From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Wed Apr 3 22:38:22 2019 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D6F7D1555C26 for ; Wed, 3 Apr 2019 22:38:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dpchrist@holgerdanske.com) Received: from holgerdanske.com (holgerdanske.com [IPv6:2001:470:0:19b::b869:801b]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "holgerdanske.com", Issuer "holgerdanske.com" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 05BEC70BB0 for ; Wed, 3 Apr 2019 22:38:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dpchrist@holgerdanske.com) Received: from Davids-MBP.tracy.holgerdanske.com ([99.100.19.101]) by holgerdanske.com with ESMTPSA (ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:TLSv1.2:Kx=ECDH:Au=RSA:Enc=AESGCM(128):Mac=AEAD) (SMTP-AUTH username dpchrist@holgerdanske.com, mechanism PLAIN) for ; Wed, 3 Apr 2019 15:38:18 -0700 Subject: Re: Customized CPU for FreeNAS To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: From: David Christensen Message-ID: Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2019 15:38:09 -0700 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.14; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/60.6.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 03 Apr 2019 22:38:22 -0000 On 4/2/19 11:27 PM, Naveena Chary (Attra) wrote: > Hi Team, > > We are planning to build FREENAS in our environment and below is our requirement. Please suggest the best hardware and its configuration > > > > 1. 6 HDD Connectivity > 2. 32 GB RAM > 3. Suggest me Which Motherboard and Processor will suit? > 4. Dual Power Supply > 5. Dual Cooling FAN's > > Kind Regards > Naveena Chary > Senior System Administrator > Attra Infotech Private Limited > 10B Electronic City Phase II, Industrial Area, Begur > Bangalore - 560 100 > Website : www.attra.com > T: +91 080-61841000 > M: +91 9731008242 > [cid:CB376D97-9715-42C3-8C4D-676B3CF6A7E7] > "We believe it can be done, > So we make it happen" An advantage of built-your-own is that you have a wide choice of parts and combinations. A disadvantage is that the total parts cost is often higher than an equivalent commercial-off-the-shelf product. I needed to replace my Debian 9 SOHO Samba/ CVS file server last year -- Intel D945GNT desktop board, 3.4 GHz Pentium D, 2 @ 1 GB memory modules (failed memory slot for 3rd or 4th memory module), single 3 TB desktop disc with ext4, and 1 Gigabit port. After much research and many delays, I bought a recent and lightly used Dell PowerEdge T30 for $375 on Craig's List. It came with a mini-tower case, single 290 W power supply, single rear cooling fan, half-height 5.25" DVD+-RW drive, 4 internal 3.5" drive bays, 1 @ 1 TB SATA drive, Intel Xeon E3-1225 v5 processor, 1 @ 8 GB ECC memory module, 4 SATA III ports, 1 PCIe x16 3.0 slot, 1 PCIe x16 3.0 slot (x4 speed), 1 PCIe x4 3.0 slot, 1 PCI slot, and 1 Gigabit port. I removed the 1 TB drive, added a second 8 GB ECC memory module (system supports 4 @ 16 GB), and installed 3 @ 1.5 TB SATA desktop drives. The goal was a SanDisk Ultra Fit 16 GB USB 3.0 flash drive as the system disc, encrypted swap, encrypted ZFS root, one large encrypted partition per SATA disc, and RAIDZ1 for data. I tried Debian 9 with contrib ZFS -- it ran for a while, then broken when I forced a kernel update. Then I tried FreeNAS, thinking it was FreeBSD with a nice web GUI on top -- I was wrong. Then I tried FreeBSD 11.2 -- success! This computer rocks, and should be overkill for years to come. The problem with having a computer with several discs in RAID is that you want another computer with several discs in RAID as a backup and maintenance mule for the first. So, I am currently rebuilding my old file server, keeping the ATX full-tower case, power supply, optical drive, and hot-swap bays. I found an Intel S1200V3RP motherboard with Intel E3-1225 v3 processor and 2 @ 4 GB ECC memory modules on eBay for US $110+. (I believe this motherboard has 6 SATA III ports and supports 32 GB ECC memory.) The motherboard also has an unusual 5-pin connector for communicating with the power supply; my power supply does not have the matching cable. If it works, it should be equivalent to a Dell PowerEdge T20. This approach may or may not work for you. In either case, if you plan to do disc encryption, be sure to get a processor with AES-NI. Ideally, one core per disc plus additional core(s) for everything else. You might get more/ better replies if you stated your workload/ applications/ services, number of concurrent users, compute requirements, RAM requirements, storage requirements, network requirements, etc., and the make/ model of parts you plan to re-use. David