TrueNAS Scale Hardware Guide 🖥️

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L2ARC: https://youtu.be/JY_-I6lQTtI

Products mentioned:
45 Drives HL15: https://store.45homelab.com/configure/hl15
R640*: https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=r640&mkcid=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&siteid=0&campid=5338931974&customid=&toolid=10001&mkevt=1
JBOD (check that it's not a server)*: https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=supermico+jbod&_sacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=p2334524.m570.l1313&LH_TitleDesc=0&_odkw=r640&mkcid=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&siteid=0&campid=5338931974&customid=&toolid=10001&mkevt=1
10GbE SFP+ (intel)*: https://amzn.to/4qWS02f
Hard Drives I use*: https://amzn.to/46pvoA4

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TOC:
00:00 Introduction
00:37 New build, out of the box options
04:13 Used server equipment: noise
05:38 JBODs
10:02 All-in-one packages
12:04 RAID cards vs HBAs
14:15 SSDs vs HDDs
15:08 Which RAID to use
23:30 SMR drives
24:13 SLOG
26:29 L2ARC
27:37 Metadata VDEV
29:00 RAM
31:20 Networking speed
32:07 CPU and boot drives
34:18 Conclusion

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