wcravens
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Hello community,
I'd like to get feedback on the following build idea/s for my first FreeNAS so that I don't shoot myself in the foot on hardware. I have read about the concerns and trade-offs of non-ecc memory so I've spec'd both with and without. The whole system and data will be regularly backed up separately so I'm feeling comfortable with non-ecc memory. The $300 difference in base build costs will pay for the disks, which is very attractive to me at the moment. I can build an ECC version at a later date. In the end I'm wanting to convince myself, and the family treasury, that this FreeNAS build is better than getting a QNAP TS-451+. The non-ecc build is comparable in price but much better, and FreeNAS. :)
The case and 2.5" drives are because I really want this to be a small and very quiet appliance in the living room.
FreeNAS Non-ECC Core
Intel Core i3-8100 Coffee Lake Quad-Core 3.6 GHz LGA 1151 (300 Series) 65W BX80684I38100 Desktop Processor Intel UHD Graphics 630
ASRock H370M-ITX/ac LGA 1151 (300 Series) Intel H370 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.1 Mini ITX Intel Motherboard
Crucial 32GB (2 x 16GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 2400 (PC4 19200) Desktop Memory Model CT2K16G4DFD824A
FreeNAS ECC Core
Intel Core i3-6300 Skylake Dual-Core 3.8 GHz LGA 1151 65W BX80662I36300 Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 530
ASRock E3C236D2I Mini ITX Server Motherboard
Crucial CT2K16G4WFD824A 32Gb Kit (16Gbx2) Ddr4-2400 Ecc
Case
Fractal Design Define Nano S Black Silent Mini ITX Mini Tower Computer Case
Seasonic FOCUS Plus Series SSR-550FX 550W 80+ Gold Intel ATX 12V Full Modular 120mm FDB Fan Compact 140 mm Size Power Supply
2.5" Disks
4 x Seagate 2TB BarraCuda 5400 RPM 128MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 2.5" Laptop Internal Hard Drive ST2000LM015
FreeNAS Boot Storage
I have yet to decide on a boot device. The H370M-ITX/ac can accept a M.2 2280 SSD so I'm leaning toward that for the non-ecc build. But the E3C236D2I only accepts M.2 2230 so there doesn't seem to be a good solution there. PCIe SSD is expensive so the ECC build may need to boot from USB of some sort. If anyone knows of other or better options for this part I'm all ears.
For some background; I'm wanting to build a relatively small and 'silent' NAS system for the home. There are no grand plans for it doing a lot but I'd like it to be capable enough to tolerate some modest lab experiments when I get an itch. It will undoubtably run at least a few server VMs and experiment with Plex. But mostly it will be for media storage and local backups. A lot of the files will be archive material that really won't be accessed that often. If figuring out ripping and streaming of media is solvable in the limited time that I have to play, then it would be great if I could put the family DVDs and Blurays on there so that they stop getting destroyed by children. But most of the content generation these days will be coming from phones and digital cameras. Just a solution so that I can convince the family that there are better places to put our pictures than some company's cloud service.
Thanks in advance for your kind assistance.
Wes
I'd like to get feedback on the following build idea/s for my first FreeNAS so that I don't shoot myself in the foot on hardware. I have read about the concerns and trade-offs of non-ecc memory so I've spec'd both with and without. The whole system and data will be regularly backed up separately so I'm feeling comfortable with non-ecc memory. The $300 difference in base build costs will pay for the disks, which is very attractive to me at the moment. I can build an ECC version at a later date. In the end I'm wanting to convince myself, and the family treasury, that this FreeNAS build is better than getting a QNAP TS-451+. The non-ecc build is comparable in price but much better, and FreeNAS. :)
The case and 2.5" drives are because I really want this to be a small and very quiet appliance in the living room.
FreeNAS Non-ECC Core
Intel Core i3-8100 Coffee Lake Quad-Core 3.6 GHz LGA 1151 (300 Series) 65W BX80684I38100 Desktop Processor Intel UHD Graphics 630
ASRock H370M-ITX/ac LGA 1151 (300 Series) Intel H370 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.1 Mini ITX Intel Motherboard
Crucial 32GB (2 x 16GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 2400 (PC4 19200) Desktop Memory Model CT2K16G4DFD824A
FreeNAS ECC Core
Intel Core i3-6300 Skylake Dual-Core 3.8 GHz LGA 1151 65W BX80662I36300 Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 530
ASRock E3C236D2I Mini ITX Server Motherboard
Crucial CT2K16G4WFD824A 32Gb Kit (16Gbx2) Ddr4-2400 Ecc
Case
Fractal Design Define Nano S Black Silent Mini ITX Mini Tower Computer Case
Seasonic FOCUS Plus Series SSR-550FX 550W 80+ Gold Intel ATX 12V Full Modular 120mm FDB Fan Compact 140 mm Size Power Supply
2.5" Disks
4 x Seagate 2TB BarraCuda 5400 RPM 128MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 2.5" Laptop Internal Hard Drive ST2000LM015
FreeNAS Boot Storage
I have yet to decide on a boot device. The H370M-ITX/ac can accept a M.2 2280 SSD so I'm leaning toward that for the non-ecc build. But the E3C236D2I only accepts M.2 2230 so there doesn't seem to be a good solution there. PCIe SSD is expensive so the ECC build may need to boot from USB of some sort. If anyone knows of other or better options for this part I'm all ears.
For some background; I'm wanting to build a relatively small and 'silent' NAS system for the home. There are no grand plans for it doing a lot but I'd like it to be capable enough to tolerate some modest lab experiments when I get an itch. It will undoubtably run at least a few server VMs and experiment with Plex. But mostly it will be for media storage and local backups. A lot of the files will be archive material that really won't be accessed that often. If figuring out ripping and streaming of media is solvable in the limited time that I have to play, then it would be great if I could put the family DVDs and Blurays on there so that they stop getting destroyed by children. But most of the content generation these days will be coming from phones and digital cameras. Just a solution so that I can convince the family that there are better places to put our pictures than some company's cloud service.
Thanks in advance for your kind assistance.
Wes
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