Shadowwrah5
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- Apr 13, 2015
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Hey Im building my first freenas and I want to make sure I have everything I need and that everything will work when I get it. This will be mainly used as a backup device for my data; Im tired of backing up to external hdds and Im just looking for a more permanent solution. I will also be streaming movies and music occasionally but I use kodi on almost everything else I have (so no plex) and there shouldnt be much trans-coding to do if any. Building a server has proved to be a very new experience with many new terms so I would also like to clarify a few things.
Build:
Motherboard/cpu
1. Do I need to buy all my hdds and instal them at the start of the build? Could I start with 3 hdds then later get 3 more? Would adding more hdds cause me to relocate my data/will everything be erased? (They are just so expensive :( )
2. Can you set private folders on freenas within a public share? I preferably only want a single public share on the nas but some data I would like to remain private. Solutions?
3. Using this server as a backup and a media server would raidz or raidz2 be best?
4. How much space will I have for storage? Doesnt the raid make a copy of all the data? So if I have 6x 3TB drives would I end up with 9TB? or do I get the full 18TB?
Thanks for your help!!!!
Build:
Motherboard/cpu
- ASRock C2550D4I Mini ITX Server Motherboard DDR3 1600/1333/1066
- Fractal Design Node 304 FD-CA-NODE-304-WH White Aluminum / Steel Mini-ITX
- Crucial 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM ECC Unbuffered DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Server Memory Model CT2KIT102472BA160B
- Seagate NAS HDD ST3000VN000 3TB 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive
- SeaSonic SSR-360GP 360W ATX12V v2.31 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Active PFC Power Supply New 4th Gen CPU Certified Haswell Ready
1. Do I need to buy all my hdds and instal them at the start of the build? Could I start with 3 hdds then later get 3 more? Would adding more hdds cause me to relocate my data/will everything be erased? (They are just so expensive :( )
2. Can you set private folders on freenas within a public share? I preferably only want a single public share on the nas but some data I would like to remain private. Solutions?
3. Using this server as a backup and a media server would raidz or raidz2 be best?
4. How much space will I have for storage? Doesnt the raid make a copy of all the data? So if I have 6x 3TB drives would I end up with 9TB? or do I get the full 18TB?
Thanks for your help!!!!