Hi,
I'm a SAHM, former sysadmin, currently gearing up to retrain to go back into the (paid) workforce, and amongst other things, reorganizing my computer gear. I've wanted a NAS for a while to centralise backups and media storage; as I'm adding a laptop and desktop to my network for the kids to use, this is becoming more important. I've looked at prebuilt NAS, and always come away from browsing with a sense of deep dissatisfaction. *sigh*
It will have three types of files on it. i) Disk image files - mostly pretty big. ii) Zipped folders of archived photos/documents. iii) Media files - video and audio. I want it to run plex to stream the latter to the TV and laptops/tablets/phone. Devices/computers/VMs on my local network will back up to the NAS, and those backups will be duplicated onto external USB drives, and at semi-regular intervals, I'll be manually(?) adding backups from family members.
So, right now, I currently have an empty ATX case that can take up to 11 (possibly more) spinny disks, plus two SSDs behind the mobo tray. It used to hold my esxi server - but the esxi server only needs a couple of spinny disks so it's been relegated to a smaller case. My top candidate for a mobo is the Supermicro X10SRi-F, which a local store has in stock - most of my usual sources don't stock any supermicro boards so the choice is limited. I'm still researching processor options and hunting down the best option out of what I can buy locally for RAM.
It's a slow process, but I'll end up with something much more than the prebuilt can offer at a much higher price point... right?
I'm a SAHM, former sysadmin, currently gearing up to retrain to go back into the (paid) workforce, and amongst other things, reorganizing my computer gear. I've wanted a NAS for a while to centralise backups and media storage; as I'm adding a laptop and desktop to my network for the kids to use, this is becoming more important. I've looked at prebuilt NAS, and always come away from browsing with a sense of deep dissatisfaction. *sigh*
It will have three types of files on it. i) Disk image files - mostly pretty big. ii) Zipped folders of archived photos/documents. iii) Media files - video and audio. I want it to run plex to stream the latter to the TV and laptops/tablets/phone. Devices/computers/VMs on my local network will back up to the NAS, and those backups will be duplicated onto external USB drives, and at semi-regular intervals, I'll be manually(?) adding backups from family members.
So, right now, I currently have an empty ATX case that can take up to 11 (possibly more) spinny disks, plus two SSDs behind the mobo tray. It used to hold my esxi server - but the esxi server only needs a couple of spinny disks so it's been relegated to a smaller case. My top candidate for a mobo is the Supermicro X10SRi-F, which a local store has in stock - most of my usual sources don't stock any supermicro boards so the choice is limited. I'm still researching processor options and hunting down the best option out of what I can buy locally for RAM.
It's a slow process, but I'll end up with something much more than the prebuilt can offer at a much higher price point... right?