Hi Guys,
I'm looking for some advice to help me buy parts or a second hand server to update my current (mothballed) FreeNAS box for actual usage. I've been traveling for the past 2 and a half years and have generated a lot of data - both photographs and video and on returning home I need somewhere to store my images and work on them (either on my laptop or desktop).
My first FreeNAS box was made from old desktop parts - no EEC memory and 5 x 2TB hdd. It was perfect as a media server -then I wasn't concerned about having EEC memory as all I was storing was some TV, music and movies. Now my needs have changed - I need EEC memory as my data is less replicable (I do have off line backups though). I will be using the server as somewhere I can store photographs and videos for editing.
I am UK based and my initial searches leave me scratching my head and frightened for the state of my wallet. The much recommended Supermicro motherboards appear to be very few and far between here and so, so expensive. When looking on ebay for second had servers my head starts to spin. New parts (that I've found) are just out of my price range.
I have been looking at this: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Dell-Pow...sh=item2aa0aaa347:g:crgAAOSwPc9WyHOQ#viTabs_0
I plan to upgrade the 2Tb hdd to 4Tb hdd when funds allow though it would be good if the server had enough space to have both sets of hard drives in it. Should I be using a rack mount server (as above) or a tower configuration?
I've been out of the loop for sometime and really could do with some help.
Cheers
Chris
I'm looking for some advice to help me buy parts or a second hand server to update my current (mothballed) FreeNAS box for actual usage. I've been traveling for the past 2 and a half years and have generated a lot of data - both photographs and video and on returning home I need somewhere to store my images and work on them (either on my laptop or desktop).
My first FreeNAS box was made from old desktop parts - no EEC memory and 5 x 2TB hdd. It was perfect as a media server -then I wasn't concerned about having EEC memory as all I was storing was some TV, music and movies. Now my needs have changed - I need EEC memory as my data is less replicable (I do have off line backups though). I will be using the server as somewhere I can store photographs and videos for editing.
I am UK based and my initial searches leave me scratching my head and frightened for the state of my wallet. The much recommended Supermicro motherboards appear to be very few and far between here and so, so expensive. When looking on ebay for second had servers my head starts to spin. New parts (that I've found) are just out of my price range.
I have been looking at this: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Dell-Pow...sh=item2aa0aaa347:g:crgAAOSwPc9WyHOQ#viTabs_0
I plan to upgrade the 2Tb hdd to 4Tb hdd when funds allow though it would be good if the server had enough space to have both sets of hard drives in it. Should I be using a rack mount server (as above) or a tower configuration?
I've been out of the loop for sometime and really could do with some help.
Cheers
Chris