hey guys this is my first free nas build and I wanted to upload two build lists and get some feedback on them
1st build uses a
Norco 4U Rackmount Components RPC-4308 for the case
AsRock Rack X399D8A-2T
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X
Crucial 16GB Single DDR4 2666 MT ecc ram
Noctua NH-D15 chromax.Black, 140mm Dual-Tower CPU Cooler
EVGA Super Nova 750 Ga, 80 Plus Gold Fully Modular, ECO Mode Compact 150mm Size, Power Supply
pros
"cheap" 12 core cpu
motherboard as 8 sata ports
type c port
dual 10g lan ports
8 ram slots so i can grow ram over time with a "cheap" 16 gig stick
cons
doesn't look like new models of the cpu will be made that will fit the motherboard after the second-gen
the motherboard is like $500
cant upgrade to 3rd gen unless I buy all new motherboard and cpu =$$$$
....just a note if I were to go this route I'm sure in 4 years when the Threadripper 2950X cpu comes down in price and I could upgrade to that and I dont see myself needing more. Threadripper 2950X should be around $300 and it will take me from a 11920x which is a 12cores/24 threads @ 3.5gh to a 16/32/3.5 or even a 24/48/3gh with the AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ 2970WX
Now build #2
Norco 4U Rackmount Components RPC-4308
motherboard = X470D4U2-2T
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 6c/12t/3.8gh
Crucial 32GB Single DDR4 2666 MT ecc ram
Noctua NH-D15 chromax.Black, 140mm Dual-Tower CPU Cooler
EVGA Super Nova 750 Ga, 80 Plus Gold Fully Modular, ECO Mode Compact 150mm Size, Power Supply
pros
cheaper over all build
has more promising upgrade life I.e I can skip from the 5 to the 9 series cpu the AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-core, 24 threads @3.8 ghz which will double the cores and threads of the 3600x and should be around $200 when its time to upgrade.
an even better cpu could come later
cons
4 ram slots so I'm forced to invest in 32 single sticks if I want to add ram later and not waste money
not type c port
less sata ports I want to say it has 4 or 6 (not sure)
....More notes..... even though build 2 has a more promising future as of right right now the jump form the 5 series to the 9 would only put me at the starting point of build #1 when it comes to power and speed, granted that this would be builds #1 ceiling and AMD could come out with a series 9 cpu that is equal to the AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ 3970X @ 32/64/3.7ghz which I feel is a good upgrade over the AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ 3960X
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now that all the specs are done here's what I'm hoping to achieve with the FreeNAS build
a back up of me and my partners' photography business
a time machine back up of at least 4 macs with at least 500 gigs of storage per device
my homes unifi camera footage
a windows 2019 server with a 500 gig hard drive I will mostly be using this as a testing dummy for work issues
a nextcloud jail to share files online with at least a 1tb of storage
I want to run the FreeNAS boot off of a M.2 drive fyi
I would like to use the other m.2 on the motherboard as a cache for the Nas to help with speed
Since the case has 8 bays I'm thinking I want to run a raidz2 but thanks to this link
https://www.ixsystems.com/blog/zfs-pool-performance-2/# I'm not sure if I should run a raidz3 instead
ps. any help with that would be appreciated.
sigh so what do you think? Option 1 or 2?