Areca 1280ML set to jbod mode)
I don't care about performance for the big volume. Plex doesn't exactly need crazy speeds.
I want to have 6*1TB drives in a mirror configuration (1TB usable space) plus two 120GB SSDs for cache to handle my hypervisors (probably iSCSI? maybe NFS? Dunno yet.)
I do care about performance for the hypervisor volume. Space isn't an issue. (1TB is more than enough)
This NAS is hooked up to an X448. A 10gbps fiber card is going from the server directly into the switch.
Realistically, seeing as how the hypervisors are all hooked up via two 1gbps ethernet cables, no one machine can max throughput.
With a potential for 20gbps (10 write, 10 read), I'd love to hear feedback regarding if the above is a halfway sane idea. (or if I missed something obvious)
Please note: This is for my home lab. The rational is "because I can" / "because I have the hardware," not for any attempt at sanity.
System is as follows:
2*L5520 Quad Xeons
48GB DDR3 ECC
Areca 1280ML (currently in RAID6, to be moved over to JBOD)
14*2TB HD's on the Areca card.
6*1TB HD's on the Areca card.
2*120GB SSD's on the motherboard
I want to have 14*2TB drives (probably in 2*7 drive RAIDz2 arrays) for my multimedia / library. (Areca 1280ML set to jbod mode)
I don't care about performance for the big volume. Plex doesn't exactly need crazy speeds.
I want to have 6*1TB drives in a mirror configuration (1TB usable space) plus two 120GB SSDs for cache to handle my hypervisors (probably iSCSI? maybe NFS? Dunno yet.)
I do care about performance for the hypervisor volume. Space isn't an issue. (1TB is more than enough)
This NAS is hooked up to an X448. A 10gbps fiber card is going from the server directly into the switch.
Realistically, seeing as how the hypervisors are all hooked up via two 1gbps ethernet cables, no one machine can max throughput.
With a potential for 20gbps (10 write, 10 read), I'd love to hear feedback regarding if the above is a halfway sane idea. (or if I missed something obvious)
Please note: This is for my home lab. The rational is "because I can" / "because I have the hardware," not for any attempt at sanity.
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