chuggs
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I am building a new NAS system. It will live at my father's house, a considerable way away from me. The primary purpose is twofold: to provide him on-site backup so he can stop juggling external USB drives, and to provide me a place to back up my NAS offsite. He will have no need for transcoding or running VMs. The system needs to be as quiet as possible and as small as possible so it does not get in his way.
I am debating two different options. One uses 8 4TB disks, the other 6 6TB disks. Both would use a single raidZ2 pool. I found enclosures I like for each. The prices are roughly comparable, so I am hoping someone here can help me decide one way or the other.
Option 1:
Processor/Motherboard: SuperMicro X10SDV-2C-TLN2F ($195.00)
Chassis: U-NAS NSC-810A ($219.99)
Memory: Crucial - 16GB (1 x 16GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($186.99)
OS Storage: Team - L5 LITE 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($34.89)
Storage: Seagate - BarraCuda 4TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive ($84.99) x 8
Case Fan: Noctua - NF-A12x25 PWM 60.1 CFM 120mm Fan ($29.90) x 2
HBA: LSI SAS 9211-8i 8-port 6Gb/s PCI-E Controller Card ($44.88)
Cables: Athena Power GPU Server 6G Data Cable for RM-3U8G1043 0.5M Mini SAS ($16.98) x 2
Power Supply: SeaSonic SS-350M1U 350W 80 PLUS ($64.28)
Total: $1519.71
One advantage with this approach is that if a disk needed to be replaced, it would be much easier for my Dad to do in this case than it would be on the Node 304. In addition, I wouldn't need to mess with USB drives for the OS. The USB drives in my current build have given me fairly consistent trouble over the years.
Option 2:
Processor/Motherboard: SuperMicro X10SDV-2C-TLN2F ($195.00)
Chassis: Fractal Design - Node 304 Mini ITX Tower Case ($84.99)
Memory: Kingston - 16GB (1 x 16GB) Registered DDR4-2133 Memory
OS Storage: PNY Attache USB 2.0 Flash Drive, 32GB/ BLACK (P-FD32GATT03-GE) ($7.99) x 2
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 6TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive ($167.66) x 6
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Gold 450W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($53.99)
Total: $1355.92
I really like the Node 304, but I don't think my Dad would be enthusiastic about switching a disk in it. Also, no HBA means I am stuck with USB for the OS.
I am debating two different options. One uses 8 4TB disks, the other 6 6TB disks. Both would use a single raidZ2 pool. I found enclosures I like for each. The prices are roughly comparable, so I am hoping someone here can help me decide one way or the other.
Option 1:
Processor/Motherboard: SuperMicro X10SDV-2C-TLN2F ($195.00)
Chassis: U-NAS NSC-810A ($219.99)
Memory: Crucial - 16GB (1 x 16GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($186.99)
OS Storage: Team - L5 LITE 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($34.89)
Storage: Seagate - BarraCuda 4TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive ($84.99) x 8
Case Fan: Noctua - NF-A12x25 PWM 60.1 CFM 120mm Fan ($29.90) x 2
HBA: LSI SAS 9211-8i 8-port 6Gb/s PCI-E Controller Card ($44.88)
Cables: Athena Power GPU Server 6G Data Cable for RM-3U8G1043 0.5M Mini SAS ($16.98) x 2
Power Supply: SeaSonic SS-350M1U 350W 80 PLUS ($64.28)
Total: $1519.71
One advantage with this approach is that if a disk needed to be replaced, it would be much easier for my Dad to do in this case than it would be on the Node 304. In addition, I wouldn't need to mess with USB drives for the OS. The USB drives in my current build have given me fairly consistent trouble over the years.
Option 2:
Processor/Motherboard: SuperMicro X10SDV-2C-TLN2F ($195.00)
Chassis: Fractal Design - Node 304 Mini ITX Tower Case ($84.99)
Memory: Kingston - 16GB (1 x 16GB) Registered DDR4-2133 Memory
OS Storage: PNY Attache USB 2.0 Flash Drive, 32GB/ BLACK (P-FD32GATT03-GE) ($7.99) x 2
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 6TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive ($167.66) x 6
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Gold 450W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($53.99)
Total: $1355.92
I really like the Node 304, but I don't think my Dad would be enthusiastic about switching a disk in it. Also, no HBA means I am stuck with USB for the OS.