NAS for Plex, Kodi and Nextcloud

[Dimitri]

Hi all,

Last weeks i've read many articles on this site and now I would like to build my own NAS. It will be used for Plex, Kodi and Nextcloud. Max 5 users gonna use the NAS.
I don't want to use used parts in my build. HDD's will have RAID-z setup.

This is my build (around € 1.350,-):

• Intel Xeon E3-1240 v5
• 2x Kingston ValueRAM KVR24R17S4/16I
• Supermicro X11SSH-F
• Fractal Design Node 804\
• Seasonic Focus Plus 550 Platinum (550W)
• 2x Arctic F12 PWM, 120mm
• 4x WD Red 2TB
• Transcend 110S 128GB

Could anyone give me a second opinion before I dive in?

 

[sremick]

RAIDZ-what?

These days, you want to use RAIDZ2 or better, which means two drives' worth of redundancy. so if you did that (or 2 mirrored 2-drive stripes) you'd only have 4TB storage. Is that sufficient? If not, you should aim for a built with more drives. Luckily your case has lots of room.

People aren't too fond of Kingston RAM on here, for good reason. I'd look at Crucial.

 

[Dimitri]

Thank you for you reaction. RAIDZ2 seems a lot saver.

I edited my build:

• 2x Kingston ValueRAM KVR24R17S4/16I
• 2x Crucial CT16G4RFD824A / 16GB/2400Mhz/DDR4
  
  
• 4x WD Red 2TB
• 4x WD Red 3TB

So I have 6TB with RAIDZ2, that is fine for me.

 

[sremick]

• 4x WD Red 3TB

So I have 6TB with RAIDZ2, that is fine for me.

Might I suggest 6x 2TB instead? Currently it's not possible to expand the # of drives in a pool without recreating the pool from scratch, so limiting yourself to 4 going forward might kind of suck and be something you regret later. Your case supports up to 8 hot-swap bays, might as well take advantage of that. ;)

(In fact, if I had 8 free bays I'd personally fill all from day one, even if it meant starting with a smaller drive size for budgetary reasons. But if you don't mind backing up the pool, rebuilding it from scratch, and then copying your data back in order to increase the # of drives later, then that's up to you).

 

[Jessep]

Actual usable: drive size * (number of drives - number of parity drives) * 80% for max pool usage. Also don't forget formatting loss and TB vs. TiB.

3TB * (4 - 2) * 80% = 4.8TB = 4.3TiB usable.

Then take into account current usage, additional per year growth, and drive warranty length.

Assuming (WAG: wild assed guess): 2TB current, 1TB per year growth, 3 year warranty (WD Red US warranty). You would need 5TB available now without having to upgrade your pool in some fashion before EoL on your drives. Yes you should plan to replace drives when the warranty is up, or put them into a backup pool where you aren't relying on them as primary.

2TB x6 = 5.8TiB
3TB x6 = 8.7TiB

Adjust to your real current + growth numbers.

 

[sremick]

and set to 720p since plex will upscale

Well, your TV will "upscale" too by definition, but they're all just magnifying a lower-res image. It's not magically reconstructing the original 1080p quality.

I'm one of those people who can tell the difference between 720p and 1080p. Most people can't tell the difference between 1080p and 4K at normal viewing distances, however... which is why 4K is the latest scam to trick people into buying new TVs (and replacing their library).

 

[sremick]

This is a good demonstration:
http://gallery.greedykidz.net/get/613296/HD_Test_1080p_vs_720p_vs_DVD_3.JPG

 

[Dimitri]

Thanks guys for all the replies.

This is my build atm:

Intel Xeon E3-1240 v5
2x Crucial CT16G4RFD824A / 16GB/2400Mhz/DDR4
Supermicro X11SSH-F
Fractal Design Node 804
Seasonic Focus Plus 550 Platinum (550W)
2x Arctic F12 PWM, 120mm
6x WD Red 2TB
Transcend 110S 128GB

HDD's in RAIDZ2. What do you think about this?

 

[JohnK]

Thanks guys for all the replies.

This is my build atm:

Intel Xeon E3-1240 v5
2x Crucial CT16G4RFD824A / 16GB/2400Mhz/DDR4
Supermicro X11SSH-F
Fractal Design Node 804
Seasonic Focus Plus 550 Platinum (550W)
2x Arctic F12 PWM, 120mm
6x WD Red 2TB
Transcend 110S 128GB

HDD's in RAIDZ2. What do you think about this?[/Q

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The RAM you are listing is Registered RAM and will more than likely not work. These X11 boards want unbuffered ECC RAM.

Look at this post for recommendations.

 

[Dimitri]

Thanks for your comment. I've found other ram.

Build:
Intel Xeon E3-1240 v5
2x Supermicro MEM-DR416L-HL01-EU24 16GB (1x16GB) DDR4 2400 (PC4 19200) ECC Unbuffered Memory RAM
Supermicro X11SSH-F
Fractal Design Node 804
Seasonic Focus Plus 550 Platinum (550W)
2xArctic F12 PWM, 120mm
6x WD Red 2TB
Transcend 110S 128GB

This is compatible, right?

 

[JohnK]

Thanks for your comment. I've found other ram.

Build:
Intel Xeon E3-1240 v5
2x Supermicro MEM-DR416L-HL01-EU24 16GB (1x16GB) DDR4 2400 (PC4 19200) ECC Unbuffered Memory RAM
Supermicro X11SSH-F
Fractal Design Node 804
Seasonic Focus Plus 550 Platinum (550W)
2xArctic F12 PWM, 120mm
6x WD Red 2TB
Transcend 110S 128GB

This is compatible, right?

It will probably work. Personally I wouldn't buy no-name brand ram, especially not for that price!

It seems people are happy with Crucial RAM on the X11 board. I've been running Kingston RAM for 5 years with no problems and have personally used both KVR21E15D8/16 and KVR24E17D8/16 in my two X11 servers.

 

[Dimitri]

It will probably work. Personally I wouldn't buy no-name brand ram, especially not for that price!

It seems people are happy with Crucial RAM on the X11 board. I've been running Kingston RAM for 5 years with no problems and have personally used both KVR21E15D8/16 and KVR24E17D8/16 in my two X11 servers.

But that ram isn't unbuffered ECC?

 

[JohnK]

But that ram isn't unbuffered ECC?

Those modules are both ECC and unbuffered.

 

[Dimitri]

I've made some changes and planning to buy this:

Fractal Design Define R6
Intel Xeon E3-1240 v5
2x Kingston 16GB Module - DDR4 2400MHz Server Premier (Kingston KSM24ED8/16ME)
Supermicro X11SSM-F
Seasonic Focus Plus 550 Platinum (550W)
2x Arctic F12 PWM, 120mm
6x WD Red 2TB
Crucial BX300 120GB

What do you guys think?