New to the forums, not new to DIY hardware builds, though I haven't done a build in a few years and my experience is with performance gaming rigs rather than server hardware. As such, I'd like to get a sanity check on my component selection before I order. I have done a fair bit of reading on FreeNAS hardware recommendations for what that's worth.
This build is for a home NAS system that will be used for media storage/sharing, backups of a few Windows 7/8 systems, and general file sharing. Nothing particularly intensive, I'd just like to get rid of some of the ad hoc solutions I currently have and provide for some redundancy.
Originally I had planned on re-purposing a system that I no longer use, but I have concerns about it's reliability and it only supports 8GB of RAM, has a single craptastic Realtek ethernet port, and doesn't support ECC. Three strikes, it's outta here.
So the new plan is to re-use the enclosure (plenty of cooling) and 650W power supply (don't recall the make/model, but I have always invested in good power supplies). I'll check the rated 12V amperage and such before committing to it.
Everything else will be new and purpose-selected for FreeNAS:
This bill of materials comes in at just over $1100 US which is pretty much the budget (I could go up to $1300 US if necessary).
Any comments / criticisms / suggestions?
This build is for a home NAS system that will be used for media storage/sharing, backups of a few Windows 7/8 systems, and general file sharing. Nothing particularly intensive, I'd just like to get rid of some of the ad hoc solutions I currently have and provide for some redundancy.
Originally I had planned on re-purposing a system that I no longer use, but I have concerns about it's reliability and it only supports 8GB of RAM, has a single craptastic Realtek ethernet port, and doesn't support ECC. Three strikes, it's outta here.
So the new plan is to re-use the enclosure (plenty of cooling) and 650W power supply (don't recall the make/model, but I have always invested in good power supplies). I'll check the rated 12V amperage and such before committing to it.
Everything else will be new and purpose-selected for FreeNAS:
- Supermicro X9SCL-F-O motherboard
- Xeon E3-1220 b2 quad core 69W 3.1GHz
- 2x Crucial 8GB 240-pin DDR3 1600 ECC Unbuffered SDRAM (PC 12800)
- 4x Western Digital Red 3TB NAS hard drives WD30EFRX
This bill of materials comes in at just over $1100 US which is pretty much the budget (I could go up to $1300 US if necessary).
Any comments / criticisms / suggestions?