Hi,
I’ve been wanting to set my self up a FreeNas Server for sometime for a few months now but I'm not really sure how much horsepower I really need?
I’m planning to use my server for work and personal uses so it must be capable of the following for a minimum of 5 users;
• Have a large capacity (have gone with 12TB via 6 3TB drives on RaidZ2)
• Be able to stream various media files .MP3, .MKV, .AVI ect.
• Connectivity out of home and overseas via my laptop (with decent speeds?)
• Hose a private webpage
• Snapshots for 3-4 windows computers
• Time Machine for potentially 2-4 macs
I’m not sure is this is overkill or not? But if there’s anyway to reduce the cost and still perform the required tasks I would appreciate it. The components that I have shortlisted are;
Motherboard: ASRockE3C226D2I - £160.19
Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1275V3 - £261.38
ECC Ram x 2: Kingston ValueRAM 8GB 1600MHz KVR16E11/8 - £64.64 (£129.28)
HDD’s x 6: WD RED 3TB - £107.99 (£647.94)
PSU: Silverstone Strider ST4SSF-G 450W – £78.54
Case: Lian Li PC-Q28 Mini-ITX Cube - £99.95
UPS: CuberPower Systems CP850PFCLCD - £118.85
Total: £1,496.13
Would appreciate is if you lot could comment on the hardware selection.
Thanks! :)
I’ve been wanting to set my self up a FreeNas Server for sometime for a few months now but I'm not really sure how much horsepower I really need?
I’m planning to use my server for work and personal uses so it must be capable of the following for a minimum of 5 users;
• Have a large capacity (have gone with 12TB via 6 3TB drives on RaidZ2)
• Be able to stream various media files .MP3, .MKV, .AVI ect.
• Connectivity out of home and overseas via my laptop (with decent speeds?)
• Hose a private webpage
• Snapshots for 3-4 windows computers
• Time Machine for potentially 2-4 macs
I’m not sure is this is overkill or not? But if there’s anyway to reduce the cost and still perform the required tasks I would appreciate it. The components that I have shortlisted are;
Motherboard: ASRockE3C226D2I - £160.19
Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1275V3 - £261.38
ECC Ram x 2: Kingston ValueRAM 8GB 1600MHz KVR16E11/8 - £64.64 (£129.28)
HDD’s x 6: WD RED 3TB - £107.99 (£647.94)
PSU: Silverstone Strider ST4SSF-G 450W – £78.54
Case: Lian Li PC-Q28 Mini-ITX Cube - £99.95
UPS: CuberPower Systems CP850PFCLCD - £118.85
Total: £1,496.13
Would appreciate is if you lot could comment on the hardware selection.
Thanks! :)