Hi everyone,
I am looking to build a server to centralise and back up photos / other media so I can access the media from one central location. I have a case, fans and a power supply that I would like to re-use. I looked through the recommended hardware guide, found some the following components and I am looking for help to see if I am on the right track with the project.
Motherboard: https://www.ebay.ie/itm/Supermicro-...e=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649
CPU : https://www.ebay.ie/itm/Intel-Xeon-...e=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649
Hard drives: https://www.amazon.co.uk/WD-TB-NAS-...9303&s=gateway&sprefix=red+2tb,aps,164&sr=8-3
RAM : https://www.ebay.ie/itm/Hynix-16Gb-...885488?hash=item41fcaa2db0:g:f1kAAOSwdOdchSSU
PSU is a thermaltake toughpower 600w.
For the ram i just searched 16gb of ecc ram on ebay so not sure if it is compatible with the motherboard.
Also a question on freenas. My current understanding is that it creates redundancy through the use of RAID. ie a hard drive fails and you are able to rebuild the info from the second harddrive. I would like to know does it have the ability to back up to another harddrive within the system ?
ie you would have your RAID across 2 hard drives and then you would have a back up on another hard drive?
Basically I am looking for redundancy and back-up capability in the one machine. Any suggestions on this would be very helpful.
Again, my main goal is to centralise my photo / media library along with having redundancy and back up capabilities.
Thanks in advance for the help, I hope I have given ye the info needed to help.
I am looking to build a server to centralise and back up photos / other media so I can access the media from one central location. I have a case, fans and a power supply that I would like to re-use. I looked through the recommended hardware guide, found some the following components and I am looking for help to see if I am on the right track with the project.
Motherboard: https://www.ebay.ie/itm/Supermicro-...e=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649
CPU : https://www.ebay.ie/itm/Intel-Xeon-...e=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649
Hard drives: https://www.amazon.co.uk/WD-TB-NAS-...9303&s=gateway&sprefix=red+2tb,aps,164&sr=8-3
RAM : https://www.ebay.ie/itm/Hynix-16Gb-...885488?hash=item41fcaa2db0:g:f1kAAOSwdOdchSSU
PSU is a thermaltake toughpower 600w.
For the ram i just searched 16gb of ecc ram on ebay so not sure if it is compatible with the motherboard.
Also a question on freenas. My current understanding is that it creates redundancy through the use of RAID. ie a hard drive fails and you are able to rebuild the info from the second harddrive. I would like to know does it have the ability to back up to another harddrive within the system ?
ie you would have your RAID across 2 hard drives and then you would have a back up on another hard drive?
Basically I am looking for redundancy and back-up capability in the one machine. Any suggestions on this would be very helpful.
Again, my main goal is to centralise my photo / media library along with having redundancy and back up capabilities.
Thanks in advance for the help, I hope I have given ye the info needed to help.