Senti_Mentel
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So first off a little back story...
I'm Senti_Mentel, and I want to build a Home NAS for my personal data storage. I've decided to do this mostly due to lack of HDD bays in most of my PC's as well as the ludicrous amount of video footage I produce in just a 6 month period. I have always built my own and many others bersonal PC's unless a custom built does not suit the use case scenario(which is quite rare) and over the years I have accumulated a lot of spare hardware. So after a recent move I decided to actually put some of this hardware to use and see just how useful all this stuff can be.
So my first project is a Home NAS and for the past few weeks i have been reading through these forums and researching FreeNAS in an effort to gain somewhat of an understanding before diving right in. I'm completely new to FreeNAS, ZFS file systems, and Raidz, but relatively fluent in windows, debian based linux distros, and enthusiast grade consumer hardware.
Now that that's out of the way let's get to the good stuff...
I suppose the best place to start would be my intended usage and top priorities, as well as my personal data back up routines. My top priority is mass storage and access to video files as I do quite a lot of video capture, creation, and editing and this is by far the largest portion of my data. After researching FreeNAS I've stumbled upon some of the other uses for it and would like to incorporate some media streaming ability and personal file access while away from my home network if possible although these are definitely lower on my list of priorities as i have more then enough hardware to make multiple machines.
This machine will not stay the same. The following section is simply a starting point and will be upgraded as I accumulate more use specific hardware and learn more about my needs for FreeNAS.
So as a starting point I'll list some of my possible hardware configurations from my collection of hardware. (I will attempt to link as mush as I can to amazon unless they do not offer relevant information regarding the component I'm referring too)
I'v read through the Hardware recommendations a couple times and will continue to do so over the next few weeks as i work on this project and listen to suggestions from you all so no need to suggest this I promise I am already doing so.
For Clarification-These are the components that I already have on hand. Depending on what options yield better results some other parts may become necessary but can be bought at a late date.
Case: Fractal Design Node 804 MATX cube case
Other case recommendations welcome but I am keeping several things in mind. Continue reading for more info on my case requirements.
Motherboards:
ASUS P8H77-I or (alternative link with slightly more information)
ASRock N68C-GS4 FX or (alternative link)
CPU:
Intel i5-3450@3.1Ghz Quad-core or (alternative link)
RAM: (no I don't have any ECC RAM on hand but again...this build will grow and evolve)
16GB (2x8GB) G. Skill Aegis DDR3-1333 or (Amazon link to exact product unavailable)
8GB (2x4GB) G. Skill Ripjaws DDR3-1333 or (newegg)
PSU:
Corsair cx600M (newegg)
HDD's:
Seagate Constellation ES.2 3tb Enterprise Class HDD or (Newegg)
I have 6 of these on hand but plan to use 4 and keep the other 2 as backups
SSD: possibly a cache drive if someone would like to explain the benefits of using one as I never have???
Mushkin - ECO2 120GB 2.5 Unfortunately I could not find the same item for sale anywhere, even ebay!!!
OS Flash Drives:
PNY 32GB Turbo USB 3.0 Flash Drive (P-FD32GTBOP-GE)
2 drives mirrored
GPU: ???
I read in a few different places that people where installing these in there Home NAS and i have several but not sure if or why i would want one in a NAS(explanation would be appreciated)
XFX Radeon R9 270X 2Gb R9-270X-CDFR Not exactly the same as mine as I have the BestBuy exclusive (R9-270x-CDFR 2Gb) model but otherwise identical as far as I know. (Link to actual card specs)
These have all been links to exact parts on hand excluding the GPU but if anyone requires specific model#, serial# or sku I can provide.
Anyway this is all just a start and will evolve as I learn FreeNAS and my needs but please feel free to add suggestions or speculate.
And before anyone says it...I know I know, ECC RAM
As far as configuration this is a topic i would absolutely love some input on as I am just learning ZFS and FreeNAS software. As well as any input on RAIDZ vs Mirroring as I would rather keep my storage capacity up if the impact to throughput would not be overwhelming. Also I keep all irreplacable files on offline drives so this is not my only redundancy.
Thanks in advance for any and all readers, suggestions, and comments.
I look forward to this process
Senti_Mentel
I'm Senti_Mentel, and I want to build a Home NAS for my personal data storage. I've decided to do this mostly due to lack of HDD bays in most of my PC's as well as the ludicrous amount of video footage I produce in just a 6 month period. I have always built my own and many others bersonal PC's unless a custom built does not suit the use case scenario(which is quite rare) and over the years I have accumulated a lot of spare hardware. So after a recent move I decided to actually put some of this hardware to use and see just how useful all this stuff can be.
So my first project is a Home NAS and for the past few weeks i have been reading through these forums and researching FreeNAS in an effort to gain somewhat of an understanding before diving right in. I'm completely new to FreeNAS, ZFS file systems, and Raidz, but relatively fluent in windows, debian based linux distros, and enthusiast grade consumer hardware.
Now that that's out of the way let's get to the good stuff...
I suppose the best place to start would be my intended usage and top priorities, as well as my personal data back up routines. My top priority is mass storage and access to video files as I do quite a lot of video capture, creation, and editing and this is by far the largest portion of my data. After researching FreeNAS I've stumbled upon some of the other uses for it and would like to incorporate some media streaming ability and personal file access while away from my home network if possible although these are definitely lower on my list of priorities as i have more then enough hardware to make multiple machines.
This machine will not stay the same. The following section is simply a starting point and will be upgraded as I accumulate more use specific hardware and learn more about my needs for FreeNAS.
So as a starting point I'll list some of my possible hardware configurations from my collection of hardware. (I will attempt to link as mush as I can to amazon unless they do not offer relevant information regarding the component I'm referring too)
I'v read through the Hardware recommendations a couple times and will continue to do so over the next few weeks as i work on this project and listen to suggestions from you all so no need to suggest this I promise I am already doing so.
For Clarification-These are the components that I already have on hand. Depending on what options yield better results some other parts may become necessary but can be bought at a late date.
Case: Fractal Design Node 804 MATX cube case
Other case recommendations welcome but I am keeping several things in mind. Continue reading for more info on my case requirements.
Motherboards:
ASUS P8H77-I or (alternative link with slightly more information)
ASRock N68C-GS4 FX or (alternative link)
CPU:
Intel i5-3450@3.1Ghz Quad-core or (alternative link)
RAM: (no I don't have any ECC RAM on hand but again...this build will grow and evolve)
16GB (2x8GB) G. Skill Aegis DDR3-1333 or (Amazon link to exact product unavailable)
8GB (2x4GB) G. Skill Ripjaws DDR3-1333 or (newegg)
PSU:
Corsair cx600M (newegg)
HDD's:
Seagate Constellation ES.2 3tb Enterprise Class HDD or (Newegg)
I have 6 of these on hand but plan to use 4 and keep the other 2 as backups
SSD: possibly a cache drive if someone would like to explain the benefits of using one as I never have???
Mushkin - ECO2 120GB 2.5 Unfortunately I could not find the same item for sale anywhere, even ebay!!!
OS Flash Drives:
PNY 32GB Turbo USB 3.0 Flash Drive (P-FD32GTBOP-GE)
2 drives mirrored
GPU: ???
I read in a few different places that people where installing these in there Home NAS and i have several but not sure if or why i would want one in a NAS(explanation would be appreciated)
XFX Radeon R9 270X 2Gb R9-270X-CDFR Not exactly the same as mine as I have the BestBuy exclusive (R9-270x-CDFR 2Gb) model but otherwise identical as far as I know. (Link to actual card specs)
These have all been links to exact parts on hand excluding the GPU but if anyone requires specific model#, serial# or sku I can provide.
Anyway this is all just a start and will evolve as I learn FreeNAS and my needs but please feel free to add suggestions or speculate.
And before anyone says it...I know I know, ECC RAM
As far as configuration this is a topic i would absolutely love some input on as I am just learning ZFS and FreeNAS software. As well as any input on RAIDZ vs Mirroring as I would rather keep my storage capacity up if the impact to throughput would not be overwhelming. Also I keep all irreplacable files on offline drives so this is not my only redundancy.
Thanks in advance for any and all readers, suggestions, and comments.
I look forward to this process
Senti_Mentel