_Alchemist_
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Hello iX Community :^)
I found this example FreeNAS Build Guide and was wondering if it would be a good Idea to base my own FreeNAS Server on that.
They use a Fujitsu D3644-B and an Intel Pentium Gold G5400 and 8GiB Kingston DDR4 ECC Memory as the core components. (~240€)
My Requirements:
- RAID-Z2 for data integrity
- SMB Shares for 3-4 Users
- quiet Operation at Idle
- low power consumption
I want to use 6x 4TB Western Digital Red Drives in a RAID-Z2 Pool connected to the 6x SATA Ports from the PCH so I don't have to buy an LSI SAS Controller.
FreeNAS would be installed on a cheap 128GB M.2 PCIe SSD since all the SATA Ports on the Fujitsu D3644-B would be already used.
The Pentium G5400 should be fast enough for Gigabit Speeds and 8GB should (?) be enough since I don't need a lot of speed and no VMs / Jails / Docker / etc.
Already existing Hardware:
- Fractal Design Define R5 Black
- be quiet! Straight Power 10 500W
- Alpenföhn Brocken 2 (CPU Cooler)
- 3x Noctua NF-A14 PWM (Case Fans)
- ...
I have read that only Supermicro and ASRock Rack Motherboards are recommended for FreeNAS but for a non commercial installation this should be fine?
My Budget isn't very big (max 300-400€ for CPU + RAM + MoBo) and since the FreeNAS Server will only be used for Storage I don't want it to be too overkill :)
Do you think this Hardware would work for my Requirements or should I spent a little more / if yes for what?
thank you for reading :D
Edit
added 3x Noctua NF-A14 PWMs to the existing Hardware
I found this example FreeNAS Build Guide and was wondering if it would be a good Idea to base my own FreeNAS Server on that.
They use a Fujitsu D3644-B and an Intel Pentium Gold G5400 and 8GiB Kingston DDR4 ECC Memory as the core components. (~240€)
My Requirements:
- RAID-Z2 for data integrity
- SMB Shares for 3-4 Users
- quiet Operation at Idle
- low power consumption
I want to use 6x 4TB Western Digital Red Drives in a RAID-Z2 Pool connected to the 6x SATA Ports from the PCH so I don't have to buy an LSI SAS Controller.
FreeNAS would be installed on a cheap 128GB M.2 PCIe SSD since all the SATA Ports on the Fujitsu D3644-B would be already used.
The Pentium G5400 should be fast enough for Gigabit Speeds and 8GB should (?) be enough since I don't need a lot of speed and no VMs / Jails / Docker / etc.
Already existing Hardware:
- Fractal Design Define R5 Black
- be quiet! Straight Power 10 500W
- Alpenföhn Brocken 2 (CPU Cooler)
- 3x Noctua NF-A14 PWM (Case Fans)
- ...
I have read that only Supermicro and ASRock Rack Motherboards are recommended for FreeNAS but for a non commercial installation this should be fine?
My Budget isn't very big (max 300-400€ for CPU + RAM + MoBo) and since the FreeNAS Server will only be used for Storage I don't want it to be too overkill :)
Do you think this Hardware would work for my Requirements or should I spent a little more / if yes for what?
thank you for reading :D
Edit
added 3x Noctua NF-A14 PWMs to the existing Hardware
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