Hey everybody,
I am planning to set up a big storage server for streaming operations.
I searched around the web and found a good configuration for my needs:
Supermicro SC846TQ
I want to run as little as possible on the server, thus I want to install the 64-Bit version of FreeBSD 9.2-RELEASE and the NGINX 1.2.9 LEGACY together with a MP4 Streaming plugin.
The average size of the stored files would be about 300MB to 2GB and the server has a 10Gbit internet connection.
My plan is the following:
There is an uploading process (writing) to the server and a lot of streaming (random reading).
And finally the big question: which type of RAIDZ would you use to get a good balance between writing and random reading and how would you configure the ZFS pool?
Do you maybe have some tips with this type of system, on what should I look?
I’m especially focused on getting a good disks performance.
I have good knowledge of Debian and Ubuntu and how to use XFS for storage servers, but I only have basic knowledge of FreeBSD.
Thanks in advance!
Best regards,
power
I am planning to set up a big storage server for streaming operations.
I searched around the web and found a good configuration for my needs:
Supermicro SC846TQ
- 2 x Intel Quad-Core Xeon E5620
- 48GB DDR3 RAM
- 24x 2TB SATA2
- 1x 120GB SSD
I want to run as little as possible on the server, thus I want to install the 64-Bit version of FreeBSD 9.2-RELEASE and the NGINX 1.2.9 LEGACY together with a MP4 Streaming plugin.
The average size of the stored files would be about 300MB to 2GB and the server has a 10Gbit internet connection.
My plan is the following:
- Installing FreeBSD on the SSD and setting up NGINX with my configuration.
- Using the ZFS file system for the 24x 2TB SATA2 disks with a RAID-System.
There is an uploading process (writing) to the server and a lot of streaming (random reading).
And finally the big question: which type of RAIDZ would you use to get a good balance between writing and random reading and how would you configure the ZFS pool?
Do you maybe have some tips with this type of system, on what should I look?
I’m especially focused on getting a good disks performance.
I have good knowledge of Debian and Ubuntu and how to use XFS for storage servers, but I only have basic knowledge of FreeBSD.
Thanks in advance!
Best regards,
power