Jimmy G.
Dabbler
- Joined
- Jun 17, 2015
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Hi all,
I just joined the forum, but I've been lurking on these forums, r/freenas and r/datahoarder for a while now and I finally decided to bite the bullet and get a proper NAS instead of chain-linking many external HDDs. Currently I have 5TBx1, 4TBx1, 2TBx1, 1TBx1.
My need for a NAS is to have some redundancy and serve files in my house and outside to my friends. There might be also 2-3 streams for Plex and/or Subsonic, OwnCloud, few VMs.
The build that I would like to order in the next few days, unless there are some suggestions here for changes, is the following:
Motherboard: Supermicro X10SL7-F
Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1230V3 Haswell, 3.3GHz, 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1150
Memory: Crucial 32GB (8GB x4) - DDR3
HDDs: HGST Deskstar NAS 4TB (x10) - RAIDZ2
Case: Fractal Design Define R5
Bay Adapters: 3.5 to 5.25 bay adapter (x2)
Boot Drive: SanDisk Cruzer Fit 16 GB (x2)
PSU: SeaSonic X Series X650 80 Plus Gold
UPS: Cyberpower 1500AVR
With the above I am hoping to get about 26-28TB usable space.
Few questions:
Thanks for reading.
I just joined the forum, but I've been lurking on these forums, r/freenas and r/datahoarder for a while now and I finally decided to bite the bullet and get a proper NAS instead of chain-linking many external HDDs. Currently I have 5TBx1, 4TBx1, 2TBx1, 1TBx1.
My need for a NAS is to have some redundancy and serve files in my house and outside to my friends. There might be also 2-3 streams for Plex and/or Subsonic, OwnCloud, few VMs.
The build that I would like to order in the next few days, unless there are some suggestions here for changes, is the following:
Motherboard: Supermicro X10SL7-F
Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1230V3 Haswell, 3.3GHz, 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1150
Memory: Crucial 32GB (8GB x4) - DDR3
HDDs: HGST Deskstar NAS 4TB (x10) - RAIDZ2
Case: Fractal Design Define R5
Bay Adapters: 3.5 to 5.25 bay adapter (x2)
Boot Drive: SanDisk Cruzer Fit 16 GB (x2)
PSU: SeaSonic X Series X650 80 Plus Gold
UPS: Cyberpower 1500AVR
With the above I am hoping to get about 26-28TB usable space.
Few questions:
- How does the build look? Am I missing anything? The above is all I am ordering, nothing else
- As the MB has only 6 SATA connections, to use the SAS connections, do I need to flash them to IT mode? I was reading on this in the forums but I am not sure I am clear on it yet. Any help or guidance on this is greatly appreciated
- I saw the threads for the SanDisk Cruzer Fit USBs, any other recommendation instead of this?
- I might need to order the RAM from the crucial website at a slight premium as I cannot find the 1.35v version elsewhere, any hints where it is sold elsewhere?
Thanks for reading.