Aznboy1993
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- Aug 25, 2015
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I am currently in the process of building a new NAS based off of FreeNAS. I have already purchased everything minus the drives. Here is the build list:
CPU/Motherboard: ASRock C2550D4I
RAM: Crucial 16GB (2x8GB) ECC DDR3 1600
HDDs: Seagate 5TB Enterprise ST5000NM0024
Case: SilverStone DS380B
PSU: SeaSonic SS-350SFE 350W
OS Flash Drive: SanDisk Ultra Fit CZ43 16GB USB 3.0
OS: FreeNAS
My plans for the NAS box are:
- Storage pool for media (ripped blu-rays...~10-15GB a piece, need about 10TB worth of storage for this)
- Storage pool for backups (five Windows PCs, one Mac, one openSUSE PC...looking for around 8TB of usable space)
Questions I have:
- What drives should I get? Looking at Western Digital Red 4TB WD40EFRX or Seagate Enterprise 5TB ST5000NM0024 (from Amazon...one of the seller's has promised 5 year warranty)...
- Is it better to have two separate arrays or one big array (since I have two distinct purposes for the box)?
- Best array to run (thinking ZF2)?
Thanks :)
CPU/Motherboard: ASRock C2550D4I
RAM: Crucial 16GB (2x8GB) ECC DDR3 1600
HDDs: Seagate 5TB Enterprise ST5000NM0024
Case: SilverStone DS380B
PSU: SeaSonic SS-350SFE 350W
OS Flash Drive: SanDisk Ultra Fit CZ43 16GB USB 3.0
OS: FreeNAS
My plans for the NAS box are:
- Storage pool for media (ripped blu-rays...~10-15GB a piece, need about 10TB worth of storage for this)
- Storage pool for backups (five Windows PCs, one Mac, one openSUSE PC...looking for around 8TB of usable space)
Questions I have:
- What drives should I get? Looking at Western Digital Red 4TB WD40EFRX or Seagate Enterprise 5TB ST5000NM0024 (from Amazon...one of the seller's has promised 5 year warranty)...
- Is it better to have two separate arrays or one big array (since I have two distinct purposes for the box)?
- Best array to run (thinking ZF2)?
Thanks :)