December 30, 20169 yr Hi Making the switch from FreeNAS to unRAID in the next few days, rather building a new server to run unRAID choosing the board is hard atm, ECC is kind of a must on FreeNAS but dont want to open a tin of worms on that subject........ i see unRAID likes a Cache Pool does it really matter if i get a board that does not support ECC ? I see some hardware specs on the forums here some people have and some dont. your thoughts are more than welcome as i cant make a choice right now Pontey
December 30, 20169 yr There's plenty of debates on that subject already on here, trurl http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=19670 has a link in his signature with instructions on searching. To summarize, ECC is not required, but if you are building a fault tolerant server, it makes sense for most people to use ECC if at all possible. Cache pool is not even tangentially related to ECC. Cache pool in unraid is not the same as write caching in the usual sense. Read https://lime-technology.com/wiki/index.php/FAQ for general info.
December 30, 20169 yr It's also worth noting that you can get by with a lot less RAM under unRAID than FreeNAS. 4GB is more than sufficient to run unRAID, 8GB is perfect for unRAID plus a handful of Dockers, 16GB adds the ability to run a VM or two, and more than 16GB is generally only needed if you are doing serious work with VMs. unRAID will use extra memory for write-caching, but flushes that fairly quickly so ECC while still recommended isn't mandatory like FreeNAS.
December 30, 20169 yr Author Hi guys thanks for the quick replies, am looking for forward to building this unRAID server this is the board am going to go with i think then from reading your replies and reading the forums for a good portion of the day. Motherboard - EP2C602-4L/D16 all i need to do now is choose the cpu's etc... going with 8x 8TB drives and 4 SSD the case is going to be the sliverstone DS380 i think. i plan on trying almost everything out on the server for the first few months before wiping and starting fresh with shares etc.. and VMs. Thanks Pontey
December 30, 20169 yr There are some good DS380 threads in the unRAID Compulsive Design forum: http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=43802.0 http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=34017.0 There's a cooling mod in the first thread that is definitely worth looking at. I'm not sure if you can fit 4 SSD's in there along with 8 drives but should be interesting.
December 31, 20169 yr Author There are some good DS380 threads in the unRAID Compulsive Design forum: http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=43802.0 http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=34017.0 There's a cooling mod in the first thread that is definitely worth looking at. I'm not sure if you can fit 4 SSD's in there along with 8 drives but should be interesting. Hi your right you can't fit 4 SSDs in the DS380 with 8 drives fitted i must be thinking of another case Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
December 31, 20169 yr Author There are some good DS380 threads in the unRAID Compulsive Design forum: http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=43802.0 http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=34017.0 There's a cooling mod in the first thread that is definitely worth looking at. I'm not sure if you can fit 4 SSD's in there along with 8 drives but should be interesting. Hi your right you can't fit 4 SSDs in the DS380 with 8 drives fitted i must be thinking of another case Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Just checked the DS380 can hold 4 SSDs along with 8 drives Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
December 31, 20169 yr As already noted, there are varying opinions on whether or not you "need" ECC. I'm a strong advocate of ECC ... my view is simple: if you care enough about your data to build a fault-tolerant server, why would you not want fault-tolerant RAM ?? If you're building a system using "residual" hardware you have laying around, that may not be a choice, as most consumer grade boards don't support ECC. But when you're buying new hardware to build one, I definitely suggest buying a server-grade motherboard with ECC support.
January 1, 20179 yr Author Yes think am going with ECC.... mind is made up Thanks Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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