zokker13
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Hello everyone,
first timer here and I hope some experience FreeNAS user could check out my build before I potentially throw the money into the bin.
Background
I currently run a Synology DS414j and it's reaching it's limits. Not only HDD space but the whole thing is running rather slow. Additionally, the minified OS is not so cool to play with.
Since all the available solutions are kind of tailored and stripped down, I'd like to try FreeNAS.
Use Case
The primary use case for the build is a simple File Server.
I want to serve Windows and Linux machines with mostly myself on it. (So I assume 3-5 concurrent connections max.)
More importantly, I want to encrypt the drives (at this point, the Synology solution was done).
Build Plan
I have to admit that I'm not 100% sure about my choice for the build.
My first thinking was that I want a build that supports like 12 HDDs so I could have 3 vdevs with each 4 HDDs running in RAID-Z1. That way I could grab some HDDs and use the existing drives in the Synology NAS. But I don't think that would work out and after reading some opinions on data safety, I was convinced that RAID-Z2 would serve me better.
So my second thought is to grab a rather okay'ish server configuration, put there 6x 3TB Western Digital Red and whenever I need more space I would have to build another server from scratch.
This way I don't run into oversizing the initial server and could benefit from hardware evolution. Also, I could choose different vdev combinations for each server.
The drawback is rather obvious, I need more servers once I exceed my previous one. So I need to address the correct server for the correct use case.
Anyway, here's the build for that plan:
Motherboard
X11SSL-F
240€
CPU
Core i3 6089P 3.6 GHz
or
Core i3 6100T 3.2 GHz
=> Core i3 6300 3.8GHz
150€
Memory
Crucial 16GB (2x 8GB) DDR4-2133
=> Samsung DDR4 16 GB UDIMM 2133 MHz
80€
Case
Fractal Design Define Mini
81€
Supply
Seasonic G-450
78€
HDDs
Western Digital 6x 3TB
666€
Boot Device
SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 32GB
12€
TOTAL: 1295€
18TB (~12TB)
vdev Layout
6 HDDs into the vdev with RAID-Z2
When my power consumption calculations didn't fail, I'll be at roughly 361W. Multipliying with 1.25 buffer gives me 451.25W which I hope is fine.
Questions
Any recommondations are well appreciated.
Thank you.
first timer here and I hope some experience FreeNAS user could check out my build before I potentially throw the money into the bin.
Background
I currently run a Synology DS414j and it's reaching it's limits. Not only HDD space but the whole thing is running rather slow. Additionally, the minified OS is not so cool to play with.
Since all the available solutions are kind of tailored and stripped down, I'd like to try FreeNAS.
Use Case
The primary use case for the build is a simple File Server.
I want to serve Windows and Linux machines with mostly myself on it. (So I assume 3-5 concurrent connections max.)
More importantly, I want to encrypt the drives (at this point, the Synology solution was done).
Build Plan
I have to admit that I'm not 100% sure about my choice for the build.
My first thinking was that I want a build that supports like 12 HDDs so I could have 3 vdevs with each 4 HDDs running in RAID-Z1. That way I could grab some HDDs and use the existing drives in the Synology NAS. But I don't think that would work out and after reading some opinions on data safety, I was convinced that RAID-Z2 would serve me better.
So my second thought is to grab a rather okay'ish server configuration, put there 6x 3TB Western Digital Red and whenever I need more space I would have to build another server from scratch.
This way I don't run into oversizing the initial server and could benefit from hardware evolution. Also, I could choose different vdev combinations for each server.
The drawback is rather obvious, I need more servers once I exceed my previous one. So I need to address the correct server for the correct use case.
Anyway, here's the build for that plan:
Motherboard
X11SSL-F
240€
CPU
Core i3 6089P 3.6 GHz
or
Core i3 6100T 3.2 GHz
=> Core i3 6300 3.8GHz
150€
Memory
Crucial 16GB (2x 8GB) DDR4-2133
=> Samsung DDR4 16 GB UDIMM 2133 MHz
80€
Case
Fractal Design Define Mini
81€
Supply
Seasonic G-450
78€
HDDs
Western Digital 6x 3TB
666€
Boot Device
SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 32GB
12€
TOTAL: 1295€
18TB (~12TB)
vdev Layout
6 HDDs into the vdev with RAID-Z2
When my power consumption calculations didn't fail, I'll be at roughly 361W. Multipliying with 1.25 buffer gives me 451.25W which I hope is fine.
Questions
- I'm not sure about the memory compability. I selected Crucial's UDIMMS but the intel ark doesn't mention UDIMM (or DIMM). Is there any problem with that?
- Is the build plan stupid or is it okay and can be used?
- What about the CPU? It does support AES-NI but is the power enough?
- What about the other mentioned i3? Better or worse choice (well, does it matter if I take the 3.2 GHz unit?)
- I think the memory sizing is a bit below recommondation. Should I rather go with 32GB?
Any recommondations are well appreciated.
Thank you.
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