About a year ago I threw together some random leftover components I had in my closet and build a FrankenNAS box as an experiment. Now I can't live without one - they are super convenient! So I'm planning on building a proper machine from the ground-up dedicated entirely for my NAS needs.
Here are my planned specs:
What worries me here the most is the limited memory capacity of the board. I'm planning on putting the six drives in a RAID-z2 pool (12TB usable) and I'm not sure if I'll run into problems with only 16GB of memory. I would love to use one of the Avoton boards since they can support up to 64GB but those integrated CPU's are weak. Also, I really really really want to stick with the mITX form factor as space is limited.
Think Skylake server might be a saving grace here? I expect them to be releasing mITX boards soon. How likely are those to support 32GB or more?
Here are my planned specs:
- Case: BitFenix Phenom Midnight Black Mini ITX Tower Case
- Motherboard: ASRock E3C226D2I Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard
- CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor
- CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO
- RAM: 2x Kingston 8GB Unbuffered ECC DDR3-1600 Memory
- Storage: 6x Western Digital Red 3TB 3.5" 5400RPM
- PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA GS 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply
What worries me here the most is the limited memory capacity of the board. I'm planning on putting the six drives in a RAID-z2 pool (12TB usable) and I'm not sure if I'll run into problems with only 16GB of memory. I would love to use one of the Avoton boards since they can support up to 64GB but those integrated CPU's are weak. Also, I really really really want to stick with the mITX form factor as space is limited.
Think Skylake server might be a saving grace here? I expect them to be releasing mITX boards soon. How likely are those to support 32GB or more?