Muffin.Monkey
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I am planning to build a home server for a long time, and now the time has come ...
The use case is backup and media storage. I want to run plex on the server and be able to transcode.
I choose the following configuration:
As I am a noob, I added my toughts why choosing the articles, so if i got something wrong please correct me.
Please keep in mind that I am located in Germany, so my view of availability and price may differ from yours.
What do you think about having an encrypted space on some web hoster as a remote backup?
Thank you for your help / opinions / explanations.
Please excuse my bad English ...
The use case is backup and media storage. I want to run plex on the server and be able to transcode.
I choose the following configuration:
As I am a noob, I added my toughts why choosing the articles, so if i got something wrong please correct me.
Please keep in mind that I am located in Germany, so my view of availability and price may differ from yours.
- Mainboard: Supermicro X10-SRi-F
- 10x SATA3 ports
- Intel i350 LAN chipset
- Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2620v4
- cheapest Xeon supporting DDR4-2133
- capable of transcoding according to plex
- RAM: Transcend TS2GLH72V1B 4x 16GB
- ECC RAM with 2133 MHz clock
- in order to support 64 TB of raw storage
- Processor fan:
Alpenföhn Brocken ECO advanced- I realized there is a problem with "normal" processor fans on this mainboard, see details in a seperate post
- Data hard drives: 8x Seagate IronWolf 2TB in RAID-Z3
Here I have the biggest question marks.The case offers eight easy to access slots for HDDs. I planned to have six disks in use with at one hot spare. But then there would be one slot „wasted“.Using this slot for data disk would result in seven disks on the pool. I assume that having an odd number of disks is not the greatest idea. So I would use this slot for a second hot spare.I was planning to use Seagate Iron Wolf Pro 6 TB, but having read this thread am not sure if such big disks are a good idea, so I am thinking about Iron Wolf Pro 4 TBWhat do you think about mixing different manufacterers? The alternative is WD Red Pro 4 / 6 TBIn his primer slideshow cyberdock mentioned that RAID-Z2 should not be used from 2019 on. Now we have 2019. What's the current point of view?- I will start with the 2TB modells and switch to 8TB at some point since I can not affort 8TB drives right now
- System SSD:
2x Transcend MTS400S 32GB2x Transcend TS32GSSD370S 32GBM.2 so I don't have to use a SATA Port- Apparently the model in white has higher read and write speeds ...
- Power supply: bequiet! Straight Power 11 550W
- I added up some assumed power consumption:
- On start up ~410W (switch on current of the HDDs)
- afterwars: ~250W
- 80 plus Gold
- I added up some assumed power consumption:
- Chassis: Fractal Design Define R5 black
- can house 8 3,5" HDDs + 2x SSD extra
- easy access to the 3,5 HDD slots
- Chassis fans: bequiet!Silent Wings 3 140mm PWM
- Add one to the already equipped front fan
- The case offers also slots top, bottom and side, but I assume they are not necessary
- UPS: Eaton Ellipse ECO EL1200USBDIN
Some more question marksI did not find a list of compatible UPSs- can provide the server on full duty for at least 10 min (5 min delay + 5 min shutdown)
- is compatible to NUTS
What do you think about having an encrypted space on some web hoster as a remote backup?
Thank you for your help / opinions / explanations.
Please excuse my bad English ...
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