Hey!
I'm receiving a new storage server early this week, and am going to play/experiment with it before I deploy it.
I'm going to do performance tests on various ZFS RAID configurations, with and without GELI, as well as testing how fast the CPU can eat through various ciphers with the OpenSSL suite, as well as a GELI-encrypted md-backed file system, if I can. There's also going to be some extensive testing of bhyve.
I'm wondering if you guys have any other suggestions for things to do with it? This can involve other operating systems than FreeBSD.
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Specifications:
Chassis: Supermicro SuperChassis 826BE16-R920LPB (2x 2.5" bays in back, 12x 3.5" bays in front)
Mainboard: Supermicro X9SRL-F (Intel C602 chipset)
Network: 2 onboard 1Gbps ports (Intel® 82574L), one 2-port Intel i350 Gigabit Ethernet LAN card
RAM: 64 GB DDR3-1866 EEC
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-1620v2 (3.7GHz, quad-core)
Storage I/O:
- 8x SAS2 (connects the front drive bays) (Supermicro PCIe SAS 6Gbps contr, 8int (LSI2308))
- 2x SATA3 (onboard) (connects to back bays)
- 4x SATA2 (onboard)
Storage media:
- 2x Samsung SSD SM843 Series 2.5" 120 GB (located in back bays) Used for OS, L2ARC and ZIL.
- 12x Western Digital Enterprise 7200 RPM 2 TB (spec/WD2000FYYZ), located in front drive bays (Only 6 available until deployment)
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PS: Its name is H.O.M.E.R. (Heavy Overkill of Mandatory Expectations and Requirements)
I'm receiving a new storage server early this week, and am going to play/experiment with it before I deploy it.
I'm going to do performance tests on various ZFS RAID configurations, with and without GELI, as well as testing how fast the CPU can eat through various ciphers with the OpenSSL suite, as well as a GELI-encrypted md-backed file system, if I can. There's also going to be some extensive testing of bhyve.
I'm wondering if you guys have any other suggestions for things to do with it? This can involve other operating systems than FreeBSD.
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Specifications:
Chassis: Supermicro SuperChassis 826BE16-R920LPB (2x 2.5" bays in back, 12x 3.5" bays in front)
Mainboard: Supermicro X9SRL-F (Intel C602 chipset)
Network: 2 onboard 1Gbps ports (Intel® 82574L), one 2-port Intel i350 Gigabit Ethernet LAN card
RAM: 64 GB DDR3-1866 EEC
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-1620v2 (3.7GHz, quad-core)
Storage I/O:
- 8x SAS2 (connects the front drive bays) (Supermicro PCIe SAS 6Gbps contr, 8int (LSI2308))
- 2x SATA3 (onboard) (connects to back bays)
- 4x SATA2 (onboard)
Storage media:
- 2x Samsung SSD SM843 Series 2.5" 120 GB (located in back bays) Used for OS, L2ARC and ZIL.
- 12x Western Digital Enterprise 7200 RPM 2 TB (spec/WD2000FYYZ), located in front drive bays (Only 6 available until deployment)
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PS: Its name is H.O.M.E.R. (Heavy Overkill of Mandatory Expectations and Requirements)
