[Cyclops]

This is the board in question: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157419

I'm getting this 64GB ECC kit for it. It's for a FreeNAS server: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820239276

On ASRock's website it says: "Supports DDR3 1600/1333 ECC/non-ECC Unbuffered UDIMM"

Is RDIMM (Registered) compatible with this board? I can't find a definitive answer.

 

[billbartuska]

Seems to support both ECC and non-ECC in 16 gig modules.



Is there the possibility of using non-ECC memory? It will save you a lot of money.

 

[Cyclops]

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Originally Posted by billbartuska

Seems to support both ECC and non-ECC in 16 gig modules.



Is there the possibility of using non-ECC memory? It will save you a lot of money.

The problem is that It says it supports Unbuffered memory. The kit I listed is Registered. I'm not sure if they are indeed the same thing.

As for using non-ECC memory, there are no 64GB DDR3 kits to be found.

 

[billbartuska]

Buffered and registered are the same thing.
Buffered = Registered
Unbuffered - Un-registered

"Buffered (also called Registered) RAM has additional hardware (a register) that sits between the memory and CPU, and will store data (buffering the data) before it's sent to the CPU. This is meant for reliability in systems that have lots of memory and lots of memory modules (think large servers), because in those systems more memory modules means more electrical demands, so buffering/registering the data reduces electrical load."

Do you already have that motherboard?
What are you trying to build?
What will it be used for?

If it a home server music streamer - you're out of your mind.
(Sorry, just had to say that.)

 

[Cyclops]

As mentioned in the first post, it's a freeNAS data server in which all of my data will be residing. FreeNAS is heavily memory dependent as it does in-depth error/data-integrity checks in real time, and as such relies on precise memory operations which is why ECC RAM is recommended.

As a rule of thumb, you need 1GB of Ram for 1TB of total storage. I will have 10 x 6TB HDDs in it so I will need about 60GB of ram. A 64GB kit is a reasonable choice.

I have not bought any of the hardware apart from the hard drives as I'm still weighing my options regarding CPU, Motherboard, and Memory.

 

[Cyclops]

Manged to dig some info:
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ECC UDIMM =/= ECC RDIMM =/= Non-ECC UDIMM =/= Non-ECC RDIMM.
They're all different things.
U stands for unregistered (or unbuffered) and R stands for registered.
The Atom C2550 nor the Asrock C2550 motherboard supports RDIMM's, they only support UDIMM's.
The CPU/board supports both ECC and Non-ECC UDIMM's.

I'm out of luck.

 

[Diffident]

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Originally Posted by Cyclops

As mentioned in the first post, it's a freeNAS data server in which all of my data will be residing. FreeNAS is heavily memory dependent as it does in-depth error/data-integrity checks in real time, and as such relies on precise memory operations which is why ECC RAM is recommended.

As a rule of thumb, you need 1GB of Ram for 1TB of total storage. I will have 10 x 6TB HDDs in it so I will need about 60GB of ram. A 64GB kit is a reasonable choice.

I have not bought any of the hardware apart from the hard drives as I'm still weighing my options regarding CPU, Motherboard, and Memory.

You left this part out when quoting the freenas wiki.
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For systems with large disk capacity (greater than 8 TB), a general rule of thumb is 1 GB of RAM for every 1 TB of storage.

If you plan to use your server for home use, you can often soften the rule of thumb of 1 GB of RAM for every 1 TB of storage, though 8 GB of RAM is still the minimum. If performance is inadequate you should consider adding more RAM as a first remedy. The sweet spot for most users in home/small business is 16GB of RAM.

I would just get 32GB.

 

[Cyclops]

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Originally Posted by Diffident

You left this part out when quoting the freenas wiki.
I would just get 32GB.

Doesn't work like that.

I have a 32TB pool of storage with 32GB of ram and the system constantly uses 30GB of it. Severe performance issues will occur with 60TB of storage and 32GB of ram.

 

[Diffident]

The performance hit isn't going to be as big as you think it is. cyberjock, who wrote the guide, Slideshow explaining VDev, zpool, ZIL and L2ARC for noobs! on the Freenas forums is running 10x6TB drives with only 32GB of memory. System specs are in cyberjock's sig.