Hello,
I am trying to put together parts for a Freenas workstation with 12 HDD. It comes to me that it is the same price compared to the Synology DS2415+. My budget can be as high as 8,000$CAD. I am willing to buy the Synology one unless someone tells me that I am doing a mistake.
My needs :
What I do not need :
Why I think Freenas can be better :
Synology better :
My Freenas parts so far, around 1,800$CAD (without taxes), no CPU yet :
Do you have any input?
Am I doing a mistake?
Thanks for reading.
J.
I am trying to put together parts for a Freenas workstation with 12 HDD. It comes to me that it is the same price compared to the Synology DS2415+. My budget can be as high as 8,000$CAD. I am willing to buy the Synology one unless someone tells me that I am doing a mistake.
My needs :
- storage only (12 x WD red 6TB)
- NFS for linux mount
- 2 drives redundancy
- not rackmount, to be able to move it in 2 years, and store it in an office
- encryption (not sure yet as I may use encfs. I have read here that disk encryption may lead easily to a file system loss)
What I do not need :
- network speed
- disk speed (mainly storage)
Why I think Freenas can be better :
- tweakable
- compression
- absolute silence (fractal X2 case)
Synology better :
- warranty 3 years
- support
- work right out of the box
My Freenas parts so far, around 1,800$CAD (without taxes), no CPU yet :
- MBD-X10SRH-CF-O
- 2 x Samsung DDR4-2133 16GB/2Gx72 ECC/REG CL15 (M393A2G40DB0-CPB)
- Fractal Design Define XL R2
- SeaSonic X-1050 ( SS-1050XM2 ) 1050W (maybe 650 one would be enough)
- Fractal Design Silent Series R2 FD-FAN-SSR2-140 140mm 140mm Fan 30 30
Do you have any input?
Am I doing a mistake?
Thanks for reading.
J.
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