Graf_Euler
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- Aug 21, 2019
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Hi everyone,
I'm having problems with my current "storage solution", which is a cheap raid5 chassis with 4x 3TB WD Red HDDs. During PrimeDay I bought some new blurays but copying them onto the storage kind of damaged the file system. After what I've read online, I may have hit an unresolved bug in the ext4 file system, but anyway. Since this is not the first time I have problems with this solution (I already lost all my data once, but the important data was backed up), I decided it's time to move on and get a proper system up and running. Actually a system I have control over the disks and can monitor them.
After reading a lot about possible solutions I found FreeNAS with zfs a very nice idea and I want to go for it. It seams pretty robust and offers a lot of possible configurations. (And finally, after several years of Linux servers, BSD will be back at home ;) ). The main use cases I'm aiming at are:
My proposal for hardware:
Now, there are some open questions:
I'm having problems with my current "storage solution", which is a cheap raid5 chassis with 4x 3TB WD Red HDDs. During PrimeDay I bought some new blurays but copying them onto the storage kind of damaged the file system. After what I've read online, I may have hit an unresolved bug in the ext4 file system, but anyway. Since this is not the first time I have problems with this solution (I already lost all my data once, but the important data was backed up), I decided it's time to move on and get a proper system up and running. Actually a system I have control over the disks and can monitor them.
After reading a lot about possible solutions I found FreeNAS with zfs a very nice idea and I want to go for it. It seams pretty robust and offers a lot of possible configurations. (And finally, after several years of Linux servers, BSD will be back at home ;) ). The main use cases I'm aiming at are:
- Storage for my BluRay Collection (I do have a separate machine for playback. I would simply mount the NAS share on that machine)
- Nextcloud (~3 active users) for Contacts, Files, Pictures, Calendar
My proposal for hardware:
- Mainboard: Supermicro X11SSM-F Intel C236 So.1151
- CPU: Intel Core i3 7100 2x 3.90GHz So.1151 BOX
- RAM: 1-2x 16GB Samsung M391A2K43BB1-CTD DDR4-2666 ECC DIMM CL19 Single
- HDDs:
- Data: 8-10x 4000GB WD Red WD40EFRX 64MB 3.5" (8.9cm) SATA 6Gb/s
- OS: 60GB Patriot Flare 2.5" (6.4cm) SATA 6Gb/s MLC NAND (PFL60GS25SSDR)
- Power supply: 650 Watt Seasonic FOCUS Plus Modular 80+ Platinum
- Chassis: Fractal Design Node 804 or Fractal Design Define R5
- Sata extention: InLine 76617E 4 Port PCIe 2.0 x1
Now, there are some open questions:
- Chassis: I would love to get rack mount. I searched on amazon, ebay (maybe with wrong keywords?) and only found very expensive ones ~500+ Euro. Reading older forum posts, I read about 2U 12bay chassis for $185, but with dead ebay links. If I can't find a rack mount I would probably go for the Node 804.
- The mainboard + CPU: I checked in the Community Hardware Guide, but couldn't find a shop selling the Intel Core i3-6300, thus I checked for the above mentioned CPU. As an alternative I could also use the Intel Pentium Dual-Core G4600 SR35F 3.6GHz LGA1151 which is a bit cheaper and probably also fast enough for my usage.
- Still unsure if I should add an SSD as L2ARC. I guess only Nextcloud could benefit from it. On the other hand, the "often used data" from Nextcloud is relatively small, maybe 32GB ram are already okay to start with?
- Sata extension: I found a guide on building a cheap 10GBe FreeNAS using the Supermicro X10SDV-4C+-TLN4F board. The guy used this Addon-Card for additional sata ports and I assumed it may also work on my hardware. I'll be needing an extension at least for the OS SSD and also for the L2ARC.
- Configuration: RaidZ-2 seems to be the way to go for me looking at the amount of drives. I'm currently unsure about buying the required HDDs. I only have 3 of them right now at home and still need to buy the remaining ones. It would be wise to buy, for example, two on eBay, two on amazon, etc...