I3lackR0se
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- May 22, 2015
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Okay, I believe I've read all the stickies I'm supposed to and put this build together. Since this is my first ever build, I wanted to make sure I didn't do anything incredible pointless or idiotic for the kind of server I'm looking for. Haven't purchased anything yet, so nothing here is set in stone.
Motherboard: Supermicro X10SL7-F-O
CPU: Xeon E3-1241 V3
HDD: Western Digital Red WD40EFRX 4 TB (x6)
Case: Fractal Design Refine R4
RAM: Crucial 16GB Kit (8GBx2) DDR3 DR x8 ECC UDIMM CT2KIT102472BD160B
OS Drives:Supermicro 16GB SataDOM 64GB ADATA Synchronous NAND SSD(x2)
Cooling: Cougar Vortex PWM 120mm Fan (x4)
PWM Fan Splitter
PSU: SeaSonic G Series SSR-550RM 550W 80 Plus Gold
UPS: Cyberpower CP Office Tower 1500AVRLCD1500VA
I plan to run the latest FreeNAS version, with a single VDEV in Z2
What I want to use this FreeNAS server for:
The primary use will be as a Plex server that can handle transcoding five 1080p streams concurrently. Five streams at once will be the max however, and I imagine most of the time it will run at no more than 2-3 at a time. When not running all 5 streams at once, I'd like for the server to also serve these functions:
Though I think the 16TB of usable space will be sufficient for now, it is possible that in the future I will need more. As such, I tried to make this build with the idea of expanding it in mind. If needed, the plan is to purchase another 6 4TB harddrives to add, with the only additional purchases necessary being a bigger case and 16GB more RAM. If I did my numbers right, I think the PSU and UPS I have should handle the extra drives without issue.
Specific Questions:
Motherboard: Supermicro X10SL7-F-O
CPU: Xeon E3-1241 V3
HDD: Western Digital Red WD40EFRX 4 TB (x6)
Case: Fractal Design Refine R4
RAM: Crucial 16GB Kit (8GBx2) DDR3 DR x8 ECC UDIMM CT2KIT102472BD160B
OS Drives:
Cooling: Cougar Vortex PWM 120mm Fan (x4)
PWM Fan Splitter
PSU: SeaSonic G Series SSR-550RM 550W 80 Plus Gold
UPS: Cyberpower CP Office Tower 1500AVRLCD1500VA
I plan to run the latest FreeNAS version, with a single VDEV in Z2
What I want to use this FreeNAS server for:
The primary use will be as a Plex server that can handle transcoding five 1080p streams concurrently. Five streams at once will be the max however, and I imagine most of the time it will run at no more than 2-3 at a time. When not running all 5 streams at once, I'd like for the server to also serve these functions:
- Back-up storage for valuable data, including document scans, pictures, and home video (no need for encryption, however)
- Minecraft / Terraria / Etc game servers
- Backing up media on this server to an external cloud source (such as Amazon's new Unlimited Data Storage)
- Running a small personal website that should only need to handle a very small number of users accessing it at once
Though I think the 16TB of usable space will be sufficient for now, it is possible that in the future I will need more. As such, I tried to make this build with the idea of expanding it in mind. If needed, the plan is to purchase another 6 4TB harddrives to add, with the only additional purchases necessary being a bigger case and 16GB more RAM. If I did my numbers right, I think the PSU and UPS I have should handle the extra drives without issue.
Specific Questions:
- This is the entirety of the shopping list for this computer (excepting a keyboard, monitor, mouse, and network cord). Is there anything of importance I missed for a FreeNAS server?
- Though this current build is within my budget, it is pushing the limits. If there is anything extraneous that I could cut down on that wouldn't have any significant impacts in reliability or performance, I'd love to shave down the cost some.
- I wasn't able to find any concrete information on which UPS I should get, so I went with one someone with a similar build had. I'm okay with server downtime, I just want to make sure that a sudden loss in power doesn't result in data loss. Is this one over-the-top, not good enough, or just right?
- The recommendation for memory is 1 GB per TB of usable space, which I have, but just barely. Since I also want this machine to be running a webpage, game server, and running data-backup services, do I need more than the 16GB of memory I currently have, or will those services only significantly impact the CPU use?
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