BUILD Yet another first build thread.

[monkey]

Hey, been reading the guides and was hoping you could just have a quick check to make sure everything is good.

Plan to use it for mostly a file server sharing videos/music/storing some games, with a jail running rtorrent, possibly plex (prefer to share over nfs/cifs), and rsync from a remote server, and some other small scripts.

Case : Fractal Design R5 Black
Mobo : Supermicro X10SL7-F
CPU : Intel Core i3 4160
RAM : Crucial 16GB Kit (8GBx2) DDR3L CT2KIT102472BD160B x2 (32GB)
PSU : Corsair CS Series 450W
HDD : 10 x (not sure yet) raidz2

CPU, will it be enough to handle compression, and the other tasks? Seems like a good choice between celeron and xeon.

PSU, it's gold and rated at 35.5A on the 12V, just a rough calculation it should be able to handle 10 drives on start up, and the rest of the system, going to need a few fans. Or should I bump it up to the 550W?

RAM. 32GB is enough to handle possibly 10x6TB drives right? cyberjock seems to run it, so should be fine right?

Now for HDD I was originally planning on 4TB hitachi drives because always seen those as being recommended and hardly hear any complaints but I then saw the price difference between them and say wd greens, was quite a bit more than I had remembered.

Just a quick run down on pricing in my region (Australia), a few dollars difference between stores but nothing substantial really.

Hitachi Desktar 3TB NAS - $170 ~$56.6/TB
Hitachi Desktar 4TB NAS - $240 ~$60/TB
Hitachi Desktar 6TB NAS - $400 ~$66.6/TB
WD Red 3TB - $170 ~ $56.6/TB
WD Red 4TB - $250 ~ $62.5/TB
WD Red 5TB - $315 ~ $63/TB
WD Red 6TB - $390 ~ $65/TB
WD Green 3TB - $130 ~ $43.3/TB
WD Green 4TB - $190 ~ $47.5/TB
WD Green 5TB - $250 ~ $50/TB
WD Green 6TB - $315 ~ $52.5/TB
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So.
Hitachi 4TB ($239) x 10 = $2390 ~21.9TB
WD Red (non pro) 4TB ($249) x 10 = $2490 ~21.9TB
WD Green 3TB ($130) x 10 = $1300 ~ 21.8TB
WD Green 4TB ($189) x 10 = $1890 ~21.9TB
WD Green 6TB ($315) x 10 = $3150 ~43.7 TB

Hard to justify going reds over greens considering could buy ~2 more drives for the saving over 10 drives. Greens also should produce less heat, and should use a tiny bit less power. So the greens with wdidle seem quite ideal.

Also what size, that $/TB is hard to ignore even though originally using 3TB drives sounded like a waste. Can hope that in 2 years the prices drop enough to replace them out for bigger drives being cheaper in the long run, however looking back the prices really haven't dropped that over recent years. Leaning towards the larger drives still.

So any other input would be great, thanks for taking the time to read this.

 

[DifferentStrokes]

Not sure where you got the prices for the hard drives, but I just bought 6 - 4TB WD Reds for $162 a piece. I got them off of Newegg.com's website. Not sure how much it is to ship it you down under. Good luck with the build.

 

[Ericloewe]

Not sure where you got the prices for the hard drives, but I just bought 6 - 4TB WD Reds for $162 a piece. I got them off of Newegg.com's website. Not sure how much it is to ship it you down under. Good luck with the build.

He said Australian pricing. I hear Australian prices are through the roof, by US and EU standards.

Hey, been reading the guides and was hoping you could just have a quick check to make sure everything is good.

Plan to use it for mostly a file server sharing videos/music/storing some games, with a jail running rtorrent, possibly plex (prefer to share over nfs/cifs), and rsync from a remote server, and some other small scripts.

Case : Fractal Design R5 Black
Mobo : Supermicro X10SL7-F
CPU : Intel Core i3 4160
RAM : Crucial 16GB Kit (8GBx2) DDR3L CT2KIT102472BD160B x2 (32GB)
PSU : Corsair CS Series 450W
HDD : 10 x (not sure yet) raidz2

CPU, will it be enough to handle compression, and the other tasks? Seems like a good choice between celeron and xeon.

PSU, it's gold and rated at 35.5A on the 12V, just a rough calculation it should be able to handle 10 drives on start up, and the rest of the system, going to need a few fans. Or should I bump it up to the 550W?

RAM. 32GB is enough to handle possibly 10x6TB drives right? cyberjock seems to run it, so should be fine right?

Now for HDD I was originally planning on 4TB hitachi drives because always seen those as being recommended and hardly hear any complaints but I then saw the price difference between them and say wd greens, was quite a bit more than I had remembered.

Just a quick run down on pricing in my region (Australia), a few dollars difference between stores but nothing substantial really.

Hitachi Desktar 3TB NAS - $170 ~$56.6/TB
Hitachi Desktar 4TB NAS - $240 ~$60/TB
Hitachi Desktar 6TB NAS - $400 ~$66.6/TB
WD Red 3TB - $170 ~ $56.6/TB
WD Red 4TB - $250 ~ $62.5/TB
WD Red 5TB - $315 ~ $63/TB
WD Red 6TB - $390 ~ $65/TB
WD Green 3TB - $130 ~ $43.3/TB
WD Green 4TB - $190 ~ $47.5/TB
WD Green 5TB - $250 ~ $50/TB
WD Green 6TB - $315 ~ $52.5/TB
​

So.
Hitachi 4TB ($239) x 10 = $2390 ~21.9TB
WD Red (non pro) 4TB ($249) x 10 = $2490 ~21.9TB
WD Green 3TB ($130) x 10 = $1300 ~ 21.8TB
WD Green 4TB ($189) x 10 = $1890 ~21.9TB
WD Green 6TB ($315) x 10 = $3150 ~43.7 TB

Hard to justify going reds over greens considering could buy ~2 more drives for the saving over 10 drives. Greens also should produce less heat, and should use a tiny bit less power. So the greens with wdidle seem quite ideal.

Also what size, that $/TB is hard to ignore even though originally using 3TB drives sounded like a waste. Can hope that in 2 years the prices drop enough to replace them out for bigger drives being cheaper in the long run, however looking back the prices really haven't dropped that over recent years. Leaning towards the larger drives still.

So any other input would be great, thanks for taking the time to read this.

The PSU is ok, but you might want to consider a Seasonic G-450 instead. It's a bit better, but I'm not familiar with their pricing in Australia. I do know it's the best thing you can buy (for reasonable amounts of cash) in the 450W segment.

The processor will handle a transcode or two - for heavy transcoding, you'll want a Xeon E3. The i3 is fine for more basic tasks, though (compression is not a problem at all). Do note that it needs the 2.0 BIOS, which can be a pain because you'd need an older processor (say, G1820) to flash the BIOS or a code from Supermicro to flash the BIOS from IPMI.

Finally, the WD Greens are probably the exact same thing as the Reds, with different firmware options. You should be ok after wdidling the Greens.