Hi All
I have been wanting to build a Free NAS machine for a while and have based the parts that I have chosen so far on the advice given in the Hardware Recommendations Guide (Hardware 2016 R1d).
I would apricate a critique of the parts I have selected and advise for the items I have chosen. I also have a few questions and no doubt more questions will come to me.
The Purpose of the Free NAS machine is of course to hold all my files and be a PLEX server. I also want to play with VMs and explore any other fun and games that could be had with this machine. So, the spec of the machine will be reasonably high.
Initial thoughts on hardware
Mobo - Supermicro Micro ATX DDR4 LGA 1151 Motherboards X11SSM-F-O
CPU - Intel Xeon E3-1230 v5
CPU Cooler - Cooler Master - Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler
RAM - Kingston - ValueRAM 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-2133 Memory
Hard Drives - WD Red 3TB NAS Hard Disk Drive (Qty 3 so far, will go to Qty 8)
Case - Fractal Design Define R5
PSU – Advise required.
UPS – Advise required.
Questions
1. Can you recommend a good UPS?
· What happens when a UPS runs out of power?
· Is it possible for the NAS drive to recognise this and shut down gracefully?
2. Can you recommend a good power supply factoring in that this machine could have up to 8 hard drives?
3. Is it possible to add more hard drives to the Zpool after the initial setup with Free NAS 11?
4. Can PROXMOX be put in a Jail and used to make VMs?
I have been wanting to build a Free NAS machine for a while and have based the parts that I have chosen so far on the advice given in the Hardware Recommendations Guide (Hardware 2016 R1d).
I would apricate a critique of the parts I have selected and advise for the items I have chosen. I also have a few questions and no doubt more questions will come to me.
The Purpose of the Free NAS machine is of course to hold all my files and be a PLEX server. I also want to play with VMs and explore any other fun and games that could be had with this machine. So, the spec of the machine will be reasonably high.
Initial thoughts on hardware
Mobo - Supermicro Micro ATX DDR4 LGA 1151 Motherboards X11SSM-F-O
CPU - Intel Xeon E3-1230 v5
CPU Cooler - Cooler Master - Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler
RAM - Kingston - ValueRAM 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-2133 Memory
Hard Drives - WD Red 3TB NAS Hard Disk Drive (Qty 3 so far, will go to Qty 8)
Case - Fractal Design Define R5
PSU – Advise required.
UPS – Advise required.
Questions
1. Can you recommend a good UPS?
· What happens when a UPS runs out of power?
· Is it possible for the NAS drive to recognise this and shut down gracefully?
2. Can you recommend a good power supply factoring in that this machine could have up to 8 hard drives?
3. Is it possible to add more hard drives to the Zpool after the initial setup with Free NAS 11?
4. Can PROXMOX be put in a Jail and used to make VMs?