rmccullough
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I currently have this setup:
It has been great, but it is a bit load, and while I have not personally measured it, my understanding is this is not the most energy efficient setup for a home NAS.
My biggest complaint is the noise. This system is quite loud, especially when transcoding video on Plex.
What is my best option for building something that is much more quiet?
I would like to be able to do the following:
I also use this to transcode by running Plex on my tablets and having it download transcoded versions of video files.
My current server is setup in my crawlspace beneath my entry. At idle, I can barely hear the system running if I listen really closely in the entry. This doesn't bother me most of the time. However, when I load up my tablet with video (like throwing a season of shows on it), the transcoding pegs the 12 cores, which cause the fans to start running faster, etc. When this is happening, I can hear the server running from the 2nd floor. This is what is agitating.
What is my best option? Should I look at building something more modest?
Is it better to split my Plex server onto a separate machine that is built to transcode?
FreeNAS 11.2 (U4.1)
Supermicro 2U (CSE-826A-R1200LPB) 12x 3.5" Drive Bays
2x Supermicro (PWS-920P-1R) 920Watt Power Supply - 80 Plus Platinum
Supermicro X9DRi-LN4F+
32GB Supermicro SATADOM (boot drive)
- 1x Intel Xeon E5-2620 v1 HEx (6) Core @ 2.0GHz
- 1x Intel Xeon E5-2630 v1 HEx (6) Core @ 2.2GHz
- 4x Intel® i350 GbE controller
- 32GB Hynix ECC Registered PC3-10600 (8 x 4GB)
2x LSI 9210-8i (8 port HBA flashed to ITMODE for JBOD)
9 x 2TB SAS 6GB/S Hitachi GST ULTRASTAR (1 x 2TB Seagate IronWolf as spare)
It has been great, but it is a bit load, and while I have not personally measured it, my understanding is this is not the most energy efficient setup for a home NAS.
My biggest complaint is the noise. This system is quite loud, especially when transcoding video on Plex.
What is my best option for building something that is much more quiet?
I would like to be able to do the following:
- Jails
- Plex w/ PlexPass
- Sonarr
- Radarr
- Lidarr
- Transmission
- SabNZBD+
- OpenVPN Server (so having something capable of hardware encryption is desirable)
I also use this to transcode by running Plex on my tablets and having it download transcoded versions of video files.
My current server is setup in my crawlspace beneath my entry. At idle, I can barely hear the system running if I listen really closely in the entry. This doesn't bother me most of the time. However, when I load up my tablet with video (like throwing a season of shows on it), the transcoding pegs the 12 cores, which cause the fans to start running faster, etc. When this is happening, I can hear the server running from the 2nd floor. This is what is agitating.
What is my best option? Should I look at building something more modest?
Is it better to split my Plex server onto a separate machine that is built to transcode?