Wazkyr
Dabbler
- Joined
- Oct 19, 2018
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Hey, I'm new to the forum and building a NAS/Freenas in general, spent the last week just lurking and gathering information.
Sorry for the wall of text... im bad at constraining myself.
I'm building my first NAS(had an old Synology before) and had a few questions regarding RaidZ and SAS/Sata compatibility and general feedback on my build.
This is starting as a Plex server (4K HDR rips) but i might be doing some VMware with time.
I know the CPU is overkill for this(Max 2 Plex users, an LG tv(C7) that doesn't need transcode) but i like being safe, and the Xeon prices are not too bad.
The hardware i plan to use:
MB: Supermicro X10SL7-F (already bought)
CPU: Xeon E3 1270 V3 (already bought)
CPU fan: Gelid Siberian Pro (eBay) (wanted something quiet and cheap)
RAM: Hynix 8GB 1866MHz ram (eBay) (upgrading to 16GB when i get the money)
CASE: Fractal Node 804 (eBay)
PSU: Not sure yet, i have good experience with EVGA, maybe something like the Supernova 550 GS?
Samsung 850 PRO 256 GB (system HDD, already own)
HDD: Not sure... look below
Moneys a bit tight atm so I'm buying the stuff over the next weeks/months, hopefully 2. hand to save some €.
Concerning the ram, i know its not one of the recommended types for the motherboard, but it looks like its just faster (and cheaper in EU) version of the recommended one.
So why not get the faster one in case i upgrade my MB+CPU one day?
Concerning the harddisk's i was planning on using 3x 4TB WD reds in RAIDZ1, but only buying 1 first(monies bit tight). Maybe adding more hdds later.
Can i just start without running any RaidZ, and use "JBOD" with only 1 hdd and then change it to RAIDZ1 when i get another 2 hdds without losing all the data?
And last but no least, i found a cheap SAS2 hdd "HGST Ultrastar 7K4000 ALS HUS724040ALS64" 4TB for about 60$, never used. Can i mix the SAS2 with the Sata hdds. So i buy this first and then buy 2x WD red Sata disk for RAIDZ1 later?
Thank you for reading this far :)
Have a good day.
Waz
Sorry for the wall of text... im bad at constraining myself.
I'm building my first NAS(had an old Synology before) and had a few questions regarding RaidZ and SAS/Sata compatibility and general feedback on my build.
This is starting as a Plex server (4K HDR rips) but i might be doing some VMware with time.
I know the CPU is overkill for this(Max 2 Plex users, an LG tv(C7) that doesn't need transcode) but i like being safe, and the Xeon prices are not too bad.
The hardware i plan to use:
MB: Supermicro X10SL7-F (already bought)
CPU: Xeon E3 1270 V3 (already bought)
CPU fan: Gelid Siberian Pro (eBay) (wanted something quiet and cheap)
RAM: Hynix 8GB 1866MHz ram (eBay) (upgrading to 16GB when i get the money)
CASE: Fractal Node 804 (eBay)
PSU: Not sure yet, i have good experience with EVGA, maybe something like the Supernova 550 GS?
Samsung 850 PRO 256 GB (system HDD, already own)
HDD: Not sure... look below
Moneys a bit tight atm so I'm buying the stuff over the next weeks/months, hopefully 2. hand to save some €.
Concerning the ram, i know its not one of the recommended types for the motherboard, but it looks like its just faster (and cheaper in EU) version of the recommended one.
So why not get the faster one in case i upgrade my MB+CPU one day?
Concerning the harddisk's i was planning on using 3x 4TB WD reds in RAIDZ1, but only buying 1 first(monies bit tight). Maybe adding more hdds later.
Can i just start without running any RaidZ, and use "JBOD" with only 1 hdd and then change it to RAIDZ1 when i get another 2 hdds without losing all the data?
And last but no least, i found a cheap SAS2 hdd "HGST Ultrastar 7K4000 ALS HUS724040ALS64" 4TB for about 60$, never used. Can i mix the SAS2 with the Sata hdds. So i buy this first and then buy 2x WD red Sata disk for RAIDZ1 later?
Thank you for reading this far :)
Have a good day.
Waz