jerryks95
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- Nov 5, 2023
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Hello! For some time now I have had the need to expand my digital storage due to the growth of my business (videographer) and I have been considering migrating from the typical external SSDs to a NAS/DAS.
I have ruled out the DAS issue since I believe that in the future, in terms of expansion and connectivity, a NAS is better.
Also due to price (it seems excessively expensive to me compared to the power they offer) I have ruled out NAS from brands like Synology or QNAP.
Having said that and together with the fact that one of my hobbies is tinkering with technological devices or building a PC, I have decided to start my first adventure with a TrueNAS server.
Regarding the use that I plan to give it, it would be entirely like a NAS, I am not interested in VM or Dockers.
Additionally, I would like it to be connected to two devices, a Windows PC and a Mac Studio.
For me, the issue of energy consumption is an important issue, since my electricity supply is through a battery (photovolcaic installation in the home) although in principle it would not be a limitation unless it was a very high consumption.
I would also like an ATX form factor at least since I would be interested in the option of scalability in the future through PCIe lines.
Another thing I would like would be to use a conventional computer tower (I had the Fractal Design Define 7 XL in mind) instead of racks since I do not have a rack frame nor do I think I would use it in the future, apart from the fact that Space in that case could be a problem for me.
For the rest of the team I had these components in mind:
- Supermicro X10SLL-F
- Intel Core i3-4160 (2x 3,60 GHz)
- 4x 8 GB 32 GB DDR3 ECC UDIMM RAM
- Corsair RM750x 80 PLUS Gold
- Fractal Design Define 7 XL
My idea would be to start with 5x10TB hard drives in Raid-Z2.
I have made the choice of these specific components to keep costs under control and to be able to invest in 10GBe networks to be able to edit on the TrueNAS unless you tell me that the specifications fall short.
Regarding the NICs, I would like to buy these 2x540-2T NICs that I found on Amazon for what I think is a good price (100e) but I am open to recommendations.
One would be for the Windows PC and another for the TrueNAS Build since the Mac Studio already has a 10GBe NIC integrated.
Where I don't quite understand the information I've read and asked for advice is about SAS disks and HBAs.
This especially interests me because I would like to buy hard drives on eBay from a store that sells used ones with a 5-year warranty and I understand that they are business hard drives, that is, SAS.
In this case, would I need to complement the TrueNAS with an HBA or would the motherboard ports work for me?
I appreciate if you can clear up my doubts as well as any criticism about the construction or possible improvement.
I have ruled out the DAS issue since I believe that in the future, in terms of expansion and connectivity, a NAS is better.
Also due to price (it seems excessively expensive to me compared to the power they offer) I have ruled out NAS from brands like Synology or QNAP.
Having said that and together with the fact that one of my hobbies is tinkering with technological devices or building a PC, I have decided to start my first adventure with a TrueNAS server.
Regarding the use that I plan to give it, it would be entirely like a NAS, I am not interested in VM or Dockers.
Additionally, I would like it to be connected to two devices, a Windows PC and a Mac Studio.
For me, the issue of energy consumption is an important issue, since my electricity supply is through a battery (photovolcaic installation in the home) although in principle it would not be a limitation unless it was a very high consumption.
I would also like an ATX form factor at least since I would be interested in the option of scalability in the future through PCIe lines.
Another thing I would like would be to use a conventional computer tower (I had the Fractal Design Define 7 XL in mind) instead of racks since I do not have a rack frame nor do I think I would use it in the future, apart from the fact that Space in that case could be a problem for me.
For the rest of the team I had these components in mind:
- Supermicro X10SLL-F
- Intel Core i3-4160 (2x 3,60 GHz)
- 4x 8 GB 32 GB DDR3 ECC UDIMM RAM
- Corsair RM750x 80 PLUS Gold
- Fractal Design Define 7 XL
My idea would be to start with 5x10TB hard drives in Raid-Z2.
I have made the choice of these specific components to keep costs under control and to be able to invest in 10GBe networks to be able to edit on the TrueNAS unless you tell me that the specifications fall short.
Regarding the NICs, I would like to buy these 2x540-2T NICs that I found on Amazon for what I think is a good price (100e) but I am open to recommendations.
One would be for the Windows PC and another for the TrueNAS Build since the Mac Studio already has a 10GBe NIC integrated.
Where I don't quite understand the information I've read and asked for advice is about SAS disks and HBAs.
This especially interests me because I would like to buy hard drives on eBay from a store that sells used ones with a 5-year warranty and I understand that they are business hard drives, that is, SAS.
In this case, would I need to complement the TrueNAS with an HBA or would the motherboard ports work for me?
I appreciate if you can clear up my doubts as well as any criticism about the construction or possible improvement.