We are in the process of working through a new FreeNAS server build for use as a misc, high IO, network storage SAN. We weren't able to find a lot of information on this kind of build so I thought I'd post it here.
U.2 NVME FreeNAS build
- Dell PowerEdge R7525, 2RU server
- 2 x AMD Epyc 7542 CPUs - 64 cores total @ 2.9Ghz (Yes, I realize this is massive overkill for a normal FreeNAS, but past experience with disk failures while under high IO load has taught us to go over the top on CPU)
- 6 x...
U.2 NVME FreeNAS build