30TB Nas Storage & M0n0Wall Router build log

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Hey Guys,

I figured i would post my build log ( will add pictures ) of my build. This is my first time building a freenas box and wanted to try and document it. I want to build this and use it as a media streaming along with data storage for some of my work. I just wired my house with cat 6 and a dell 2412 web managed switch to prepare for this nas system. I dropped at least 1 wire in each room along with 8 in my loft ( office ). Some external devices i have include a OBI100 and HDHomerun for over the air signal. my HTPC Part list are below, The 'Full HTPC' does the lets say processing of the tv shows and movies and the 'Mini HTPC' is just a streamer. I also have a WRT Router for wireless. I think i finally found an 'N' supported wifi card that i can buy to put inside the m0n0wall router.

Here is the part list:
30TB FreeNas Box:
1x LSI Internal SATA/SAS 9211-4i 6Gb/s PCI-Express 2.0 RAID Controller Card, Single
1x Antec EarthWatts EA-500D Green 500W ATX12V v2.3 / EPS12V 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply
1x ASUS F1A75-M FM1 AMD A75 (Hudson D3) SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard with UEFI BIOS
1x AMD A4-3300 Llano 2.5GHz Socket FM1 65W Dual-Core Desktop APU with DirectX 11 Graphic AMD Radeon HD 6410D AD3300OJGXBOX
1x Intel E1G44HTBLK 10/ 100/ 1000Mbps PCI-Express 2.0 Server Adapter I340-T4
4x G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL9S-8GBXL
1x StarTech.com SAS8087S450 50cm Serial Attached SCSI SAS Cable - SFF-8087 to 4x Latching SATA
1x Icy Dock MB455SPF-B 5 in 3 SATA I / II & III Hot-Swap Internal Backplane Raid Cage Module
10x Barracuda 7200RPM 3 TB SATA 6 GB/s NCQ 64 MB Cache 3.5-Inch Internal Bare Drive - ST3000DM001
6x OKGEAR 18" SATA 6 Gbps Cable, Straight to Left Angle W/ Metal Latch, Black, Backward Compatible 3 Gbps and 1.5 Gbps
1x 3U 3x5.25" + 5 x 3.5" Bays Rack Mount Chassis

M0n0Wall Router:
1x Athena Power RM-1U102ITX25 Black 1.2mm Steel 1U Compact Workstation/Server Mini ITX Chassis
1x PCI Riser Card Adapter 32Bit for 1U Units
1x Intel BOXD525MW Intel Atom D525@ 1.8GHz (Dual Core) BGA559 Intel NM10 Mini ITX Motherboard/CPU Combo
1x G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 204-Pin DDR3 SO-DIMM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Dual Channel Kit Laptop Memory Model F3-10666CL9D-4GBSQ
1x Intel PWLA8391GTL 10/ 100/ 1000Mbps PCI Desktop Adapter PRO/1000 GT Low Profile - OEM
1x Patriot Xporter XT Boost 8GB Flash Drive (USB 2.0 Portable) Model PEF8GUSB

Full HTPC: ( Runs 55inch Series 8 Samsung LED TV )
1x LIAN LI Black Aluminum PC-C33B ATX Media Center / HTPC Case
1x GIGABYTE GA-890GPA-UD3H AM3 AMD 890GX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard
1x SeaSonic M12II 520 Bronze 520W ATX12V v2.3 / EPS 12V v2.91 SLI Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply
1x AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Deneb 3.2GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor HDZ955FBGMBOX
1x ADATA Gaming Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333G (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model AX3U1333GB2G8-2G
1x Western Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
1x Logitech diNovo Edge 2-Tone Bluetooth Wireless Mini Keyboard
1x Scythe Big Shuriken SCBSK-1000 120mm CPU Cooler
2x Noctua NF-R8-1800 80mm Case Fan
1x AZiO BTD-V201 Micro Bluetooth Adapter USB 2.0
1x Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound - OEM
1x Noctua NF-P14 FLX 140mm Case Fan
1x Logitech MX Air Silver/Black 8 Buttons 2.4 GHz Cordless Laser Rechargeable Air Mouse
1x LITE-ON Black 4X Blu-ray Disc Reader SATA Model iHOS104-08
2x Mushkin Enhanced Silverline 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model 996770

Mini HTPC: ( Runs 46inch Series 7 Samsung LED TV )
1x Zotac ZBOX-ID36BR3D-PLUS Intel Atom D525 CPU 1.8 GHz Dual-Core Next-generation NVIDIA ION w/2GB RAM, 250G HDD Blu-ray All-in-One Mini-PC
1x Crucial M4 CT064M4SSD2 2.5" 64GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
1x Logitech diNovo Mini Black Bluetooth Wireless Mini Keyboard

Old Nas Parts ( bought thinking i would use this with 18TB then upgraded before i even built it):
1x PNY Optima 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model MD8192KD3-1333
1x StarTech USBMBADAPT 6in USB 2.0 Cable - USB A Female to USB Motherboard 4 Pin Header F/F
1x Antec EarthWatts Green EA-380D Green 380W Continuous power ATX12V v2.3 / EPS12V 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply
1x ASUS E35M1-I Fusion AMD E-350 APU (1.6GHz, Dual-Core) AMD Hudson M1 Mini ITX Motherboard/CPU Combo

I will be gathering pictures if you guys want to see. I will / hopefully collecting the rest of my NAS and mini HTPC this week.

Thanks for stopping by!

 

[vaibhavyagnik]

love to hear more!!

 

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So the first case i bought was massive fail. So i had to order another one. hope you enjoy!

Here is a small build:

Putting in the 32 Gigs of ram

New loft tv, 46inch LED Samsung 7 series:

The zotac with 4gigs of ram and 64gig SSD

 

[Joshua Parker Ruehlig]

man I wish I had money, I'd totally get 10x3TB Harddrives and 4x8GB Ram! awesome build!

Any reason you choose monowall over pfsense? I'm a pfsense user and love it but haven't tried anything else (except ddwrt).

 

[Ultfris101]

Wow. Nice budget and some seriously clean cabling. Makes me think i need redo mine!

How do you like the fractal design case? I've been looking at either another Antec P280 or one of these. I don't have 10 drives yet but someday...

The P280 is awesome for my main pc. Can't speak highly enough of it.

 

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man I wish I had money, I'd totally get 10x3TB Harddrives and 4x8GB Ram! awesome build!

Any reason you choose monowall over pfsense? I'm a pfsense user and love it but haven't tried anything else (except ddwrt).

I just changed to pfsense due to it support a g wireless card from www.thinkpenguin.com. Hopefully the next release will support N.

I did buy an 8inch longer 4 pin cable so i could run the cable around the back instead of in the front.

 

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Wow. Nice budget and some seriously clean cabling. Makes me think i need redo mine!

How do you like the fractal design case? I've been looking at either another Antec P280 or one of these. I don't have 10 drives yet but someday...

The P280 is awesome for my main pc. Can't speak highly enough of it.

THe case is awesome. I would put it close to the same level as corsair. Maybe not as HIGH of quality but def up there. THe sound damping on the inside was a plus. For a nas that has ever fan possible to keep it cool its nice and quiet. Def same some money and get a fractal design case.

 

[LAYGO]

NICE BUILD! I'm very curious as to how your using your HDHomerun. I've been pulling my hair out with it on how I'm going to implement it. Are you only using it on your HTPC or are you recording with it some how with FreeNAS (my goal)? I do not want another machine on my network just to record TV & would prefer I could record/schedule with something on FreeNAS & view with just about any other device (WDTV/W7 WMC/tablet/phone/etc).

 

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NICE BUILD! I'm very curious as to how your using your HDHomerun. I've been pulling my hair out with it on how I'm going to implement it. Are you only using it on your HTPC or are you recording with it some how with FreeNAS (my goal)? I do not want another machine on my network just to record TV & would prefer I could record/schedule with something on FreeNAS & view with just about any other device (WDTV/W7 WMC/tablet/phone/etc).

The HDHomerun is connected to my network and i use WMC to watch tv shows from it. You can tell WMC to DVR to certain drives so you could point to a NAS drive and have it record there. But i really don't DVR much due to my SB, CP, Sab setup.

 

[LAYGO]

The HDHomerun is connected to my network and i use WMC to watch tv shows from it. You can tell WMC to DVR to certain drives so you could point to a NAS drive and have it record there. But i really don't DVR much due to my SB, CP, Sab setup.

Ah, ok. I'm not wanting to run my only desktop with a 900w power supply just to record. I'm hoping I can figure out a software solution for recording (MythTV, XBMC-PVR, etc) running on my headless FreeNAS w/FBSD jail.

 

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Well remember your psu can peak power around 900, it doesn't mean it's pulling that 24/7. It's based on your components on how much power draw. So if your CPU and video cards need a ton of power then you using a bunch.

 

[LAYGO]

Well remember your psu can peak power around 900, it doesn't mean it's pulling that 24/7. It's based on your components on how much power draw. So if your CPU and video cards need a ton of power then you using a bunch.

125w CPU + Dual 5870s in CrossFire. :)

 

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125w CPU + Dual 5870s in CrossFire. :)

I built me a quad core computer just to have SB, Sab, CP on it running 24/7 that also has XBMC as a media front. I am also trying out plex and seeing how that is. To my surprise i put the plex server on an old dual core system and pointed it to my nas, Then went downstairs and put the plex frontend on a machine and it automatically detected the plex server and started playing everything. I was impressed no configuration at all to use the bare minimum

 

[LAYGO]

I built me a quad core computer just to have SB, Sab, CP on it running 24/7 that also has XBMC as a media front. I am also trying out plex and seeing how that is. To my surprise i put the plex server on an old dual core system and pointed it to my nas, Then went downstairs and put the plex frontend on a machine and it automatically detected the plex server and started playing everything. I was impressed no configuration at all to use the bare minimum

Ah. I'm set for my DLNA stuff. I just need a way to record. I've got my headless FreeNAS system running on an HP N40L aching to do more, rarely cracking 5% CPU in a week. I'm considering SB/Sap/CP too, I just want a way to handle my real time video from TV (football/basketball/primetime/etc).

Playback at my TVs/projector is done via WDTV & works great. Very neat lil set top.