BUILD I'm happy with this system

[cyan]

Hey guys/gals,
I've been doing a lot of reading on this forum, and with that knowledge I recently built a FreeNAS server for my home. I'm pretty happy with the results, and I guess I just wanted to share my experience and list some of the hardware I used.

Supermicro X10SLM-F-O
Pentium G3220 Haswell
16GB (2x8GB) Crucial ECC [CT2KIT102472BD160B]
6x 2TB WD Red in RaidZ2
SeaSonic SS-400FL2 400W Fanless 80 PLUS Platinum
Average measured power draw: 42W
CIFS transfer rate 100MB/s limited by Gb Ethernet

I'm currently running 9.2.1.5-RELEASE (I started with 9.2.1.3, but that version was nothing but trouble). I'm mostly using CIFS shares and miniDLNA, both of which perform very well. The Pentium G3220 easily handles miniDLNA transcoding of MKVs etc. Everything stays nice and cool, even the fanless power supply. Overall the power draw for this machine is lower than I expected, which is important for any system you're planning to run 24/7.

Anyway, this may not be the best setup in the world, but I've done my best to follow all the guidance here and the result is that it seems to do everything I need. Consider this just a public service announcement regarding one possible build.

 

[Yatti420]

Just something to note.. The pentium doesn't have to work because it's given nothing to do really.. The highest you will see is when you copy files or rebuild minidlna database etc.. Minidlna doesn't do any transcoding.. The device (and minidlna) must support the given format you want..

Something like plex will transcode and put strain on the system etc..

 

[cyan]

Hm, maybe miniDLNA and my TV natively support more formats than I thought. I've been able to play all my video files with no trouble. Either way, it seems to do what I want.

 

[DJABE]

Nice build. May I say - 90% same as mine! :)
Have you upgraded BIOS to 1.1b ?

 

[cyan]

Actually, I just checked, and it looks like my mobo shipped with version 1.1b. I bought mine from newegg in mid April.

 

[DJABE]

Lucky you :) Mine is 1.1b, also bought mid April but in EU(rope)...

Have you tested ECC functionality (C program, and/or MemTest86 V5 Pro...)
I was unable to use "ECC injection" test with MemTest86+ V5.0 Pro... it complains "system not supported"...