Hi All,
I have been reading here for a couple of days in order to gain knowledge for my first NAS. I have learned a lot, but still have questions.
But first let me state my purpose for the NAS:
And requirements:
Given my purpose and my requirements I prefer using hardware on the compatibility list found here.
Processor: Intel G630T for about € 70, because TDP is 35W, although not on the compatibility list. Alternative would be Core I3 2100T for about € 130. I guess people have positive advice on the G630? Also for LAN performance with CIFS shares?
Motherboard: Intel DH77DF for about € 120. This Mini ITX board has 4 Sata ports. According to this recommendation Intel has best LAN performance. According to several posts adding disks later is not recommended. So I don’t plan to add disks (for now at least). Does anyone use this board?
Alternative could be the Asus P8H77-I. This board has 6 Sata ports. It has the Realtek 8111F LAN chip. In the compatibility list I found “The re(4) driver supports RealTek RTL8139C+, RTL8169, RTL816xS, RTL811xS, RTL8168, RTL810xE and RTL8111 based Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet adapters including…”. I guess this is supported correct? People with this board: can you share your experience and LAN performance?
Need to check Wake up on LAN, bus does this require support from FreeNAS?
Hard disks: I plan on using 4 disks of 2TB each. I have a WD WD20EARX 2TB disk. I plan to buy 3 more of those. I suppose this will be OK?
Case: Lian Li PC-Q25B. Nice small case to support up to 7 Disks.
RAM: 8 GB, whatever is recommended in motherboards QVL.
PSU: I will look into PSU I have made final selection on above hardware.
Thanks in advance for helping,
MadSaid
I have been reading here for a couple of days in order to gain knowledge for my first NAS. I have learned a lot, but still have questions.
But first let me state my purpose for the NAS:
- I will use the NAS for central storage of documents that can be accessed via Laptop and Desktops at home. I will also make backup of these important files on potable disk;
- I will back up my photos that are on my desktop PC;
- I will store my movies and music currently on my PC. They are streamed to my Dune media player.
And requirements:
- MUST: So I want to use the ZFS / RAIDZ1 or 2. I have an excellent working backup process for all my important stuff (photos and docs), but not for my movies and music. It took me a while to rip my DVD/BR and music collection. Don’t want to go to the same again;
- MUST: Currently all clients are Windows based. Dune is using Samba to access media on PC now. In the future I might use XBMC (Linux or Windows Based) for this. Files also need to be accessible for Android tablets;
- MUST: system must be stable, so compatible hardware or proven to work by user experience;
- MUST: I want to have MAX LAN performance on my wired 1Gb lan;
- NICE: Power consumption balanced with performance;
- NICE: support for wake up on LAN;
- NICE: Small enclosure / case.
Given my purpose and my requirements I prefer using hardware on the compatibility list found here.
Processor: Intel G630T for about € 70, because TDP is 35W, although not on the compatibility list. Alternative would be Core I3 2100T for about € 130. I guess people have positive advice on the G630? Also for LAN performance with CIFS shares?
Motherboard: Intel DH77DF for about € 120. This Mini ITX board has 4 Sata ports. According to this recommendation Intel has best LAN performance. According to several posts adding disks later is not recommended. So I don’t plan to add disks (for now at least). Does anyone use this board?
Alternative could be the Asus P8H77-I. This board has 6 Sata ports. It has the Realtek 8111F LAN chip. In the compatibility list I found “The re(4) driver supports RealTek RTL8139C+, RTL8169, RTL816xS, RTL811xS, RTL8168, RTL810xE and RTL8111 based Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet adapters including…”. I guess this is supported correct? People with this board: can you share your experience and LAN performance?
Need to check Wake up on LAN, bus does this require support from FreeNAS?
Hard disks: I plan on using 4 disks of 2TB each. I have a WD WD20EARX 2TB disk. I plan to buy 3 more of those. I suppose this will be OK?
Case: Lian Li PC-Q25B. Nice small case to support up to 7 Disks.
RAM: 8 GB, whatever is recommended in motherboards QVL.
PSU: I will look into PSU I have made final selection on above hardware.
Thanks in advance for helping,
MadSaid