Hello,
I have been using a Verbatim 4-disk RAID 5 storage array (1.3 TB) for about 8 years and I'm becoming increasingly anxious about the stability of the array and my ability to rebuild it if it should fail. (I have spare disks, but if the circuit board fails I don't think I'll be able to find another.)
I'd like to build a FreeNAS server and migrate my data to it.
I've never done anything like this, so there will be a steep learning curve and many hours of breaking/fixing things before I'm happy.
Since I've never done this, and I'm feeling my way about, my ideas are part fantasy and part reality: I need a reality check.
My goals are:
1. rock-solid backup strategy, with versioning and off-site backups
2. the ability to stream music and movies from the NAS to anywhere on my local (home) network
3. the ability to run virtual machines for Windows and Linux (one machine at at time)
4. the ability to stream music/access data from the NAS to a remote machine on the Internet through a VPN
My immediate goals are #1 and #2.
If #3 and #4 are practical, I'd like to design my current system with future expansion in mind.
I have some ideas on hardware, but it seems like the first step is to figure out my required storage capacity.
Right now I have around 4 TB of data that I want to back up. If I double that in 3 years and take a 20% hit for overhead, I will need 10 TB of useful storage capacity.
Using this calculator:
If I set up a RAID-Z2 with 4 TB disks, then 5 disks would give me 12 TB of usable storage, and 6 disks 16 TB? Is that correct?
From what I've read so far, versioning (by way of snapshots) will not increase my storage needs considerably (for data that has not changed). Is that correct?
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As a starting point, I'm considering the following:
Chassis: Fractal Design, Node 804, micro ATX cube
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811352047
Motherboard: Supermicro, MBD-X11SSM-F-O micro ATX, LGA 1151 Intel C236
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813183013
CPU: Intel, Xeon E3-1230 V5 3.4 GHz LGA 1151 80W
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117613
RAM: Samsung, 16GB 288-Pin DDR4 2400 (PC4 19200) Unbuffered Server Memory (32GB total)
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA7S67Y99082
HDD: Western Digital, Red 4TB NAS Hard Disk Drive - 5400 RPM 3.5 Inch (5 drives)
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822236599
Boot Disks: SanDisk, 2.5" 32GB SATA III Internal Solid State Drive
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA6AH22V6992
Power Supply: Seasonic, FOCUS Plus Series SSR-650PX 650W 80+ Platinum 120mm FDB Fan
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151192
Is this large enough? Too large?
UPS: APC, SMC1000 Smart-UPS 1000VA 120-Volt
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA17P65C5082
Is this large enough? Too large?
Cheers,
I have been using a Verbatim 4-disk RAID 5 storage array (1.3 TB) for about 8 years and I'm becoming increasingly anxious about the stability of the array and my ability to rebuild it if it should fail. (I have spare disks, but if the circuit board fails I don't think I'll be able to find another.)
I'd like to build a FreeNAS server and migrate my data to it.
I've never done anything like this, so there will be a steep learning curve and many hours of breaking/fixing things before I'm happy.
Since I've never done this, and I'm feeling my way about, my ideas are part fantasy and part reality: I need a reality check.
My goals are:
1. rock-solid backup strategy, with versioning and off-site backups
2. the ability to stream music and movies from the NAS to anywhere on my local (home) network
3. the ability to run virtual machines for Windows and Linux (one machine at at time)
4. the ability to stream music/access data from the NAS to a remote machine on the Internet through a VPN
My immediate goals are #1 and #2.
If #3 and #4 are practical, I'd like to design my current system with future expansion in mind.
I have some ideas on hardware, but it seems like the first step is to figure out my required storage capacity.
Right now I have around 4 TB of data that I want to back up. If I double that in 3 years and take a 20% hit for overhead, I will need 10 TB of useful storage capacity.
Using this calculator:
If I set up a RAID-Z2 with 4 TB disks, then 5 disks would give me 12 TB of usable storage, and 6 disks 16 TB? Is that correct?
From what I've read so far, versioning (by way of snapshots) will not increase my storage needs considerably (for data that has not changed). Is that correct?
====================
As a starting point, I'm considering the following:
Chassis: Fractal Design, Node 804, micro ATX cube
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811352047
Motherboard: Supermicro, MBD-X11SSM-F-O micro ATX, LGA 1151 Intel C236
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813183013
CPU: Intel, Xeon E3-1230 V5 3.4 GHz LGA 1151 80W
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117613
RAM: Samsung, 16GB 288-Pin DDR4 2400 (PC4 19200) Unbuffered Server Memory (32GB total)
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA7S67Y99082
HDD: Western Digital, Red 4TB NAS Hard Disk Drive - 5400 RPM 3.5 Inch (5 drives)
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822236599
Boot Disks: SanDisk, 2.5" 32GB SATA III Internal Solid State Drive
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA6AH22V6992
Power Supply: Seasonic, FOCUS Plus Series SSR-650PX 650W 80+ Platinum 120mm FDB Fan
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151192
Is this large enough? Too large?
UPS: APC, SMC1000 Smart-UPS 1000VA 120-Volt
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA17P65C5082
Is this large enough? Too large?
Cheers,
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