lukyjay
Contributor
- Joined
- May 13, 2016
- Messages
- 134
This post is long, so I have put my questions in bold for those who don't want to read my dribble.
Hello, I am new to this community and have not used FreeNAS before. I have been searching through these forums and have found some great articles and information. (Don't use non-ECC, don't use "gaming" hardware, don't have less than 8gb RAM, don't be a tool, etc.)
I have experience with Linux, Open Media Vault (FreeNAS looks better and more powerful) and currently run a home server on an Intel i5 Nuc with headless ubuntu. Considering the Nuc doesn't have sata ports, I have turned it in to a NAS by connecting a USB raid controller and have 4 drives hooked up. As I write this, my girlfriend is complaining about how Plex isn't working because the raid controller has crashed again.
I want to upgrade to FreeNAS and I know that if I attempt to do this on a Nuc, two things will happen:
So after reading this forum, Reddit and the general internet, I have a few questions about ZFS and would appreciate some guidance on a motherboard.
The primary uses of this server are:
Is there any good value motherboards that this community can recommend, which will support ECC RAM, 2x e5-2670, 10~ sata ports and have some pci-e ports?
In regards to storage, I'm going to carry over my current hard drives (4x 2tb). With ZFS and RaidZ (I think that's the most popular option).
Can I add new hard-drives to ZFS at any time? Do the new harddrives have to be the same size as the old? Is it possible to remove and upgrade existing drives (remove 4x 2tb drives and insert 4x 4tb drives)?
I have an existing 750w PSU, but I'm not sure if I'll need a special one to power a dual socket CPU motherboard? It's a gaming PSU, but I don't think it will matter as much, so long as it has enough plugs, right?
I intend to run this machine in a tower, because racks appear expensive and noisy (I'm in Australia, so it's like $100 shipping on top of the chassis itself). Plus I already have a tower chassis, and maybe I'll upgrade to racks when I have more savings to do so.
I am sorry that I've written so much, I'm very excited to learn about FreeNAS servers and look forward to hearing everyone's recommendations and thoughts on my post. Thank you for reading.
Kind regards,
Jay
Hello, I am new to this community and have not used FreeNAS before. I have been searching through these forums and have found some great articles and information. (Don't use non-ECC, don't use "gaming" hardware, don't have less than 8gb RAM, don't be a tool, etc.)
I have experience with Linux, Open Media Vault (FreeNAS looks better and more powerful) and currently run a home server on an Intel i5 Nuc with headless ubuntu. Considering the Nuc doesn't have sata ports, I have turned it in to a NAS by connecting a USB raid controller and have 4 drives hooked up. As I write this, my girlfriend is complaining about how Plex isn't working because the raid controller has crashed again.
I want to upgrade to FreeNAS and I know that if I attempt to do this on a Nuc, two things will happen:
- The USB 3 ports probably wont work on BSD
- The man with the green frog avatar will (rightfully) tell me off because it's waaayyy under spec
So after reading this forum, Reddit and the general internet, I have a few questions about ZFS and would appreciate some guidance on a motherboard.
The primary uses of this server are:
- Plex (Being able to support 4k content would be nice, though not critical)
- Usenet + Torrent + Sonarr + Couch Potato
- Virtual Machine host (If FreeNAS has a plugin for this.. I'm not sure if it does, but if it does, I'll be hosting a windows OS to run some CCTV cameras off)
- And possibly other things in the future.
Is there any good value motherboards that this community can recommend, which will support ECC RAM, 2x e5-2670, 10~ sata ports and have some pci-e ports?
In regards to storage, I'm going to carry over my current hard drives (4x 2tb). With ZFS and RaidZ (I think that's the most popular option).
Can I add new hard-drives to ZFS at any time? Do the new harddrives have to be the same size as the old? Is it possible to remove and upgrade existing drives (remove 4x 2tb drives and insert 4x 4tb drives)?
I have an existing 750w PSU, but I'm not sure if I'll need a special one to power a dual socket CPU motherboard? It's a gaming PSU, but I don't think it will matter as much, so long as it has enough plugs, right?
I intend to run this machine in a tower, because racks appear expensive and noisy (I'm in Australia, so it's like $100 shipping on top of the chassis itself). Plus I already have a tower chassis, and maybe I'll upgrade to racks when I have more savings to do so.
I am sorry that I've written so much, I'm very excited to learn about FreeNAS servers and look forward to hearing everyone's recommendations and thoughts on my post. Thank you for reading.
Kind regards,
Jay