Hi Guys,
I know that these request come in daily, but I finished my research on a built now and I would like you advice and comments. All them a greatly appreciated.
As a background, I don’t have any big experience in building computers and I see this project as a challenge. As well it is my first time to build, have and maintain a NAS so any advices or comments are helpful.
As a system I would like to have a fast and secure common media and backup storage, as well a safer and secure Dropbox alternative (thinking of a plugin like ownCloud) with more storage for 3-6 active user, each of them have 3 pc to sync (+ some other feature that I might discover in future). Locally I would like to access the server with minimum 100MB/s r/w. A 6 bay ZFS raid-Z2 with AES encryption, 16GB ECC RAM (later I will upgrade it to 32GB) and an average 50W/h energy consumption. All of it packed in a small neato Fractal Node 304 case.
Motherboard with CPU: SUPERMICRO MBD-A1SRi-2758F-O Mini ITX
(mini ITX, AES Enc, ECC, IPMI, 64GB ram 1600MHz DDR3 204pin possible, 20w 8 core with 2.4GHz passive cooled)
Ram: 2x Kingston ECC DDR3 1600MHz 8gb 204 pin
PSU: Rosewill CAPSTONE-450 450W gold (6 SATA connectors)
Case: Fractal Node 304 white
HDD: 6x WD GREEN 2 TB
UPS: CyberPower EC550G ECO 550VA/330W (14min with 100W)
Question 1: Software Raid or Hardware Raid, any experience?
Question 2: Is an AES Encryption useful or common?
Question 3: Is it an overkill, underkill or well adjusted system?
All of the hardware is available on Newegg.
Thank you for reading. Again any comments, advices, links,… are greatly appreciated.
I know that these request come in daily, but I finished my research on a built now and I would like you advice and comments. All them a greatly appreciated.
As a background, I don’t have any big experience in building computers and I see this project as a challenge. As well it is my first time to build, have and maintain a NAS so any advices or comments are helpful.
As a system I would like to have a fast and secure common media and backup storage, as well a safer and secure Dropbox alternative (thinking of a plugin like ownCloud) with more storage for 3-6 active user, each of them have 3 pc to sync (+ some other feature that I might discover in future). Locally I would like to access the server with minimum 100MB/s r/w. A 6 bay ZFS raid-Z2 with AES encryption, 16GB ECC RAM (later I will upgrade it to 32GB) and an average 50W/h energy consumption. All of it packed in a small neato Fractal Node 304 case.
Motherboard with CPU: SUPERMICRO MBD-A1SRi-2758F-O Mini ITX
(mini ITX, AES Enc, ECC, IPMI, 64GB ram 1600MHz DDR3 204pin possible, 20w 8 core with 2.4GHz passive cooled)
Ram: 2x Kingston ECC DDR3 1600MHz 8gb 204 pin
PSU: Rosewill CAPSTONE-450 450W gold (6 SATA connectors)
Case: Fractal Node 304 white
HDD: 6x WD GREEN 2 TB
UPS: CyberPower EC550G ECO 550VA/330W (14min with 100W)
Question 1: Software Raid or Hardware Raid, any experience?
Question 2: Is an AES Encryption useful or common?
Question 3: Is it an overkill, underkill or well adjusted system?
All of the hardware is available on Newegg.
Thank you for reading. Again any comments, advices, links,… are greatly appreciated.