Hi everyone. My first post here and first NAS build. I've read the forum guidelines and the hardware recommendation pdf and came up with a parts list that caters to my needs below. (I wont be exposing any ports on the NAS to the Internet, fileserver side will be LAN only, could backups etc. over internet)
Needs:
Needs:
- As a LAN file server connecting via ethernet to,
- A PC for photo & video editing
- Nvidia shield + KODI for playback w/o transcofing via gigabit ethernet via Samba (No Plex)
- Multiple Wireless clients for backups via Samba (Time machine etc.)
- In a Linux VM run Spideroak could backup
- In a Linux VM run a Torrent client
- Run Syncthing plugin
- RAIDz2
- Small footprint (hence mini-ITX)
- CPU: Intel - Pentium Gold G5600 3.9 GHz Dual-Core Processor
- Cooler: Noctua - NH-L12S 55.44 CFM CPU Cooler
- MB: ASUS P11C-I LGA1151 DDR4 EEC/non-ECC UDIMM Mini-SAS HD M.2 C242 Server Workstation Mini ITX
- SAS to SATA: Internal HD Mini SAS Cable, (SFF-8643 Host) - 4X SATA (Target) Cable
- RAM: 2x Kingston ECC Unbufferred - ValueRAM 16 GB (1 x 16 GB) DDR4-2400 Memory (32GB Total)
- OS drive: Transcend - MTS400 128 GB M.2-2242 Solid State Drive
- Storage: 4x WD 10TB White (Shucked from Bestbuy version)
- Case: Fractal Design - Node 304 Mini ITX Tower Case
- PSU: SeaSonic - FOCUS SGX 450 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular SFX Power Supply
- Will it FreeNAS?
- Anything I missed and/or recommendations for improvement?
- Can FreeNAS give throughput more than the speed of a single drive (around 100MB/s) when in z2? Is gigabit ethernet a bottleneck?
- It seems like the IPMI on the Asus motherboard (ASUS Control Center) can boot, shutdown and monitor status over LAN out of the box, is it correct?
- Is the best way to run Spideroak client through a VM? (since it will update with package manager instead of manually compiling every update)
- In light of recent Intel vulnerabilities, should anyone worry about getting Intel CPUs?
- Thoughts on the 2 VMs for Spideroak and Torrent client? Separate or single?