I'm building a new FreeNAS server that will primarily be home use for storing photos and videos. I would like to be able to stream video over my LAN to jailbroken AppleTV2 and maybe use it as a Time Machine backup as well, but that's really it. CPU performance isn't a priority, but read/write speed obviously is. I'm really building this around some hardware I already have, which includes:
4) 2TB WD Black drives
and
3Ware 9650 Raid Card.
Here's the rest of the stuff I am considering:
SUPERMICRO CSE-731D-300B Black Pedestal Server Chassis with Card Reader
Model #:CSE-731D-300B
Item #:N82E16811152130
ASUS P8H67-M PRO/CSM (REV 3.0) LGA 1155 Intel H67 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard
Model #:P8H67-M PRO/CSM REV3
Item #:N82E16813131711
G.SKILL Value Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10600) Desktop Memory Model F3-10600CL9D-8GBNT
Model #:F3-10600CL9D-8GBNT
Item #:N82E16820231422
QTY - 2
Intel Core i3-2100 Sandy Bridge 3.1GHz LGA 1155 65W Dual-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 2000 BX80623I32100
Model #:BX80623I32100
Item #:N82E16819115078
SYBA SD-CF-IDE-DI IDE to Compact Flash Adapter ( Direct Insertion Mode )
Model #:SD-CF-IDE-DI
Item #:N82E16822998003
SanDisk Extreme 8GB Compact Flash (CF) Flash Card Model SDCFX-008G-A61
Model #:SDCFX-008G-A61
Item #:N82E16820171416
Intel EXPI9301CTBLK 10/ 100/ 1000Mbps PCI-Express Network Adapter
Model #:EXPI9301CTBLK
Item #:N82E16833106033
Here it is in visual list format via Newegg.com
The MB has an IDE port which is cool so I can use a CF card internally.
I'm wondering about an SSD or two for Cache? Is it necessary for my application?
Thanks for the input!!
4) 2TB WD Black drives
and
3Ware 9650 Raid Card.
Here's the rest of the stuff I am considering:
SUPERMICRO CSE-731D-300B Black Pedestal Server Chassis with Card Reader
Model #:CSE-731D-300B
Item #:N82E16811152130
ASUS P8H67-M PRO/CSM (REV 3.0) LGA 1155 Intel H67 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard
Model #:P8H67-M PRO/CSM REV3
Item #:N82E16813131711
G.SKILL Value Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10600) Desktop Memory Model F3-10600CL9D-8GBNT
Model #:F3-10600CL9D-8GBNT
Item #:N82E16820231422
QTY - 2
Intel Core i3-2100 Sandy Bridge 3.1GHz LGA 1155 65W Dual-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 2000 BX80623I32100
Model #:BX80623I32100
Item #:N82E16819115078
SYBA SD-CF-IDE-DI IDE to Compact Flash Adapter ( Direct Insertion Mode )
Model #:SD-CF-IDE-DI
Item #:N82E16822998003
SanDisk Extreme 8GB Compact Flash (CF) Flash Card Model SDCFX-008G-A61
Model #:SDCFX-008G-A61
Item #:N82E16820171416
Intel EXPI9301CTBLK 10/ 100/ 1000Mbps PCI-Express Network Adapter
Model #:EXPI9301CTBLK
Item #:N82E16833106033
Here it is in visual list format via Newegg.com
The MB has an IDE port which is cool so I can use a CF card internally.
I'm wondering about an SSD or two for Cache? Is it necessary for my application?
Thanks for the input!!