I am working on my first FreeNAS build. The primary use case will be to serve files on my home network (plus serve as one part of a backup plan by using mirrored drives and snapshots). I like to tinker and try new things, so I will probably also put some jails on the server to provide different ways to access the data (like NextCloud). I don't have a lot of local media (just home movies), so I am not too worried about transcoding. I think my biggest constraint is that the only location I can put the server is in my living room, so I want to make sure it is quiet and has a small footprint.
Here is what I was thinking about for the build:
CPU/motherboard: Supermicro A2SDi-4C-HLN4F
Chassis: Fractal Design Node 304 Mini-ITX Hybrid Computer Case FD-CA-NODE-304-BL
PSU: SeaSonic X Series X650 Gold (SS-650KM Active PFC F3) 650W ATX12V V2.3/EPS 12V V2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Full Modular Active PFC Power Supply New 4th Gen CPU Certified
HDD: WD Red 3TB NAS Hard Drive - 5400 RPM Class, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64 MB Cache, 3.5"
(2x mirrored -- I don't have that much data, so one drive should be enough)
RAM: 1x 16GB ECC (Samsung M393A2K40CB1-CRC 16GB DDR4-2400 LP ECC REG)
Boot: WD Green 240GB PC SSD - SATA III 6Gb/s M.2 2280 Solid State Drive - WDS240G2G0B
UPS: CyberPower CP685AVRG AVR UPS System, 685VA/390W, 8 Outlets, Compact
Prices:
CPU/motherboard: $360
Chassis: $90
PSU: $90
HDD: 2x $103
RAM: 1x $199
Boot: $40
UPS: $70
The points I would appreciate feedback on are:
1. Is it reasonable to put these parts together and is anything missing?
2. Is there reasonable value / performance in this build? I have read over a lot of forum posts and generally I saw that people were encouraged to go to bigger builds (more powerful CPU and bigger case). I would like to keep the system quiet, so I was trying to keep the power consumption / cooling requirements down. I think the next steps up in CPU would be a Core i3, a Xeon E3, or a Xeon D (plus the 8 core version of the Atom listed above).
3. Is a UPS necessary? If power is lost, is the concern just that some new data in RAM will be lost, or could the entire HDD be corrupted. I saw that a UPS was recommended, but I would have thought ZFS being copy on write would be resilient to power loss.
Here is what I was thinking about for the build:
CPU/motherboard: Supermicro A2SDi-4C-HLN4F
Chassis: Fractal Design Node 304 Mini-ITX Hybrid Computer Case FD-CA-NODE-304-BL
PSU: SeaSonic X Series X650 Gold (SS-650KM Active PFC F3) 650W ATX12V V2.3/EPS 12V V2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Full Modular Active PFC Power Supply New 4th Gen CPU Certified
HDD: WD Red 3TB NAS Hard Drive - 5400 RPM Class, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64 MB Cache, 3.5"
(2x mirrored -- I don't have that much data, so one drive should be enough)
RAM: 1x 16GB ECC (Samsung M393A2K40CB1-CRC 16GB DDR4-2400 LP ECC REG)
Boot: WD Green 240GB PC SSD - SATA III 6Gb/s M.2 2280 Solid State Drive - WDS240G2G0B
UPS: CyberPower CP685AVRG AVR UPS System, 685VA/390W, 8 Outlets, Compact
Prices:
CPU/motherboard: $360
Chassis: $90
PSU: $90
HDD: 2x $103
RAM: 1x $199
Boot: $40
UPS: $70
The points I would appreciate feedback on are:
1. Is it reasonable to put these parts together and is anything missing?
2. Is there reasonable value / performance in this build? I have read over a lot of forum posts and generally I saw that people were encouraged to go to bigger builds (more powerful CPU and bigger case). I would like to keep the system quiet, so I was trying to keep the power consumption / cooling requirements down. I think the next steps up in CPU would be a Core i3, a Xeon E3, or a Xeon D (plus the 8 core version of the Atom listed above).
3. Is a UPS necessary? If power is lost, is the concern just that some new data in RAM will be lost, or could the entire HDD be corrupted. I saw that a UPS was recommended, but I would have thought ZFS being copy on write would be resilient to power loss.