Hi all,
I have recently become aware of the existence of bit-rot and thought this would be a good time to put together a decent server. Mainly it will be serving files through samba and Owncloud/Nextcloud and Plex but I would also like it to serve some basic web pages, act as a VPN server and some other minor tasks. Most likely I will be the only one heavily using the server, but there might be three other users as well. One HD Plex stream would be sufficient though. I like tinkering, so a custom build has my preference. I think 4TB should be sufficient for my storage needs for now and a mirror seems to be my best option. Finally I would like the server as cheap as possible, while not feeling too limited.
By now I think I spend a good amount of time in researching components and I figured it would be a good time to ask for other opinions. Please let me know if any of the components below are a bad choice or don't work with FreeNAS at all or if any components are missing (including external components such as a UPS). I'm also interested in hearing cheaper alternatives that would not be limiting for my use case. I'm based in the Netherlands, so any price I'm stating includes shipping to there.
The parts I have in mind:
Mobo: Supermicro X11SSL-F (203 EUR)
RAM: Samsung M391A1G43EB1-CRC 8GB (112 EUR)
CPU: Intel Pentium G4600 (90 EUR)
Case: Cooler Master Elite 342 (36 EUR)
PSU: Seasonic G-series 360W (65 EUR)
HDD: 2x WD Red 4TB (270 EUR)
Boot drive: 2x Sandisk Ultra Fit 32GB (30 EUR)
UPS: Eaton 3S 550VA (83 EUR)
Total: 889 EUR
Thanks for the help!
I have recently become aware of the existence of bit-rot and thought this would be a good time to put together a decent server. Mainly it will be serving files through samba and Owncloud/Nextcloud and Plex but I would also like it to serve some basic web pages, act as a VPN server and some other minor tasks. Most likely I will be the only one heavily using the server, but there might be three other users as well. One HD Plex stream would be sufficient though. I like tinkering, so a custom build has my preference. I think 4TB should be sufficient for my storage needs for now and a mirror seems to be my best option. Finally I would like the server as cheap as possible, while not feeling too limited.
By now I think I spend a good amount of time in researching components and I figured it would be a good time to ask for other opinions. Please let me know if any of the components below are a bad choice or don't work with FreeNAS at all or if any components are missing (including external components such as a UPS). I'm also interested in hearing cheaper alternatives that would not be limiting for my use case. I'm based in the Netherlands, so any price I'm stating includes shipping to there.
The parts I have in mind:
Mobo: Supermicro X11SSL-F (203 EUR)
RAM: Samsung M391A1G43EB1-CRC 8GB (112 EUR)
CPU: Intel Pentium G4600 (90 EUR)
Case: Cooler Master Elite 342 (36 EUR)
PSU: Seasonic G-series 360W (65 EUR)
HDD: 2x WD Red 4TB (270 EUR)
Boot drive: 2x Sandisk Ultra Fit 32GB (30 EUR)
UPS: Eaton 3S 550VA (83 EUR)
Total: 889 EUR
Thanks for the help!