Jothy Kandasamy
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Hi all, long time lurker first time poster.
For the first time in ALONG time I'm looking to upgrade my home infrastructure.
currently I have...
What I'd like to do is retire the ReadyNas as its ancient and replace that with a FreeNAS box in a spare Coolermaster HAF932.
Additionally I'd like to have this box serve as a back up server for my new main rig (Ryzen 7 1700, Kingston Hyperx HX430C15PB3K2/32 DDR4-3000 32GB(2x16GB)/2Gx64 CL15, Asrock Taichi X370, 6x WD red 2TB Raid10, 2x 1TB Samsung 860 SSD raid0 (scratch disk) and an Samsung 970evo 500gb for windows 10 Pro).
The i7 4790k will stay as the PLEX server so it will do all the trans-coding to the phones, I just need the FreeNAS box to back up the main PC (irreplaceable data), the 4 laptops (not really that important) and store the replaceable media on the ReadyNAS.
I will take weekly backups of my main PC to 4TB external HDD's and store them in my fireproof safe, so the FreeNAS box wont be my only back up of my critical data.
I'd also like it to run a windows XP VM for old school games (Dark reign, Command & Conquer, Red Alert, Dune 2000, Tie Fighter, Mechwarrior 2) I don't want to VM on my main PC as i work from home ALOT and my machine can be audited by work (i game on my Razor blade laptop not on my main PC).
Hardware is where I'm doing my head in especially MB. Essentially i only need to file share to 7 clients locally and would really like to run a vm (2 cores, 3GB ram) for old games as this box will sit next to my main box in my home office and I'll just output it to my 4k screen.
I have budget in mind for MB, CPU, Ram and Power supply of ~$2000AUD and there seem to be plenty of used E52650's on eBay for not too much.
If you could cast your eye over this and let me know if I'm overthinking things I'd greatly appreciate it. Also if you could recommend a MB with 10 SATA ports and socket 2011 V3 that would be great (All i can find available to OZ is an Asrock Extreme3 and want to avoid a consumer MB, also the WS Asus boards seem over priced and you all seem to link better options from supermicro in all the reading I've done, I just don't know what I'm looking for)
Case: CoolerMaster HAF 932 (already have)
CPU: Intel Xeon Processor E5-2650 v3 10 Core 25M Cache 2.3 GHz FCLGA2011-3 CPU
HDD: 9x Western Digital RED 2TB in Z3 (11GB usable already have these sitting around in their packaging)
GPU: Gigabyte GTX1060 6GB (already have sitting idle)
OD: Liteon Blueray reader DVD+/-R (already have sitting idle)
Cooling: XSPC RASA 750 RS360 kit (already have sitting idle)
Power:Corsair AX860 Platinum Modular 860W BUT I do have a 10 year old Antec Earthwatts 750 thats working and in the case.
OS: 2x SanDisk Ultra Fit USB Flash Drive 32GB
Ram: 32GB ECC DDR4 (4x8GB) depends on MB QVL
MB: HELP!!!!!! trouble finding one that suits my needs as I don't know whats needed for the VM.
Sorry for the super long 1st post just want to FreeNAS right the first time.
For the first time in ALONG time I'm looking to upgrade my home infrastructure.
currently I have...
- HTPC in bedroom i7 4790k, 16GB, Asus Maximus impact VII, Samsung SM951 256 GB SSD, this works as my plex server servicing the rest of the house and 2 phones remotely (max 3 streams).
- ReadyNAS Ultra4 with 4x 3TB WD greens in RAID5 that stores my media and my tax files.
- my workstation, i7 920@ 4.3ghz (water cooled), 24GB Asus P6T deluxe V2, 256gb SSD, 2x WD green 2TB, 1x WD green 3TB about to be upgraded.
- 5 laptops, one i5 3317U as a HTPC in the lounge room, and 4 for me, my wife and my kids all 6 series or better i7's 4GB-16GB Ram
What I'd like to do is retire the ReadyNas as its ancient and replace that with a FreeNAS box in a spare Coolermaster HAF932.
Additionally I'd like to have this box serve as a back up server for my new main rig (Ryzen 7 1700, Kingston Hyperx HX430C15PB3K2/32 DDR4-3000 32GB(2x16GB)/2Gx64 CL15, Asrock Taichi X370, 6x WD red 2TB Raid10, 2x 1TB Samsung 860 SSD raid0 (scratch disk) and an Samsung 970evo 500gb for windows 10 Pro).
The i7 4790k will stay as the PLEX server so it will do all the trans-coding to the phones, I just need the FreeNAS box to back up the main PC (irreplaceable data), the 4 laptops (not really that important) and store the replaceable media on the ReadyNAS.
I will take weekly backups of my main PC to 4TB external HDD's and store them in my fireproof safe, so the FreeNAS box wont be my only back up of my critical data.
I'd also like it to run a windows XP VM for old school games (Dark reign, Command & Conquer, Red Alert, Dune 2000, Tie Fighter, Mechwarrior 2) I don't want to VM on my main PC as i work from home ALOT and my machine can be audited by work (i game on my Razor blade laptop not on my main PC).
Hardware is where I'm doing my head in especially MB. Essentially i only need to file share to 7 clients locally and would really like to run a vm (2 cores, 3GB ram) for old games as this box will sit next to my main box in my home office and I'll just output it to my 4k screen.
I have budget in mind for MB, CPU, Ram and Power supply of ~$2000AUD and there seem to be plenty of used E52650's on eBay for not too much.
If you could cast your eye over this and let me know if I'm overthinking things I'd greatly appreciate it. Also if you could recommend a MB with 10 SATA ports and socket 2011 V3 that would be great (All i can find available to OZ is an Asrock Extreme3 and want to avoid a consumer MB, also the WS Asus boards seem over priced and you all seem to link better options from supermicro in all the reading I've done, I just don't know what I'm looking for)
Case: CoolerMaster HAF 932 (already have)
CPU: Intel Xeon Processor E5-2650 v3 10 Core 25M Cache 2.3 GHz FCLGA2011-3 CPU
HDD: 9x Western Digital RED 2TB in Z3 (11GB usable already have these sitting around in their packaging)
GPU: Gigabyte GTX1060 6GB (already have sitting idle)
OD: Liteon Blueray reader DVD+/-R (already have sitting idle)
Cooling: XSPC RASA 750 RS360 kit (already have sitting idle)
Power:Corsair AX860 Platinum Modular 860W BUT I do have a 10 year old Antec Earthwatts 750 thats working and in the case.
OS: 2x SanDisk Ultra Fit USB Flash Drive 32GB
Ram: 32GB ECC DDR4 (4x8GB) depends on MB QVL
MB: HELP!!!!!! trouble finding one that suits my needs as I don't know whats needed for the VM.
Sorry for the super long 1st post just want to FreeNAS right the first time.