Hi Everyone! This is my first official build. I'm not 100% new to FreeNAS, but it has been some years and want to get back in and reap the benefits! The following upfront needs for this server are:
Here is what I am looking at in terms of hardware:
Is there anything that I am missing? As stated there will be VM's running from the FreeNAS server and won't be hammering any resources on a consistent basis except when testing. The Plex streaming will be sent to Kodi Media Centers with the Plex plugin/app, Fire TV and Stick, and mobile devices (Fire Tablet's and android phones) with the current 3-5 streams which may or may not be simultaneous (more of the latter). Will most likely do the Plex Pass once this has been all completed as the offline sync capability sold me.
Realistically for the drives, I will have the 5x 4TB drives for the first pool, then build the additional pools later as I purchase those drives.
Any thoughts, recommendations, etc... is greatly appreciated.
Thank you in advance!
- NFS/CIFS file shares for my computers
- Media Storage movies/tvshows/music, the typical data
- Virtual Machine Storage ~10-15VM's with maybe 5-7 on max (Test lab)
- Plex Server with between 3-5 streams initially
- Nextcloud (Future Project)
- Zoneminder Storage (Future Project)
Here is what I am looking at in terms of hardware:
- Xeon E3-1230v6 1151
- Supermicro X11SSM-F
- 4x 16GB PC4-2400 CL17 ECC Memory (Maxed)
- 2x Dell H310 cards - Will be flashed to IT mode
- 2x Kingston 120GB Mirrored for boot
- 5x 4TB WD NAS Red Sata (RaidZ2) 1 pool
- 5x 2TB WD NAS Red Sata (RaidZ2) 1 pool
- 5x ??? Enterprise SSD pool (Future want/pool) ~suggestions on drives?
- Chelsio T520-SO-CR for maximum bandwidth straight to the ESXi Server
- HP NC364T PCIe 4Pt Gigabit Server Adptr
- Rosewill RSV-LV4500 Case
- Corsair RM850x 80PLUS Gold Certified
Is there anything that I am missing? As stated there will be VM's running from the FreeNAS server and won't be hammering any resources on a consistent basis except when testing. The Plex streaming will be sent to Kodi Media Centers with the Plex plugin/app, Fire TV and Stick, and mobile devices (Fire Tablet's and android phones) with the current 3-5 streams which may or may not be simultaneous (more of the latter). Will most likely do the Plex Pass once this has been all completed as the offline sync capability sold me.
Realistically for the drives, I will have the 5x 4TB drives for the first pool, then build the additional pools later as I purchase those drives.
Any thoughts, recommendations, etc... is greatly appreciated.
Thank you in advance!
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