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Dabbler
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- Jul 5, 2013
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Hi everyone, I've maintained a truenas (formerly freenas) media server with an Asrock C2550D4I since 2014 (rest of my system specs are in my signature). Recently my motherboard has stopped recognizing hard drives on a few of the sata 3 ports and so this seems like a good opportunity to update my system.
My system primarily functions as a media file server and runs plex and a few other apps for the personal one use of my small family. I'd like to make sure that when I update it, it's capable of transcoding 4K videos. I read the latest version of the hardware guide and would like some additional guidance.
1. I noticed the emphasis on ECC ram and I wonder if that matters in my case. My media server stores large video files and in general what I would not want is a failed hard drive to result in losing everything, but a rare corruption event does not seem very serious. Am I missing something?
2. The recommended CPUs follow quite a wide range and I noticed they are bucketed into basic usage, moderate transcoding and heavy transcoding. Is that referring to transcoding of videos? Would it be fair to say that in my case I'm looking at moderate transcoding.
3. I'm bewildered by the vast array of choices around motherboards and CPUs, so I'm looking for the best recommendation that balances prices but gives me a similarly long runway for the next 5 years or so (which I guess is what I could expect)
4. I have 4 10TB HDDs setup in a mirror VDEV setup and I'm planning to add another two 14 TBs (which I believe can be added to the same pool rather than having to create a separate pool). So I expect to have 6 SATA drives + the boot drive.
5. I've been seeing errors about my boot pool being at 90% utilization, so it seems like that's something I'd need to replace too. Is about 128 GB sufficient. If there is a common recommendation these days, I'm happy to follow that :).
6. I'm planning to replace the case with a fractal design define R5 or similar, though if there are other recommendations, I'm pretty open. I do want one thats easier to operate with.
7. Lastly, I assume my power supply is going to continue to work for me, but if there are some unpleasant surprises there, I would love to know.
thanks a lot, looking forward to hearing some suggestions.
My system primarily functions as a media file server and runs plex and a few other apps for the personal one use of my small family. I'd like to make sure that when I update it, it's capable of transcoding 4K videos. I read the latest version of the hardware guide and would like some additional guidance.
1. I noticed the emphasis on ECC ram and I wonder if that matters in my case. My media server stores large video files and in general what I would not want is a failed hard drive to result in losing everything, but a rare corruption event does not seem very serious. Am I missing something?
2. The recommended CPUs follow quite a wide range and I noticed they are bucketed into basic usage, moderate transcoding and heavy transcoding. Is that referring to transcoding of videos? Would it be fair to say that in my case I'm looking at moderate transcoding.
3. I'm bewildered by the vast array of choices around motherboards and CPUs, so I'm looking for the best recommendation that balances prices but gives me a similarly long runway for the next 5 years or so (which I guess is what I could expect)
4. I have 4 10TB HDDs setup in a mirror VDEV setup and I'm planning to add another two 14 TBs (which I believe can be added to the same pool rather than having to create a separate pool). So I expect to have 6 SATA drives + the boot drive.
5. I've been seeing errors about my boot pool being at 90% utilization, so it seems like that's something I'd need to replace too. Is about 128 GB sufficient. If there is a common recommendation these days, I'm happy to follow that :).
6. I'm planning to replace the case with a fractal design define R5 or similar, though if there are other recommendations, I'm pretty open. I do want one thats easier to operate with.
7. Lastly, I assume my power supply is going to continue to work for me, but if there are some unpleasant surprises there, I would love to know.
thanks a lot, looking forward to hearing some suggestions.