bjurewicz21
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- Jul 13, 2015
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If you are going with the supermicro board I would suggest reading
https://forums.freenas.org/index.php?threads/supermicro-x10-motherboard-faq.23332/
Otherwise the recommended ram can be found on the website of the motherboard.
What are your total requirements for the serve? What do you want it to do? What is the total budget?
I am assuming you will be using plex which means you will be using it for playing videos, but how many clients will it be serving at one time? BTW transcoding is different then streaming. Streaming means that the client can understand the original file, and that the file does not need to be converted in order to be played on the device. Transcoding on the otherhand is when the server will need to convert the video during playback in order to allow the device to understand and play the video file. Transcoding will take more cpu power then streaming. (according to plex transcoding a 1080p video will require a passmark of 2000) If this is your intention it will generally determine what cpu you will need.
As far as HDDs they would be the place where you can save the most money, generally about once a month newegg will run a sale on either seagate or WD drives. I saved $150 by just waiting for the sale and buying drives then. Based on all of your comments I would recommend just sticking with the WD reds or Seagate NAS drives. I have found that the 3TB drives have generally been the best $/TB
I am newer to FreeNAS but have done lots of research on components and if you help me understand what you want out of the system I might be able to save you some time.
https://forums.freenas.org/index.php?threads/supermicro-x10-motherboard-faq.23332/
Otherwise the recommended ram can be found on the website of the motherboard.
What are your total requirements for the serve? What do you want it to do? What is the total budget?
I am assuming you will be using plex which means you will be using it for playing videos, but how many clients will it be serving at one time? BTW transcoding is different then streaming. Streaming means that the client can understand the original file, and that the file does not need to be converted in order to be played on the device. Transcoding on the otherhand is when the server will need to convert the video during playback in order to allow the device to understand and play the video file. Transcoding will take more cpu power then streaming. (according to plex transcoding a 1080p video will require a passmark of 2000) If this is your intention it will generally determine what cpu you will need.
As far as HDDs they would be the place where you can save the most money, generally about once a month newegg will run a sale on either seagate or WD drives. I saved $150 by just waiting for the sale and buying drives then. Based on all of your comments I would recommend just sticking with the WD reds or Seagate NAS drives. I have found that the 3TB drives have generally been the best $/TB
I am newer to FreeNAS but have done lots of research on components and if you help me understand what you want out of the system I might be able to save you some time.