First FreeNAS budget build - looking for advice

[mzar720]

Hi Everyone,


I am trying to build my first FreeNAS box for storing my files, i will go with ECC ram, 16GB, for the storage i will go with WD red 5 x 2TB

For chassis i will go with Fractal Design Node 304
For CPU what do you think of Pentium G4400?
I need your advise for MB & compatible ECC RAM, , i need MB which support up to 32GB of ram, IPMI


Thanks in advance

 

[m0nkey_]

Welcome to the forums :)

The G4400 is a good CPU for FreeNAS. You may want to take a look at the Supermicro X11-SSH motherboard since it can do ECC, supports up to 64GB RAM and has a IPMI. They're usually pretty affordable too.

Check out the hardware recommendations guide under the resources section of the forum for more ideas.

 

[Ericloewe]

Ordinarily, I'd suggest the X11SSM-F, since it's superior in every way that matters to the X11SSH-F. In this case, however, neither fits (pun intended).

 

[mzar720]

Thanks guys for your support, i will go with this spics

MB: Supermicro Micro ATX DDR4 LGA 1151 Motherboards X11SSM-F-O
CPU: Intel Pentium Processor G4400 3.3 GHz FCLGA1151
HDD: 5 x WD Red 2TB NAS Hard Disk Drive - 5400 RPM Class SATA 6 Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5 Inch - WD20EFRX
Boot Device: 2 x SanDisk Cruzer Fit CZ33 16GB USB 2.0 Low-Profile Flash Drive- SDCZ33-016G-B35
PSU: SeaSonic 650-Watt ATX12V/EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Active PFC Power Supply SSR-650RM
Chassis: Fractal Node 804 case
RAM: 1 x Crucial 16GB Single DDR4 2133 MT/s (PC4-17000) DR x8 Unbuffered DIMM 288-Pin Memory - CT16G4DFD8213

 

[SweetAndLow]

Check out the HP ml10, way cheaper and just as good of a system.

 

[fr33n0zeer]

Check out the HP ml10, way cheaper and just as good of a system.

Do you mean something like this?

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01230V2U...ails?_encoding=UTF8&me=&qid=1506915233&sr=1-2

 

[SweetAndLow]

Do you mean something like this?

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01230V2U...ails?_encoding=UTF8&me=&qid=1506915233&sr=1-2

Yes, you can find that thing for $169 usually.

 

[danb35]

Do you mean something like this?

Something like this, actually. Price varies, but I haven't seen it over $200 (and today it's $169 + $5 shipping). If you don't have a monitor that will do DisplayPort, you'll probably want an adapter of some sort. Some more RAM (another 8 GB would be good, another 16 GB would be better) and your drives, and you're set.

 

[fr33n0zeer]

Something like this, actually. Price varies, but I haven't seen it over $200 (and today it's $169 + $5 shipping). If you don't have a monitor that will do DisplayPort, you'll probably want an adapter of some sort. Some more RAM (another 8 GB would be good, another 16 GB would be better) and your drives, and you're set.

This is a very good deal.

HP ProLiant ML10 Gen9 $169+$5 S/H
Display Port Adapt ~$25
ECC Ram 16 gig ~$200
Subtotal ~$399 + Drives

Am I missing anything?

I've built PC computers but have been out of the building scene for 10 years. Really, the question, at this point, is how well does FreeNAS deploy/work? I have several MacBooks and iPhones that I would like to back up over wifi/net and also would like to use this to serve some video/audio content when at home.

 

[SweetAndLow]

FreeNAS works great and lots of people use it for their company backup and file server. But it all depends on your use case. Like how are you going to backup your computers? FreeNAS does not back things up, that is the job of the client or some application you choose. That application needs to support network storage. That had nothing to do with FreeNAS it's just a standard like nfs, smb or ssh.

 

[fr33n0zeer]

FreeNAS works great and lots of people use it for their company backup and file server. But it all depends on your use case. Like how are you going to backup your computers? FreeNAS does not back things up, that is the job of the client or some application you choose. That application needs to support network storage. That had nothing to do with FreeNAS it's just a standard like nfs, smb or ssh.

Honestly, I don’t know. Lol.

During the past year I have been looking at Synology NAS and briefly at QNAP. With their system, you get the OS and some useful applications to get you going.

Recently, I have read positive comments about FreeNAS, that it has everything you would want in a NAS OS, just like the commercial products but more.

Really, I’m just starting to look at the FreeNAS option.


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[SweetAndLow]

FreeNAS crushes Synology and qnap but you need to want to lean and be capable of learning. FreeNAS is point and click but it can also be point and shoot yourself in the foot sometimes.

 

[Inxsible]

for the storage i will go with WD red 5 x 2TB

For chassis i will go with Fractal Design Node 304
For CPU what do you think of Pentium G4400?

Why not 6x2TB? Node 304 does support 6 drives. Are you planning on putting in a full size PCI card or something that you need to keep 1 drive bay open?

I use a Pentium G3240 and it works great for my use case. I use Plex, Radarr, CouchPotato and Transmission.

 

[Mats-Erik Mattila]

Ordinarily, I'd suggest the X11SSM-F, since it's superior in every way that matters to the X11SSH-F. In this case, however, neither fits (pun intended).

Why its superior then the SSH-F.. im thinking of the m.2 connector. Isnt that fast if u use it?!

 

[Ericloewe]

There's a Resource for this and it's rather tiring to have to repeat this weekly.

The X11SSH-F has two PCIe lanes completely unusable, because they're routed to where the third and fourth NICs are on the X11SSH-LN4F. The M.2 slot gets the two remaining lanes, so it's a very half-assed M.2 implementation.

If, for some reason, you do want a PCIe SSD with an X11SSM-F and it is not available in PCI card format, a cheap PCIe M.2 or U.2 adapter card is only 20 bucks.