Build advice for a FreeNAS box including transcoding

[Jack Naisbett]

Ah thanks. I may stick to mirrors if I can grow, and start with 2 drives as I can fund that sooner. I'm fine with loss of storage for redundancy, I'm a paranoid data hoarder and will also have lots of external backups on top of the mirror redundancy

 

[Stux]

Then just start with 2 disks. Each time you get a space warning, buy another two disks ;) at whatever size is the then sweet spot. (Currently 4TB).

Don't forget to burnin the disks.

Once you run out of Sata ports begin replacing smaller drives with bigger ones.

 

[Jack Naisbett]

Brilliant thank you, now to convince the other half that spending £1.3k is a good use...haha

 

[Jack Naisbett]

Brilliant thank you, now to convince the other half that spending £1.3k is a good use...haha

 

[skyline65]

For coolers I use these and they are awesome.
http://www.silentpcreview.com/Scythe_Kotetsu

Also did you spec up a nice UPS as well?

 

[Jack Naisbett]

Having finally won the discussion, modified build here. Am I right in ignoring the "compatibility" issue, as SuperMicro seems to list the board as supporting M.2? (the m.2 will be the boot drive)

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1230 V5 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£263.08 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£23.97 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: Supermicro MBD-X11SSH-F Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£234.00)
Memory: Crucial 16GB (1 x 16GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (£150.97 @ Scan.co.uk)
Storage: Western Digital Green 120GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive (£54.29 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Red 4TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive (£133.20 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Western Digital Red 4TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive (£133.20 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Western Digital Red 4TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive (£133.20 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Western Digital Red 4TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive (£133.20 @ Aria PC)
Case: Fractal Design Node 804 MicroATX Mid Tower Case (£90.98 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: SeaSonic G 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£77.76 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £1427.85