behindtheviewfinder
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Hi, I'm preparing to build my first home NAS. I've been researching FreeNAS for last month and playing with it in a VM and the solution looks quite compelling.
My main usages for the server will be:
What do you think about the HW match for the usage needs?
Question about vdev expansion. If I start with RAID1 and add another set of two drives, will I be able to just expand the size of an existing vdev by creating RAID10 configuration? I'm not paranoid about disk failure since I plan to have a backup of my NAS to an external HDD and an online backup. And I want to keep the cost at a reasonable level (for home use) so I'm not planning on purchasing additional drives initially.
Let me know what you think about the setup, all responses are much appreciated.
My main usages for the server will be:
- Backup for my local machines
- File server for shared media (music library for Sonos, photo storage and maybe run a Plex Media Server for some movies)
- Replace dropbox with NextCloud or BitTorrent Sync
- OpenVPN
- Github hosting for some of my private projects
- Linux VM for some dev tools
- ?? Win10 VM for photography work (want to see how effective it is to run Lightroom/Photoshop through RDP vs. on my local laptop) ??
- Litecoin/Ethereum mining when server is not in use - because why not (i know it's not going to be efficient)??
- Backup the whole ZFS to external USB and to Backblaze B2 (for offsite/online recovery) using snapshots.
- Xeon E3-1270 v5 (or v6)
- Supermicro X11SSM-F-O
- 16GB ECC UDIMM from Kingston KVR21E15D8/16 (I know... but the price :/) - in future get additional 16GB
- 2x3TB WD RED (will add another 2x 3TB in future)
- Fractal Design Define Mini Black Silent MATX + beQuiet 500W PSU
- Boot from mirrored USB stick
- (Optional) Intel SSD 600p 256GB + M.2 to PCIe card - mostly for jails and VMs (is that a good idea)?
What do you think about the HW match for the usage needs?
Question about vdev expansion. If I start with RAID1 and add another set of two drives, will I be able to just expand the size of an existing vdev by creating RAID10 configuration? I'm not paranoid about disk failure since I plan to have a backup of my NAS to an external HDD and an online backup. And I want to keep the cost at a reasonable level (for home use) so I'm not planning on purchasing additional drives initially.
Let me know what you think about the setup, all responses are much appreciated.