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Some background. I run a bunch of VMs, just recently moved them from a couple SG05s to 3 x Shuttle sh67h3 so I can get more RAM and an extra PCI-e slot. They all run a 3770k except for the main host which is a non k. The main hypervisor runs 2 Samsung Pro 512 SSDs in MDADM raid 0 and 1 DP and 1 QP NIC for 7 network interfaces. Don't worry, there's snapshots and a second disk that syncs those kvms so I can afford if the RAID breaks. The load when booting before off the 2.5 500GB drive was 70 and now with the RAID 0 disks as the storage it barely breaks a sweat, which is what I needed.
I have a Synology DS412+ with LACP LAG that works well but sometimes pegs the CPU. 8TB mostly for backups of the LVMs, Time Machine and CloudStation to CrashPlan remote backups.
When I migrated to the Shuttles I tried installing synology's DSM 4.2.x build to the PH877-i ITX and it worked, even with LAG over a quad port NIC worked, using the xpenology project. That was pretty impressive. I was toying with the idea of having a second storage setup for a bunch of other stuff and even a backup to the Synology so was considering FreeNAS, but with the success of putting Synology's software on the home build, I thought I'd try to see if I could custom build a Synology DSM NAS with newer component hardware.
The requirements for everything in the lab is SFF and ideally low power. So far that has worked well.
The parts
Fractal 304 black (6 drive bays)
ASUS H87I-PLUS (6 SATA III Ports)
Haswell 4770
16GB Vengence RAM 1600MHz
6x4TB Reds
SeaSonic 520W Platinum Modular PSU
Corsair H90
Intel Pro Quad Port NIC
So the build starts today. We'll see how it goes.
Added Pic:
I have a Synology DS412+ with LACP LAG that works well but sometimes pegs the CPU. 8TB mostly for backups of the LVMs, Time Machine and CloudStation to CrashPlan remote backups.
When I migrated to the Shuttles I tried installing synology's DSM 4.2.x build to the PH877-i ITX and it worked, even with LAG over a quad port NIC worked, using the xpenology project. That was pretty impressive. I was toying with the idea of having a second storage setup for a bunch of other stuff and even a backup to the Synology so was considering FreeNAS, but with the success of putting Synology's software on the home build, I thought I'd try to see if I could custom build a Synology DSM NAS with newer component hardware.
The requirements for everything in the lab is SFF and ideally low power. So far that has worked well.
The parts
Fractal 304 black (6 drive bays)
ASUS H87I-PLUS (6 SATA III Ports)
Haswell 4770
16GB Vengence RAM 1600MHz
6x4TB Reds
SeaSonic 520W Platinum Modular PSU
Corsair H90
Intel Pro Quad Port NIC
So the build starts today. We'll see how it goes.
Added Pic:
