[Cialug] SANs/NASes
Jim Cole
jrcole at gmail.com
Tue May 16 00:29:59 UTC 2017
My PFSense Box is a Supermicro: SuperServer 5018A-FTN4
My nas is a bit overkill. It runs Unraid
Chassis: Supermicro Chassis CSE-836 (16 bay rack server with 2x1200 watt
power supplies).
M/B: Supermicro - X10SRH-CLN4F
CPU: Genuine Intel® CPU 0000 @ 2.00GHz (this is a 20 core E5 v4 ES chip)
32GB of RAM (Samsung DDR4 ECC)
Disks:
[1:0:0:0] disk ATA HGST HDN724040AL A5E0 /dev/sdb 4.00TB
[1:0:1:0] disk ATA Hitachi HUA72302 A840 /dev/sdc 2.00TB
[1:0:2:0] disk ATA Hitachi HUA72302 A840 /dev/sde 2.00TB
[1:0:3:0] disk ATA Hitachi HUA72302 A840 /dev/sdg 2.00TB
[1:0:4:0] disk ATA HGST HDN724040AL A5E0 /dev/sdi 4.00TB
[1:0:5:0] disk ATA Hitachi HUA72302 A840 /dev/sdj 2.00TB
[1:0:6:0] disk ATA Hitachi HUA72302 A840 /dev/sdk 2.00TB
[1:0:7:0] disk ATA HGST HDN724040AL A5E0 /dev/sdl 4.00TB
[1:0:8:0] disk ATA HGST HDN724040AL A5E0 /dev/sdm 4.00TB
[1:0:9:0] disk ATA Hitachi HUA72302 A840 /dev/sdn 2.00TB
[1:0:10:0] disk ATA Hitachi HUA72302 A840 /dev/sdo 2.00TB
[1:0:11:0] disk ATA HGST HDN724040AL A5E0 /dev/sdp 4.00TB
[1:0:12:0] disk ATA HGST HDN724040AL A5E0 /dev/sdq 4.00TB
[1:0:13:0] disk ATA Hitachi HUA72302 A840 /dev/sdr 2.00TB
[1:0:14:0] disk ATA Hitachi HUA72302 A840 /dev/sds 2.00TB
[1:0:15:0] disk ATA HGST HDN724040AL A5E0 /dev/sdt 4.00TB
[4:0:0:0] disk ATA Samsung SSD 840 DB6Q /dev/sdd 750GB
[5:0:0:0] disk ATA WDC WD10JFCX-68N 0A82 /dev/sdf 1.00TB
[9:0:0:0] disk ATA WDC WD10JFCX-68N 0A82 /dev/sdh 1.00TB
I paid $35/each for the 2TB drives..I have like 5 spares.
On Mon, May 15, 2017 at 7:10 PM, Dan Hockey <icepuck2k at gmail.com> wrote:
> For those curious about Synology have a look at the first eight shows that
> show up in the following
>
> https://twit.tv/search/%22synology%22
>
> I have a DSM716+II It was pricey, It was the best I could aford at the
> time. Once I had it setup along with automatic updates, there's nothing
> else to mess with. It just works.
>
> But that hasn't stopped me from experimenting with another DIY NAS with
> used hardware.
>
> On Mon, May 15, 2017 at 6:13 PM, Nicholas Olson <
> nicholas.olson83 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I've been pretty happy with FreeNAS and have been using it for a number
> of
> > years now. My current box is an Athlon II Quadcore, 16GB of RAM, on a
> > MicroATX board in a mid sized case. Pretty sure everything but the
> storage
> > drives I picked up in various Shellshocker deals for a total cost of
> > ~200$, I much prefer that to the cost of the dedicated NAS solutions out
> > there, especially since many still require you to provide storage. For
> > storage I currently have 5x3TB that creates a volume I have NFS mounted
> to
> > my Plex server [virtual]. I also have 3x1TB share that is mounted as a
> > datastore in VMWare. The downside of the MicroATX is most have limited
> SATA
> > ports, so I have two SATA cards in the PCIe slots. When I build a new
> one,
> > I'm probably going to look for something with more ports. The system
> boots
> > off a thumb drive stuck in the back. ZFS can be memory hungry depending
> on
> > the options and use case, but for what I do 16GB has been plenty. Its not
> > the most elegant solution, but it's served me well.
> >
> > On Mon, May 15, 2017 at 4:47 PM, Justin Richeson <neomatrixjr at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > I too am looking into this a bit...I had thought of doing freeNAS or
> > > something similar (need more research). But I'm also short on
> > hardware. I
> > > have a couple 4x3.5 in 2x5.25 bay hot-swap trays, but I'm not sure if
> > > they're restrictive at all of what SATA version passes through.... I
> was
> > > also wondering if there was any low-power consumption boards that might
> > be
> > > capable of this. I see some of the NAS-in-a-box solutions but the
> prices
> > > on them are OUTRAGEOUS. I can't believe we have $35 quad core
> Raspberry
> > Pi
> > > SBCs but a home NAS box without drives is ~$500! Yes, I know a PI
> would
> > be
> > > BAD at this, but I can't believe there's no other options for < $100
> that
> > > would work well for this...at least for the cost of the board.
> > >
> > > Likewise, I had thought about running a PfSense box and getting better
> > APs
> > > for wifi vs my TPLink box with DD-WRT that always seems to have issues.
> > > But my security brain says router + NAS = NOPE. Alas...it sounds like
> > the
> > > much desired and anticipated fiber coming to Waukee will come with a
> > > router-as-modem type solution that I'll either have to put in
> passthrough
> > > mode, or sacrifice network customization. In addition, I have an MQTT
> > > broker currently running on my windows desktop which is also currently
> > > hosting my network shares and crashplan backup. All of which I'd
> rather
> > > move back to linux...though I opted to shut down my old linux
> > > server/desktop (and subsequently sell the hardware) due to excessive
> > power
> > > consumption since both it and my PC ran 100% of the time.
> > >
> > > I'm trying to keep my eyes out for low-cost, low-power solutions for
> some
> > > of these tasks at home.
> > >
> > > On Mon, May 15, 2017 at 6:47 AM, Kyle H <khamil8686 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > I'd give it all a try. I just need hardware. Currently using my 1tb
> on
> > > Raid
> > > > 5 for next cloud. Just installed zimbra for email and groupware on a
> vm
> > > > this weekend and just waiting for my static ip. Taking hardware
> > > donations!
> > > > :)
> > > >
> > > > On Sun, May 14, 2017 at 9:39 PM Scott Yates <Scott at yatesframe.com>
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > I would honestly be a little wary of the freenas plugins. They
> tend
> > to
> > > > not
> > > > > upgrade well, and some have stability issues.
> > > > >
> > > > > On Sun, May 14, 2017 at 9:18 PM, Jeffrey Ollie <jeff at ocjtech.us>
> > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > On Sun, May 14, 2017 at 7:58 PM, L. V. Lammert <lvl at omnitec.net>
> > > > wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > On Sun, 14 May 2017, Jeffrey Ollie wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Why not give something like FreeNAS a try? It's not Linux
> based
> > > but
> > > > > > > FreeBSDbut it sounds really cool. It should run on any
> relatively
> > > > > recent
> > > > > > > PChardware, although from what I hear it's happier with the
> more
> > > > memory
> > > > > > > thatyou give it.
> > > > > > > > For extra geek cred set up a Ceph cluster in your basement!
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Fine for storage, .. but for usability it's hard to beat
> ownCloud
> > > or
> > > > > > > nextCloud.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > OwnCloud/NextCloud aren't really the same thing as they don't
> > manage
> > > > the
> > > > > > underlying storage. That said, FreeNAS has a plugin that lets you
> > run
> > > > > > ownCloud on your FreeNAS box.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --
> > > > > > Jeff Ollie
> > > > > > The majestik møøse is one of the mäni interesting furry animals
> in
> > > > > Sweden.
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