4th generation storage server

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Spoilers:

• 2U rackmount
• FreeNAS ?
• 10GbE, 40GbE+ / DAC capable via CPU PCIe
• 100% solid state drives
• 48TB usable, expandable to 96TB
• 3 HDD space in the same chassis (for backup)
• $$$$$$$ / not sensible at all :)

Name ideas

• ~Aion, Eien / Kuon~
• ~Vault ?~
• ~Nikki (Diary) ?~
• ... / ???

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BOM:

• ASRock rack X570D4U-2L2T
• AMD 5700X
• Silverstone RM23-502, RMS03-26
• Micron 32GB ECC UDIMM (MTA18ASF4G72AZ-3G2R), x2
• Samsung QVO 8TB, x8
• Samsung 980 PRO 2TB
• 4x SATA to 4x SATA high density cable
• Dynatron A24
• ICYDOCK MB998SP-B

Build note:

• Get a thin-tip PH1 / PH0 / PH00 screwdriver to install cooler and certain chassis screws
• Dynatro A24: mounting screw is partially blocked by fins, need a long thin-tip PH00/PH0
• System boot drive selection: really cheap chipset M2?
• CPU M2 for ~caching~ VM image / high performance, non-critical storage (optane?)
• Noctua A8 fans: tap fan's mounting holes before installing into chassis. bottom mounting hole is too close to chassis to tap comfortably
• SATA cables: 30cm is sufficient
• Dust filter needed (spec TBD, lazer cut?)
• MATX fits, ATX is stretching!
• PCIE slots (100GbE madness?)
• Forget about HDDs in chassis (too tight)
• MiniSAS-HD would be nicer (but consumes PCIe x4 each)

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Name: Argo (namesake Swords Art Online, Information Broker, Hosaka Carina Tomo) Usable space: ~41TB (RAID-Z2) Sustained write speed: 180MB/s (limited by single 870 QVO write speed) Susntained read speed: >1GB/s (saturates 10Gbps link)

Avoid Crucial P2 SSD (NVME protocol version is too old?? -> constant SMART warnings) Use a fanless PSU, tune down max CPU fan speed -> silent operation

TrueNAS Scale VM works surprisingly well, runs a deb repo mirror server.

Rabbit-hole: ACL+LDAP or root-everything

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• LOG Vdev
• PCIE -> M.2 breakout board, x8x4x4 bifurcation work
• Write fine-tuning
• Backup + Import settings works as intended

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B2 backup integration