fat_uncle_jubalon
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- Feb 5, 2014
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This server will be hosting all of my family's data and media: photos, home movies, financial documents, music, recorded TV shows, and ripped DVDs/BluRays. I'm very close to pulling the trigger on this build, but before I do I would love to have y'all pick it apart.
Mobo: Supermicro X10SLL-F-O
CPU: Xeon E3-1220v3
RAM: 2x Samsung M391B1G73BH0-CK0 DDR3-1600 8GB ECC - 16GB total
HDD: 4x WD Red 3TB
Case: Fractal Design Arc Midi Tower ATX Mid Tower
PSU: SeaSonic SSR-360GP 360W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply
UPS: CyberPower CP1000PFCLCD 1000VA/600W Pure Sine Wave UPS
After much thought, I decided to go with 6TB of capacity (4x WD Red 3TB in RAIDZ2) for this NAS. At first I was planning 10+TB, but after considering the rate at which we generate data (<1TB/year), it seemed more reasonable to go this route now. My thinking is that I could always add another 4 drives later if we ever need the capacity, and we likely won't for another 6 years.
My biggest hangups right now are with the CPU and UPS. I'm inclined to go with the Xeon "just to be sure," but I can't help but think an i3-4130 would work just as well for me - and save quite a bit of money to boot. I'm planning on using Plex and/or Subsonic to serve up my media, so transcoding performance will be important. I don't anticipate a need to transcode more than 3 HD video streams at once. Can the i3 handle this?
For the UPS, I need it to be able to tell the NAS to shutdown cleanly (This model is listed on the Network UPS Tools compatibility list), and have just enough power to perform that. I don't really need any extended uptime beyond that. Based on what I've seen on these forums, I believe I need a pure sine wave UPS, since my PSU is Active PFC. Will this model work for my needs?
Thanks for taking the time to look at this. I would appreciate any feedback! :)
Mobo: Supermicro X10SLL-F-O
CPU: Xeon E3-1220v3
RAM: 2x Samsung M391B1G73BH0-CK0 DDR3-1600 8GB ECC - 16GB total
HDD: 4x WD Red 3TB
Case: Fractal Design Arc Midi Tower ATX Mid Tower
PSU: SeaSonic SSR-360GP 360W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply
UPS: CyberPower CP1000PFCLCD 1000VA/600W Pure Sine Wave UPS
After much thought, I decided to go with 6TB of capacity (4x WD Red 3TB in RAIDZ2) for this NAS. At first I was planning 10+TB, but after considering the rate at which we generate data (<1TB/year), it seemed more reasonable to go this route now. My thinking is that I could always add another 4 drives later if we ever need the capacity, and we likely won't for another 6 years.
My biggest hangups right now are with the CPU and UPS. I'm inclined to go with the Xeon "just to be sure," but I can't help but think an i3-4130 would work just as well for me - and save quite a bit of money to boot. I'm planning on using Plex and/or Subsonic to serve up my media, so transcoding performance will be important. I don't anticipate a need to transcode more than 3 HD video streams at once. Can the i3 handle this?
For the UPS, I need it to be able to tell the NAS to shutdown cleanly (This model is listed on the Network UPS Tools compatibility list), and have just enough power to perform that. I don't really need any extended uptime beyond that. Based on what I've seen on these forums, I believe I need a pure sine wave UPS, since my PSU is Active PFC. Will this model work for my needs?
Thanks for taking the time to look at this. I would appreciate any feedback! :)