Hallo,
for everyone interested, here is my energy-saving setup which has enough performance for the home user:
- disk-encryption
- windows filesharing
- emby plugin for media streaming
- owncloud plugin for backups etc..
a home NAS is idle most of the time, so energy consumption is important!
i measured 28 watt at the wall in idle mode, it also is nearly noiseless.
under load only 10 Watts are added ( compare that with a "real" cpu: 50 watt )
you then can add WD red HDDs each 4 Watt... ( if you use one drive with 6 TB you consume way less than 3 drives each 2 TB )
Mainboard inkl. AMD-Processor (AES-NI): 60 USD
http://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/QC5000-ITXPH/
Power Supply 80 plus: 35 USD
http://www.bequiet.com/en/powersupply/325
8 GB RAM: 50 USD
cheap case: 20 USD
USB stick: 10 USD
plus WD Red HDDs...
after 2 weeks of testing, i am quite happy with it:
windows files copy with 90MB/sec ( with activated encryption! )
media files stream fast
limitation: ssh / scp protocol is quite slow.. ( 5 MB/sec )
a hint for freenas installation on those cheap mainboards: do not use a blue "usb 3"-port, use a black "usb 2" port. also you have to deactivate "UEFI" and boot over the standard bios... otherwise the installer will not find his files..
i also tested an old ATX PSU without certificate.. it used 38 watt.. so you save 2 USD electricity cost every month!
for everyone interested, here is my energy-saving setup which has enough performance for the home user:
- disk-encryption
- windows filesharing
- emby plugin for media streaming
- owncloud plugin for backups etc..
a home NAS is idle most of the time, so energy consumption is important!
i measured 28 watt at the wall in idle mode, it also is nearly noiseless.
under load only 10 Watts are added ( compare that with a "real" cpu: 50 watt )
you then can add WD red HDDs each 4 Watt... ( if you use one drive with 6 TB you consume way less than 3 drives each 2 TB )
Mainboard inkl. AMD-Processor (AES-NI): 60 USD
http://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/QC5000-ITXPH/
Power Supply 80 plus: 35 USD
http://www.bequiet.com/en/powersupply/325
8 GB RAM: 50 USD
cheap case: 20 USD
USB stick: 10 USD
plus WD Red HDDs...
after 2 weeks of testing, i am quite happy with it:
windows files copy with 90MB/sec ( with activated encryption! )
media files stream fast
limitation: ssh / scp protocol is quite slow.. ( 5 MB/sec )
a hint for freenas installation on those cheap mainboards: do not use a blue "usb 3"-port, use a black "usb 2" port. also you have to deactivate "UEFI" and boot over the standard bios... otherwise the installer will not find his files..
i also tested an old ATX PSU without certificate.. it used 38 watt.. so you save 2 USD electricity cost every month!
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