mxmerz
Cadet
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- Mar 13, 2015
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Hi everybody,
first post here, finally! I’ve been lurking on this forum for a while now, reading the stickies and the constant stream of “proposed build” threads – and now I want to build my own FreeNAS system for home use. This is the first time I’m building a computer myself, so I still got some noob questions – please go easy on me :)
The FreeNAS I want to build should mainly host my media collection (Movies, TV Shows, Music, Photos) and make it available to me, family, and friends (network shares, Plex, ownCloud,…). That will probably result in a total of about 10-25 persons – of course they wouldn’t watch movies the whole day, but I’d like the system to be able to handle a few streams.
Besides the media collection, this would be the first and only server I have in the foreseeable future, so I’d also like it to keep my Time Machine backups and to have a bit of headroom for future use cases (eg. personal GitLab instance, small personal website,…)
Ah yeah, and I am in the lucky position that most of the system’s users and I live in a student dorm with 1Gb/s uplink, 1Gb/s between the apartments, and an electricity “flatrate” included in the rent.
Build:
Questions:
first post here, finally! I’ve been lurking on this forum for a while now, reading the stickies and the constant stream of “proposed build” threads – and now I want to build my own FreeNAS system for home use. This is the first time I’m building a computer myself, so I still got some noob questions – please go easy on me :)
The FreeNAS I want to build should mainly host my media collection (Movies, TV Shows, Music, Photos) and make it available to me, family, and friends (network shares, Plex, ownCloud,…). That will probably result in a total of about 10-25 persons – of course they wouldn’t watch movies the whole day, but I’d like the system to be able to handle a few streams.
Besides the media collection, this would be the first and only server I have in the foreseeable future, so I’d also like it to keep my Time Machine backups and to have a bit of headroom for future use cases (eg. personal GitLab instance, small personal website,…)
Ah yeah, and I am in the lucky position that most of the system’s users and I live in a student dorm with 1Gb/s uplink, 1Gb/s between the apartments, and an electricity “flatrate” included in the rent.
Build:
- CPU: Intel Xeon 1230v5, Xeon 1220v5, or i3-6100 (ARK comparison)
- Motherboard: Supermicro X11SSH-LN4F
- RAM: Samsung M391A2K43BB1-CPB (16GB, ECC)
- PSU: SeaSonic G-550
- Case: Fractal Design R5 Black
- Drives: 6-8 WD Red 3TB
Questions:
- CPU: As said above, I’m currently unsure of whether to buy the Xeon 1230v5 (≈ 270€), Xeon 1220v5 (≈ 215€), or the i3-6100 (≈ 175€) (ARK comparison). All of them have ECC and AES-NI support, the difference seems to be in the number of cores, hyperthreading support, and the included graphics in the i3 – and, of course, in the amount of money I have to spend. Is the difference between the E3-1230 and the i3 high enough to warrant the 160€ price difference, and do I need the E3?
- Motherboard: I could probably save about 50-100€ with a X11SSL-F, is that a good idea? How would I connect 8 drives to that board, I guess PCIe? Are there any forum recommendations?
- Skylake: There were a few threads about problems with Skylake and Supermicro boards, are those still current? Should I look into X10 or X9 Supermicro boards? (I didn’t, because the price difference to Skylake isn’t that big and “newer is always better”… ;))
- RAID-Z2: If my calculations are correct, I could use 8 drives with 3TB each in a RAID-Z2 for usable 14.4 TB (2 drives parity, use only 80%). Is RAID-Z2 enough for this setup or should I go for RAID-Z3? (I’m asking because of the “RAID-Z1/RAID5 is dead” thing.) Because then I think I’d rather pay less and stay with RAID-Z2, 6 or 7 drives, and less usable space.
- Of course, I’d be happy about a general sanity check of this build and/or any other tips :)