First off, I've been reading and searching on the forum a bit and want to say thanks for this great resource available to all of us new folks. I've been planning a NAS build for my home/business. Mainly for image backups for several computers as well as some bulk data storage. My wife is a photographer and keeping RAW files on the computers is far from ideal in terms of space(using SSD drives). I'd also like to rip some of the kids movies (that get watched over and over) to store on the NAS and access with a Roku or similar device.
After the initial build, I would like to build another box to take to my in-laws and have an offsite backup for some of the data that we store on the NAS. Would this build need to be identical? Or could I just use a couple of 4TB drives just to get the storage capacity up to where I need? Maybe on an old Dell Optiplex worksation? The data would never be accessed from this "backup", it would just be in case the unthinkable happened.
Here are the parts I'm looking at for the build:
Case- Fractal Design Define R4
Mobo-SuperMicro X10SL7-F
CPU-Intel Core i3 4330
RAM- 16GB total. 2 x Hynix HMT41GU7AFR8A-PB (to be fair, I'm interested in hearing about your RAM choices as well, since this isn't available at Newegg)
HDs-6 x 2TB Western Digital Red
PSU-Haven't decided yet. I want about 550 watts, 8 sata power connectors, 80 Plus Gold rating.
Still researching, but so far the plan is to run the 6 drives in Raid z2 giving me 8GB usable storage. Is this overkill for what I'm planning on using it for? Or is it about right? I would like this box to handle my storage needs for the next 5 years or so, and it'll be powered on all the time. Currently, the amount of data I have to store only adds up to about 2TB, so there is room there for growth.
Thanks for any info you can provide. The only thing I've ordered so far is 3 of the Hard drives, I'll be getting the other 3 from a separate vendor. Everything else can be changed as needed. My total estimated cost so far is about $1350 for this build.
After the initial build, I would like to build another box to take to my in-laws and have an offsite backup for some of the data that we store on the NAS. Would this build need to be identical? Or could I just use a couple of 4TB drives just to get the storage capacity up to where I need? Maybe on an old Dell Optiplex worksation? The data would never be accessed from this "backup", it would just be in case the unthinkable happened.
Here are the parts I'm looking at for the build:
Case- Fractal Design Define R4
Mobo-SuperMicro X10SL7-F
CPU-Intel Core i3 4330
RAM- 16GB total. 2 x Hynix HMT41GU7AFR8A-PB (to be fair, I'm interested in hearing about your RAM choices as well, since this isn't available at Newegg)
HDs-6 x 2TB Western Digital Red
PSU-Haven't decided yet. I want about 550 watts, 8 sata power connectors, 80 Plus Gold rating.
Still researching, but so far the plan is to run the 6 drives in Raid z2 giving me 8GB usable storage. Is this overkill for what I'm planning on using it for? Or is it about right? I would like this box to handle my storage needs for the next 5 years or so, and it'll be powered on all the time. Currently, the amount of data I have to store only adds up to about 2TB, so there is room there for growth.
Thanks for any info you can provide. The only thing I've ordered so far is 3 of the Hard drives, I'll be getting the other 3 from a separate vendor. Everything else can be changed as needed. My total estimated cost so far is about $1350 for this build.
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