Well, that subject line captures what I am looking to build at a high level so let me drill down on this. In this post I am hoping to verify a few assumptions I have made and also looking for suggestions for motherboard and CPU.
I am coming to terms with FreeNAS and hardware recommendations but I'm not quite there yet. For obvious reasons, I'd like to make some decisions by Black Friday! Normally I wouldn't mind ploughing a fair bit of money (relative, I know!) into this. But I am also building my main PC, for the first time in 7 years. As such - and with my NAS objectives in mind - I am looking to build a NAS server that doesn't break the bank initially but I can expand later. Thankfully, I suspect my initial needs play into that quite well, particularly in terms of disks.
So, with all that said and in no particular order...
Low-capacity, expandable
My initial needs are very low, in terms of capacity, compared to most people here. 1Tb of available storage would be perfectly OK for quite some time. So, my mind is thinking "Double that, for 2GB of usable storage and that should be good for a while".
But I do, of course, want redundancy and would like to be able to tolerate two drive failures. So I believe that implies RAIDZ2. In practical terms, would I be correct in saying I'd need 4 x 2TB disks, which would give me 4Gb usable?
Responsive
I would like to edit video directly from over a share and, just cut to the chase, go with 10Gb. I accept that this will have implications for my cost, but eager to understand my options. I may revisit this. By the way, if go this route I will also purchase a motherboard for my PC with 10Gb support.
I don't plan on running any significant workload on the NAS (no Plex, etc), with the possible exception of NextCloud. So I'm thinking initially of just 8GB RAM, since it's just serving a small amount of data. And I assume the CPU doesn't need to be particularly beefy (though I'd rather overdo it initially than have to upgrade later).
As I understand this, my needs suggest a SLOG is overkill, so don't plan anything there. But maybe I have misunderstood that, in relation to video editing.
Small(ish)
This is less important but I would like a relatively small build and quiet form factor. As a baseline, an maximum of 6 drives (eventually) would be OK, though having the option to add an external enclosure would be kinda nice, I guess.
So....
My recent research has proven useful for my PC build and I have most of the components decided there (AMD x570 build). But I am just starting out on my research for the NAS.
I've read quite a bit here but, respectfully, some of the information is fragmented and (occasionally) opposite ends of the spectrum (debate is good!). So I'd like to think initially about a suitable CPU and motherboard and then build around that. I'd appreciate any specific pointers for those two, based on the above.
Thank you.
I am coming to terms with FreeNAS and hardware recommendations but I'm not quite there yet. For obvious reasons, I'd like to make some decisions by Black Friday! Normally I wouldn't mind ploughing a fair bit of money (relative, I know!) into this. But I am also building my main PC, for the first time in 7 years. As such - and with my NAS objectives in mind - I am looking to build a NAS server that doesn't break the bank initially but I can expand later. Thankfully, I suspect my initial needs play into that quite well, particularly in terms of disks.
So, with all that said and in no particular order...
Low-capacity, expandable
My initial needs are very low, in terms of capacity, compared to most people here. 1Tb of available storage would be perfectly OK for quite some time. So, my mind is thinking "Double that, for 2GB of usable storage and that should be good for a while".
But I do, of course, want redundancy and would like to be able to tolerate two drive failures. So I believe that implies RAIDZ2. In practical terms, would I be correct in saying I'd need 4 x 2TB disks, which would give me 4Gb usable?
Responsive
I would like to edit video directly from over a share and, just cut to the chase, go with 10Gb. I accept that this will have implications for my cost, but eager to understand my options. I may revisit this. By the way, if go this route I will also purchase a motherboard for my PC with 10Gb support.
I don't plan on running any significant workload on the NAS (no Plex, etc), with the possible exception of NextCloud. So I'm thinking initially of just 8GB RAM, since it's just serving a small amount of data. And I assume the CPU doesn't need to be particularly beefy (though I'd rather overdo it initially than have to upgrade later).
As I understand this, my needs suggest a SLOG is overkill, so don't plan anything there. But maybe I have misunderstood that, in relation to video editing.
Small(ish)
This is less important but I would like a relatively small build and quiet form factor. As a baseline, an maximum of 6 drives (eventually) would be OK, though having the option to add an external enclosure would be kinda nice, I guess.
So....
My recent research has proven useful for my PC build and I have most of the components decided there (AMD x570 build). But I am just starting out on my research for the NAS.
I've read quite a bit here but, respectfully, some of the information is fragmented and (occasionally) opposite ends of the spectrum (debate is good!). So I'd like to think initially about a suitable CPU and motherboard and then build around that. I'd appreciate any specific pointers for those two, based on the above.
Thank you.