Thadius Miller
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- Feb 19, 2015
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Hey guys. Coming from a Syno DS414 running 4x3tb in SHR1 and an attached RAID controller with 8x4tb in RAID 50. Pretty terrible setup, I know. I'm running out of space and eating up all my memory, to boot.
I've read quite a few builds over the last few days, read the ZFS guide a couple times (thanks, Cyberjock!), chatted with buddies, etc. But I'm still supremely lost in the swarm of options out there compared to what I need.
Looking to build primary for a home media server. The capacity to transcode a few 720p streams in case I decided to later would be a plus. I'd be looking to run at least a few extra: couchpotato, sickrage, rtorrent (well-loaded), sabnzbd, etc.
I'm thinking I need:
Single Xeon E3 1231 or 1225
32gb ECC
3x M1015
3x 8-drive RAIDZ2 or 2x 11-drive RAIDZ2 w/ 2 cold spare (WD Reds -- already own 12x 3tb)
1200VA UPS
As quiet as possible while still offering good cooling
Mobo: Should I be looking at Supermicro X9 series? If so, which?
Chassis: Which Supermicro should I be pricing against? Trying to price against the Norco RPC-2442. If used, what features do I absolutely need to have?
Many thanks in advance. This will be a very fun first build! :D
Edit: Duals NICs would be nice. My DS414 is already teamed on a SRW2048 and it would allow me to move the initial data faster over while keeping the existing NAS serving.
I've read quite a few builds over the last few days, read the ZFS guide a couple times (thanks, Cyberjock!), chatted with buddies, etc. But I'm still supremely lost in the swarm of options out there compared to what I need.
Looking to build primary for a home media server. The capacity to transcode a few 720p streams in case I decided to later would be a plus. I'd be looking to run at least a few extra: couchpotato, sickrage, rtorrent (well-loaded), sabnzbd, etc.
I'm thinking I need:
Single Xeon E3 1231 or 1225
32gb ECC
3x M1015
3x 8-drive RAIDZ2 or 2x 11-drive RAIDZ2 w/ 2 cold spare (WD Reds -- already own 12x 3tb)
1200VA UPS
As quiet as possible while still offering good cooling
Mobo: Should I be looking at Supermicro X9 series? If so, which?
Chassis: Which Supermicro should I be pricing against? Trying to price against the Norco RPC-2442. If used, what features do I absolutely need to have?
Many thanks in advance. This will be a very fun first build! :D
Edit: Duals NICs would be nice. My DS414 is already teamed on a SRW2048 and it would allow me to move the initial data faster over while keeping the existing NAS serving.
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