It is very early in the AM, about to goto bed, and I just finished setting up proxmox and building/migrating my new server setup.
AMD 5900x
96GB RAM (I know ... but ram prices, will be upgrading to 128, my max, when prices are more "reasonable", had 64GB (2x32GB) originally, added 2x16GB from my old gaming/desktop rig DDR4 setup, I know ECC is better, but that will be for a different time .... I'm working with my hand me downs)
GB X570S Aorus Master (Just picked it up brand new cheap of facebook, 2.5GB Ethernet, 4x m.2 slots, which is perfect for what I wanted!)
NVIDIA 2070 Super (Transcoding, I could put a 3080 ... but that would be overkill I think and I can sell my 3080)
Dell H310 6Gbps SAS HBA w/ LSI 9211-8i P20 IT Mode for ZFS (Where the 16TB+ drives are connected)
Hard Drives:
2x INTEL THINKSYSTEM 3.5" S4510 960GB (Used from EBAY, proxmox is installed on these drives, connected via SATA 0/1 on MB, ZFS MIrror)
2x WD NAS RED 4TB (Used for Backups, connected via SATA 2/3 on MB, ZFS MIrror)
2x 2GB SN850X (Used for VM's, ZFS Mirror, M.2)
2x 4GB SN850X (Original Intention is to use for Cache for the data pool, M.2)
4x Seagate 16TB
1x Seagate 20TB
Using 5 drives together for a large data pool of around 50TB.
Anyway, I am going to bed, and I would really love it if anyone can help direct me on best configuration/setup rather than learn from growing pains due to incorrect configuration of the ZFS and such. I would have loved to have more NIC cards, but I am completely tapped out on I/O on my board as the 3rd PCIE slot is disabled when you use all 4 M.2 slots, and I don't want to add USB adapters.
My main questions are:
1. TrueNAS or no TrueNAS?
1.1 If TrueNAS ZFS on Prox or use TrueNAS for ZFS pools it will manage?
2. Am I crazy, or can I used the 4GB SN850X to help with cache or something in the large data pool? Is there a better alternative?
3. ISO Images for some common uses, such as, besides spinning up a min debian install, are there any other recommendations for a docker VM?
Sorry if this is in the wrong spot, did I mention is really early in the AM? But before I headed off to bed, wanted to reach out and maybe get some advice for when I wake up. While all advice is appreciated, money is ... no longer with me. It has all disappeared, unless its something cheap like less than $50, please don't crush my exciting new setup by suggesting a completely different everything
AMD 5900x
96GB RAM (I know ... but ram prices, will be upgrading to 128, my max, when prices are more "reasonable", had 64GB (2x32GB) originally, added 2x16GB from my old gaming/desktop rig DDR4 setup, I know ECC is better, but that will be for a different time .... I'm working with my hand me downs)
GB X570S Aorus Master (Just picked it up brand new cheap of facebook, 2.5GB Ethernet, 4x m.2 slots, which is perfect for what I wanted!)
NVIDIA 2070 Super (Transcoding, I could put a 3080 ... but that would be overkill I think and I can sell my 3080)
Dell H310 6Gbps SAS HBA w/ LSI 9211-8i P20 IT Mode for ZFS (Where the 16TB+ drives are connected)
Hard Drives:
2x INTEL THINKSYSTEM 3.5" S4510 960GB (Used from EBAY, proxmox is installed on these drives, connected via SATA 0/1 on MB, ZFS MIrror)
2x WD NAS RED 4TB (Used for Backups, connected via SATA 2/3 on MB, ZFS MIrror)
2x 2GB SN850X (Used for VM's, ZFS Mirror, M.2)
2x 4GB SN850X (Original Intention is to use for Cache for the data pool, M.2)
4x Seagate 16TB
1x Seagate 20TB
Using 5 drives together for a large data pool of around 50TB.
Anyway, I am going to bed, and I would really love it if anyone can help direct me on best configuration/setup rather than learn from growing pains due to incorrect configuration of the ZFS and such. I would have loved to have more NIC cards, but I am completely tapped out on I/O on my board as the 3rd PCIE slot is disabled when you use all 4 M.2 slots, and I don't want to add USB adapters.
My main questions are:
1. TrueNAS or no TrueNAS?
1.1 If TrueNAS ZFS on Prox or use TrueNAS for ZFS pools it will manage?
2. Am I crazy, or can I used the 4GB SN850X to help with cache or something in the large data pool? Is there a better alternative?
3. ISO Images for some common uses, such as, besides spinning up a min debian install, are there any other recommendations for a docker VM?
Sorry if this is in the wrong spot, did I mention is really early in the AM? But before I headed off to bed, wanted to reach out and maybe get some advice for when I wake up. While all advice is appreciated, money is ... no longer with me. It has all disappeared, unless its something cheap like less than $50, please don't crush my exciting new setup by suggesting a completely different everything