Dears,
after a few years using a Synology DS214+ NAS, I though it was about time to build a more reliable and more versatile NAS solution.
The rationale of the FreeNAS build is to (i) keep my precious pictures away from damage, (ii) future proof (5+years), (iii) cost and (iii) occasionally transcode 1080p movies on the lounge TV (Plex?).
Bearing in mind that I live in South-Kr. and following some of the guidelines and experiences from the forum,
I was starting collecting parts from the local equivalent of Amazon.
Would you please be kind enough to let me know if this build is consistent?
_ CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3500X (6 cores), 185USD,
_ Motherboard: ASRock X570M PRO4 (Intel I211AT LAN), 255USD,
_ RAM: Samsung DDR4 32Gb PC4-19200 EE/REG 2400MHz, 120USD,
Disk pool:
_ RAID-Z2 double parity,
_ no encryption, no fancy options..., to keep it simple,
_ (3)5x4Tb HDD
Intel based configurations are less preferred, for some reasons prices are very high and could only find much lower performance hardware as follows:
_ CPU: Pentium Gold G5620 (2 cores), 122USD,
_ Motherboard: Gigabyte C246M-WU4 (Intel GbE LAN x2), 229USD,
Other existing equipment (case, powder supply, VGA...) will be re-used.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
after a few years using a Synology DS214+ NAS, I though it was about time to build a more reliable and more versatile NAS solution.
The rationale of the FreeNAS build is to (i) keep my precious pictures away from damage, (ii) future proof (5+years), (iii) cost and (iii) occasionally transcode 1080p movies on the lounge TV (Plex?).
Bearing in mind that I live in South-Kr. and following some of the guidelines and experiences from the forum,
I was starting collecting parts from the local equivalent of Amazon.
Would you please be kind enough to let me know if this build is consistent?
_ CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3500X (6 cores), 185USD,
_ Motherboard: ASRock X570M PRO4 (Intel I211AT LAN), 255USD,
_ RAM: Samsung DDR4 32Gb PC4-19200 EE/REG 2400MHz, 120USD,
Disk pool:
_ RAID-Z2 double parity,
_ no encryption, no fancy options..., to keep it simple,
_ (
Intel based configurations are less preferred, for some reasons prices are very high and could only find much lower performance hardware as follows:
_ CPU: Pentium Gold G5620 (2 cores), 122USD,
_ Motherboard: Gigabyte C246M-WU4 (Intel GbE LAN x2), 229USD,
Other existing equipment (case, powder supply, VGA...) will be re-used.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
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