recommendations for file server based zfs appliance

[Rafał Lukawiecki]

I use FreeNAS on an old Gen7 HP MicroServer. It works well but jails are too slow and needing an upgrade. Unfortunately, FreeBSD is *not* (yet?) supported on HPE MicroServer Gen10, so you couldn't run FreeNAS on it, see my bug report here

https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=221350

and forum discussion here: 

https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/61936/

HPE MicroServer Gen8 are limited to only 16GB RAM which isn't enough for my needs. I will be using a SuperMicro X10SDV-6C+-TLN4F or X10SDV-4C+-TLN4F in the next server, but your needs (CPU) may need a higher or a lower spec, so do some research. 
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Rafal Lukawiecki


> On 18 Aug 2017, at 10:40, Patrick M. Hausen <hausen at punkt.de> wrote:
> 
> Hi, all,
> 
>> Am 18.08.2017 um 11:19 schrieb Pete French <petefrench at ingresso.co.uk>:
>> The HP micro servers work very well, and you can pick them up remakably cheaply [...]
>> Not sure about ECC memory support there though.
> 
> They do support ECC, no problem.
> 
> They are available with different CPU configurations from
> as Pete said remarkably cheap Celeron D based systems
> up to Xeon CPUs.
> 
> If you want something that conserves power but still features
> 8 cores, Supermicro has got a small 8-core Atom based
> system:
> https://www.supermicro.nl/products/system/midtower/5028/SYS-5028A-TN4.cfm
> 
> I run this at home and I am really satisfied with it. ECC too, of course.
> Capable of running VMs in bhyve ...
> 
> I'd suggest just using FreeNAS if you intend to build a file server.
> And of course you can always order a preconfigured FreeNAS
> mini from iX Systems.
> 
> HTH,
> Patrick