NAS build question with RAID Controller

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Hello all,

I’ve recently stumbled upon TrueNAS and had a question about a build I’m prepping I wanted to see if there were any issues with this. I thought I read something about not using a RAID controller for TrueNAS, but is that true? Below is the build I’m planning.

Edit *I’m planning on using this for Veeam for my RAID storage. I have never used TrueNAS before.

Rack-Mounted Chassis Model: SilverStone RM22-308 (2U, 8 hot-swap bays for 3.5" drives)

Rail Kit: SilverStone Technology RMS03-26 Tool-Less Ball Bearing Sliding Rail kit for rackmount Chassis, SST-RMS03-26

Motherboard Model: Supermicro X12SPL-F (C621A, LGA 4189, ATX, single-socket)

Processor (CPU) Model: Intel Xeon Gold 6330 (28-core, 2.0 GHz, 205W)

CPU Cooler Model: SilverStone Technology XE02-4189 2U Small Form Factor Server/Workstation CPU Cooler for LGA4189 Socket, SST-XE02-4189

Memory (RAM) Model: 96GB DDR4 ECC Registered RAM

RAID Controller Model: RocketRAID 3740C (16-channel PCIe 3.0 x8 RAID controller)

Drives Model: Western Digital Gold or Red (8 drives for RAID 6)

SSD for OS Model: Samsung 990 Pro NVMe SSD for TrueNAS

Power Supply Model: Silverstone GM1000 2U Gold Cybenetics Gold 1000W 2U Redundant Power Supply (GM1000-2UG-V2), SST-2R1000FCGD-A

Network Interface Card (NIC) Model: Intel X710-DA2 10GbE (2-port 10GbE SFP+ adapter)

2 x Internal Mini SAS to SATA Cable (SFF-8643 to SATA Forward Breakout, 3.3ft)
2 x Cable Matters 10Gbps DAC Twinax SFP Cables (5m / 16.4ft)

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Absolutely! Get a plain SAS HBA rather than a RAID controller, or expect to loose your pool.

Other than the RAID controller, I see no red flag in your build list, but this looks like an awful lot of power for an 8-wide raidz2 (not “RAID6”).
How is the storage presented to Veeam? SMB? NFS? :+1:
Or iSCSI? :-1:

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Thank you for the fast response! I do appreciate it and will look into these articles now.

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The second is only relevant if Veeam does require iSCSI. Then you’re redoing your build for mirrors, more drives for the capacity, more RAM, and possibly an Optane SLOG.

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The plan is to get two of these builds to replace our old Synology backups we currently have that are no longer receiving updates.

Sorry I am still getting used to GNU/Linux terms.

I was planning on SMB or NFS yes.

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No GNU/Linux terminology here—and you marked the thread for CORE (FreeBSD).
Just some plateform-independent ZFS terminolgy.

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