My TrueNAS server (SuperMicro X8ST3 motherboard)

• Xeon W3520 2.66Ghz (4C8T)
  • I plan to upgrade to a X5690 3.46Ghz (6C12T)
• 16GB DDR3 ECC RAM
• 128GB Boot SSD (onboard SATA)
• 256GB Cache SSD (NVMe PCIe)
• Slim DVD-RW (onboard SATA)
• Onboard LSI 1068E SAS controller (disabled, no >2TB drive support)
• Areca 1680 PCIe SAS controller powering the 8x HD bays
  • 8x 8TB Seagate Ironwolf NAS drives
• Mellanox 10Gig SFP+ NIC (DAC cable to backbone switch)
• TrueNAS CORE 13.0-U3.1