Heide264
Cadet
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- May 2, 2018
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Good Afternoon,
I recently took down a MythTV server and frontend and pieced together (what I thought) would work well for a FreeNAS setup. In the end, I'd like to be able to have a nice robust NAS to store a few file volumes:
-One that would contain any small(ish) important files that will go to a cloud service for offsite backup (500Gb is plenty)
-One that would contain lossless & compressed music files - and auto sync the compressed folder to my phones local storage (maybe 2Tb total???)
-One large volume to contain lossless blu ray & 4k disk rips
The server would have to host Plex server to stream to a couple other devices. No need to have 50 transcodes going though - it's just me and my fiance that would be using it.
So I have some 'guts' leftover from my server/frontend machine that were a built overbuilt that I can use. I'll toss some stars beside what I think I'll use in the NAS:
Case: *Fractal Design R5 (very happy with it... my windows desktop uses the same case. I'll toss in another case fan in front of the HDD 'tower')
CPUs: i3-3220 & *i3-4130T (1150 socket on that one!)
Memory: 2x8Gb Crucial Ballistix DDR3 1600 UDIMMs (maybe even 4 of em!). I know they aren't ECC, but they can get me up and running for now, I think
HDDs: *3x3Tb, 2x1Tb, and *6x5Tb (I'll get to the issue in a minute)
SDDs: *256Gb Evo something or other (planning on using it for a jail)
Mobos: two miniITX boards - I'm guessing none are of use (Gigabyte GA-H61M-HD2 is one of 'em)
Boot: 2x16Gb mirrored SanDisk Ultra Fit flash drives
So I realized that my mobo only has 4 SATA ports... Being the wreckless/stupid person I am, I went on amazon and picked up a whopping 10 port SATA expander (Ableconn PEX10-SAT PCI Express Host Adapter Card). After doing some reading, it seems that it was a dumb decision for $87, and I may return it. I am thinking I'll pick up a Supermicro X10SL7-F-O Micro ATX board, instead. It will give me an additional two RAM slots and that nice SAS controller built in.
I'm not familiar with server hardware, to be honest. I noticed my i3-4130T was not in the recommended hardware list, but the i3-4300 was for 'medium duty'. I did see that intel's 'ark' mentioned my 4130T supports ECC.
Any input?
Thank you!
I recently took down a MythTV server and frontend and pieced together (what I thought) would work well for a FreeNAS setup. In the end, I'd like to be able to have a nice robust NAS to store a few file volumes:
-One that would contain any small(ish) important files that will go to a cloud service for offsite backup (500Gb is plenty)
-One that would contain lossless & compressed music files - and auto sync the compressed folder to my phones local storage (maybe 2Tb total???)
-One large volume to contain lossless blu ray & 4k disk rips
The server would have to host Plex server to stream to a couple other devices. No need to have 50 transcodes going though - it's just me and my fiance that would be using it.
So I have some 'guts' leftover from my server/frontend machine that were a built overbuilt that I can use. I'll toss some stars beside what I think I'll use in the NAS:
Case: *Fractal Design R5 (very happy with it... my windows desktop uses the same case. I'll toss in another case fan in front of the HDD 'tower')
CPUs: i3-3220 & *i3-4130T (1150 socket on that one!)
Memory: 2x8Gb Crucial Ballistix DDR3 1600 UDIMMs (maybe even 4 of em!). I know they aren't ECC, but they can get me up and running for now, I think
HDDs: *3x3Tb, 2x1Tb, and *6x5Tb (I'll get to the issue in a minute)
SDDs: *256Gb Evo something or other (planning on using it for a jail)
Mobos: two miniITX boards - I'm guessing none are of use (Gigabyte GA-H61M-HD2 is one of 'em)
Boot: 2x16Gb mirrored SanDisk Ultra Fit flash drives
So I realized that my mobo only has 4 SATA ports... Being the wreckless/stupid person I am, I went on amazon and picked up a whopping 10 port SATA expander (Ableconn PEX10-SAT PCI Express Host Adapter Card). After doing some reading, it seems that it was a dumb decision for $87, and I may return it. I am thinking I'll pick up a Supermicro X10SL7-F-O Micro ATX board, instead. It will give me an additional two RAM slots and that nice SAS controller built in.
I'm not familiar with server hardware, to be honest. I noticed my i3-4130T was not in the recommended hardware list, but the i3-4300 was for 'medium duty'. I did see that intel's 'ark' mentioned my 4130T supports ECC.
Any input?
Thank you!