Hey everyone. The title says it all. This is my first build to run FreeNAS and to use the software. I have spent time reading the forums, the guide, Uncle Festers guide, but I really need to get something built to play with to really understand everything. My use case is really just Plex. I had a HTPC that the power supply died after about 10 years, so I convinced my wife we needed something with more storage capacity. We might use it to store photos to go along with storing them on Google photos.
What I own so far:
Chassis: Rosewill 4U Server Chassis/Server Case/Rackmount Case
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00N9CXGSO/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
HHDs: Two: HGST DeskStar NAS 3.5" 4TB 7200 RPM 128MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01N7YOH4P/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I need to add 4 more before I build the first vdev. I am thinking having the 6 discs in a RaidZ2 configuration and then add a second vdev into the pool later with anther 6 drives (may go larger volumes). I planned on spreading the purchase between Newegg and Amazon just to avoid potential of bad batches.
Remaining hardware ideas:
Motherboard: Supermicro X11SSH-LN4F
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod...supermicro_X11SSH-LN4F-_-13-182-996-_-Product
What I like about the board is the M.2 slot, so I can install a SSD for the software and run Plex in a jail. Also, a couple of PCIe expansion slots that way in the future I can add a HBA for the next set of drives and a 10 gigabit card to have a direct connection for transfer of large video files across my network (my house has a ridiculous amounts of ethernet wires running to a central location.
SSD: Something under 100 GB range. I have not owned a M.2 SSD, so any recommendations?
CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1240 V6 Kaby Lake 3.7 GHz
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117787
We don't have any 4K devices so 1080 is the max we will do and at most I might have 3 to 4 simultaneous streams going. It has a 10,148 passmark score, so I should be ok with some wiggle room.
Memory: Crucial 32GB Kit (2 x 16GB) DDR4-2666 ECC UDIMM
If anyone has any recommendations on quality used DDR4 memory, I am all ears.
PSU: Not entirely sure but something to cover power needs for the above and remaining 6 future drives.
This setup should cover me for the next few years storage wise. Moving forward after filling out this setup I may look at something that is more 24 bay or 48. I have a lot of bluray movies and we are looking into the 4k world for media.
Thanks for reviewing my build and welcome any feedback.
What I own so far:
Chassis: Rosewill 4U Server Chassis/Server Case/Rackmount Case
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00N9CXGSO/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
HHDs: Two: HGST DeskStar NAS 3.5" 4TB 7200 RPM 128MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01N7YOH4P/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I need to add 4 more before I build the first vdev. I am thinking having the 6 discs in a RaidZ2 configuration and then add a second vdev into the pool later with anther 6 drives (may go larger volumes). I planned on spreading the purchase between Newegg and Amazon just to avoid potential of bad batches.
Remaining hardware ideas:
Motherboard: Supermicro X11SSH-LN4F
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod...supermicro_X11SSH-LN4F-_-13-182-996-_-Product
What I like about the board is the M.2 slot, so I can install a SSD for the software and run Plex in a jail. Also, a couple of PCIe expansion slots that way in the future I can add a HBA for the next set of drives and a 10 gigabit card to have a direct connection for transfer of large video files across my network (my house has a ridiculous amounts of ethernet wires running to a central location.
SSD: Something under 100 GB range. I have not owned a M.2 SSD, so any recommendations?
CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1240 V6 Kaby Lake 3.7 GHz
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117787
We don't have any 4K devices so 1080 is the max we will do and at most I might have 3 to 4 simultaneous streams going. It has a 10,148 passmark score, so I should be ok with some wiggle room.
Memory: Crucial 32GB Kit (2 x 16GB) DDR4-2666 ECC UDIMM
If anyone has any recommendations on quality used DDR4 memory, I am all ears.
PSU: Not entirely sure but something to cover power needs for the above and remaining 6 future drives.
This setup should cover me for the next few years storage wise. Moving forward after filling out this setup I may look at something that is more 24 bay or 48. I have a lot of bluray movies and we are looking into the 4k world for media.
Thanks for reviewing my build and welcome any feedback.