Mark Holtz
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So, after a year of playing around with FreeNAS on a old computer (a Dell OptiPlex 755 with a Intel Core 2 Duo E6850), I'm about ready to build a real FreeNAS box for personal use. The usage will be:
Already purchased
Changes from original posting
- Centralized storage for system backups from several home systems using True Image
- File storage
- Media server for DLNA
- Transmission download
- I'm going to have to build this in two phases... one to meeting the immediate need with a temporary 2TB drive, and then get the additional drives later.
Already purchased
- Fractal Design Node 804 Black Aluminum / Steel Micro ATX Cube Case - what attracted me to this case is the fact that it can hold eight hard drives
- SUPERMICRO MBD-X11SAE-M-O Micro ATX Server Motherboard LGA 1151 Intel C236 - This board has eight SATA ports and a M.2 port.
- Intel Xeon E3-1275 v5 SkyLake 3.5 GHz 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1151 - I know this is a overpowered CPU for FreeNAS, but this should last me a few years.
- Crucial 64GB Kit (4 x 16GB) DDR4-2133 ECC UDIMM - If I understand correctly, for each TB of hard drive, 1 GB of memory required. Since I have plans for 8x6GB drives, that means I will need at least 48GB of memory.
- ENERMAX TRIATHLOR ECO ETL650AWT-M 650W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified - This power supply should be compatible with the MB, is modular, and has eight SATA connectors. Since I am calculating about 300W actual usage, 450W should be more than plenty. Edit: It has been suggested that I go with a bigger model because of the power draw.
- Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO - This should be compatible with the 1151 socket. Should lead to a nice, quiet system.
- Samsung SM951 128GB - This will be my boot drive.
Changes from original posting
- Power supply changed from ETL450AWT-M. Mo' power.
- Power supply purchased 5/29. It was on sale, plus a rebate. I can dig that.
- Processor changed from 3.6GHz to 3.5GHz.
- Added M.2 drive as boot drive.
- Motherboard, processor, memory, and M.2 drive purchased.
- Hard drives changed from eight 6GB drives.
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