SomeDumbNAS
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Hello, so I have built my first NAS ever using old parts. I currently am running:
CPU - i7-4790K CPU @ 4.00GHz
RAM - 8gb Corsair vengance
MoBo - Asus Z97I-PLUS Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard (downside is only 4 SATA ports)
HHD - 3x4tb WD Red (ordered) 3x1tb random old drives and 1x500gb laptop drive (boot) got the drives for $69.99/each btw so think that was a good deal?
CPU cooler - 120mm AIO (thinking of using my Noctua Noctua NH-L9i I don't know if it's enough)
Case - FD Node 304
PSU - 550w ATX (plan to change it to Seasonic FOCUS SGX-500 for space-saving)
Things I was wondering is:
M.2 boot drive? just a small one to save space and SATA ports
A smaller cooler would it be okay IDK how demanding a NAS can be
SSD's for cache? also how to configure
suggestions on PCIe Sata cards
Plan for the computer is, file storage and steam library if I can ever figure that out lol, also maybe host a Minecraft server for the kids. I recently transferred 50gb at 102mbs from the NAS to my PC on a wired network. I assume part of that is the old drives and mixed drives. I am just trying to plan for when the WD Red's come in what to do to maximize read/write speeds for me. Currently, I have 2 drives in a pool mirrored and one alone just for games because if it fails that's fine I was just messing around to try to figure things out. Thank you for reading this mess and any info provided!
CPU - i7-4790K CPU @ 4.00GHz
RAM - 8gb Corsair vengance
MoBo - Asus Z97I-PLUS Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard (downside is only 4 SATA ports)
HHD - 3x4tb WD Red (ordered) 3x1tb random old drives and 1x500gb laptop drive (boot) got the drives for $69.99/each btw so think that was a good deal?
CPU cooler - 120mm AIO (thinking of using my Noctua Noctua NH-L9i I don't know if it's enough)
Case - FD Node 304
PSU - 550w ATX (plan to change it to Seasonic FOCUS SGX-500 for space-saving)
Things I was wondering is:
M.2 boot drive? just a small one to save space and SATA ports
A smaller cooler would it be okay IDK how demanding a NAS can be
SSD's for cache? also how to configure
suggestions on PCIe Sata cards
Plan for the computer is, file storage and steam library if I can ever figure that out lol, also maybe host a Minecraft server for the kids. I recently transferred 50gb at 102mbs from the NAS to my PC on a wired network. I assume part of that is the old drives and mixed drives. I am just trying to plan for when the WD Red's come in what to do to maximize read/write speeds for me. Currently, I have 2 drives in a pool mirrored and one alone just for games because if it fails that's fine I was just messing around to try to figure things out. Thank you for reading this mess and any info provided!