Soloam
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A few days ago I made a thread "My First NAS - ECC on low budget", but after a lot of research, and reading carefully a lot of thread's, and advices from cyberjock (thank you for pointing me in the right direction) I decided to change my initial setup and make a better system and ensure the further. So this is my new setup and I would like to ear all your's feedback:
My idea is to have a system that I can easily update if needed and be able to transcode with plex.
I'm still analyzing the final configuration, I'll use this topic to show, to other interested users, my "brain storming" on deciding what parts to get. I hope with this that other noob's like me can find a suport on how to select the material, and not to rush selecting the first thing that comes to mind.
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Initial Configuration (26/02/2014)
MB: Supermicro X10SL7-F
CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1230V3
RAM:Kingston 16GB (Kit 2x8GB) DDR3-1333 ECC CL9 w/TS
Case: Fractal Design Define Mini
HD: 4x 1TB Wester Digital Green (upgrading as needed)
PSU: (Can any on advice a good PSU but not very expensive?)
Selection Explain
MB:
I only wanted one brand, SuperMicro, they are marked as being the most reliable. I wanted a uATX form mobo (I want a small system). After some research I ended up with 2 mobo's, as being the best in my price range (around 200€).
SuperMicro X10SLM-F
SuperMicro X10SL7-F
My decision was the X10SL7-F because of number of drives. The X10SLM-F only has 6 drives. The X10sl7 has an onboard LSI 2308 controller. That means 8 more SATA connectors (6 + 8 = 14) when flushing it to IT mode. IT mode is removing the onbord RAID functionality, living that to FreeNas, that is the way to go when you have mobo's with onboard RAID. With 14 drives I can update my system with more HDD's in the further
CPU:
I need a fast processor to be able to transcode movies with plex, my board can take 1150 CPU's. When on transcoading, Xeon is the best way to go, lots of power and the required ECC support. The 1230V3 has the choice to my budget. I would prefer more RAM that upgrading to a better CPU at this point.
RAM:
I need ECC support to run RAIDz2 without any problems, and I'm aiming to 16GB, I would prefer more RAM, at this point I can't afford to do that, my choice when to the Kingston because of beeing a brand of choice (on my opinion) on RAM (New Update (05/03/2014))
Case:
I what a small system, at this point I'm not sure on the case, I'll aim at the Fractal Design Define Mini, but I'll have to come back to this point latter. (New Update (05/03/2014))
HD:
At the moment I already have 3x 1TB WD Green, I'll get one extra 1TB HDD and save money on a complete RAID array.
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New Update (05/03/2014)
MB: Supermicro X10SL7-F
CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1230V3
RAM: 2x SuperMicro 8GB PC3-12800 DDR3-1600MHz ECC Unbuffered (NEW)
Case: Lian Li PC-V354 (NEW)
HD: 4x 1TB Wester Digital Green (upgrading as needed)
PSU: Seasonic 360W Gold PSU (NEW)
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Thank you
Best Regards
My idea is to have a system that I can easily update if needed and be able to transcode with plex.
I'm still analyzing the final configuration, I'll use this topic to show, to other interested users, my "brain storming" on deciding what parts to get. I hope with this that other noob's like me can find a suport on how to select the material, and not to rush selecting the first thing that comes to mind.
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Initial Configuration (26/02/2014)
MB: Supermicro X10SL7-F
CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1230V3
RAM:Kingston 16GB (Kit 2x8GB) DDR3-1333 ECC CL9 w/TS
Case: Fractal Design Define Mini
HD: 4x 1TB Wester Digital Green (upgrading as needed)
PSU: (Can any on advice a good PSU but not very expensive?)
Selection Explain
MB:
I only wanted one brand, SuperMicro, they are marked as being the most reliable. I wanted a uATX form mobo (I want a small system). After some research I ended up with 2 mobo's, as being the best in my price range (around 200€).
SuperMicro X10SLM-F
SuperMicro X10SL7-F
My decision was the X10SL7-F because of number of drives. The X10SLM-F only has 6 drives. The X10sl7 has an onboard LSI 2308 controller. That means 8 more SATA connectors (6 + 8 = 14) when flushing it to IT mode. IT mode is removing the onbord RAID functionality, living that to FreeNas, that is the way to go when you have mobo's with onboard RAID. With 14 drives I can update my system with more HDD's in the further
CPU:
I need a fast processor to be able to transcode movies with plex, my board can take 1150 CPU's. When on transcoading, Xeon is the best way to go, lots of power and the required ECC support. The 1230V3 has the choice to my budget. I would prefer more RAM that upgrading to a better CPU at this point.
RAM:
I need ECC support to run RAIDz2 without any problems, and I'm aiming to 16GB, I would prefer more RAM, at this point I can't afford to do that, my choice when to the Kingston because of beeing a brand of choice (on my opinion) on RAM (New Update (05/03/2014))
Case:
I what a small system, at this point I'm not sure on the case, I'll aim at the Fractal Design Define Mini, but I'll have to come back to this point latter. (New Update (05/03/2014))
HD:
At the moment I already have 3x 1TB WD Green, I'll get one extra 1TB HDD and save money on a complete RAID array.
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New Update (05/03/2014)
MB: Supermicro X10SL7-F
CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1230V3
RAM: 2x SuperMicro 8GB PC3-12800 DDR3-1600MHz ECC Unbuffered (NEW)
Case: Lian Li PC-V354 (NEW)
HD: 4x 1TB Wester Digital Green (upgrading as needed)
PSU: Seasonic 360W Gold PSU (NEW)
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Thank you
Best Regards
