ctpfaff
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Hallo FreeNAS community
I am currently thinking about building my first own NAS and to give FreeNAS a first try. Below I list the hardware configuration that I have in mind to give you an overview.
Case: Lian Li PC-Q26b
Board: ASRock C2750D4I (Octacore)
RAM: Kingston Value RAM DIMM Kit 32 GB DDR3-1600 CL11 ECC (KVR16E11K4/32)
HDD: 10 x 6 TB WD Red WD60EFRX
Backplanes: 4 x Lian Li BP2Sata (only one is preinstalled in the case)
USB Stick: SanDisk Cruzer Fit 8GB (for FreeNAS)
PSU: ??? (Any suggestions are welcome) maybe this one:
- Bee Quite: Straight Power 10-CM 500W ATX 2.4 (E10-CM-500W/BN234)
With the power supply I am not sure. It would be great if you can help me find a suitable power supply so that the build will run smoothly. Another thing I do not know is if the ram will be enough to handle ZFS with that amount of storage. I actually wanted to have 64 GB RAM but as the board only supports unregistered RAM (what a pity) there is no reasonably expensive set of RAM that I could use. So this is actually something that I hope to get a better idea on in discussion with you.
The box will mainly be used as a data grave for home-videos and pictures and it will run a Plex server to provide access to my media for various devices of my family. Further more I want to use encryption to prevent data loss in case of hardware theft. I have no experience in setting up a FreeNAS and configuring the pools. Thus I thought I would just set up all disks in one pool using a z2 configuration. That might not be wise and suggestions regarding this are highly welcome.
Important questions for me are:
* Will that build run smoothly or should I forget about it?
* If the build is not good what can be improved (name alternatives, board, ram ....)?
* What is a good (well dimensioned) power supply for the build?
* What is the best way setting up the 10 drives as raid
I am looking forward to your answers and to the discussions with you.
EDIT:
The revised hardware collection at one glance
* Case: Lian Li PC-Q26b
* Backplanes: 4 x Lian Li BP2Sata (One is preinstalled in the case)
* PSU: Seasonic G-550w (PCHG Edition: Redesigned and more silence)
* Board: E3C224D4I-14S
* CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3
* Cooler: EKL Alpenföhn Brocken Eco (bxhxt: 126x150x88)
* RAM: Crucial 32GB DDR3 (4x8GB) 1600 ECC UDIMM 240 pin
* HDD: 10 x 6 TB WD Red WD60EFRX
* Drive for OS: SanDisk Cruzer Fit 8GB
* Connectors: (All neccessary comes with the board 2xsata and 2xsas2sata)
I am currently thinking about building my first own NAS and to give FreeNAS a first try. Below I list the hardware configuration that I have in mind to give you an overview.
Case: Lian Li PC-Q26b
Board: ASRock C2750D4I (Octacore)
RAM: Kingston Value RAM DIMM Kit 32 GB DDR3-1600 CL11 ECC (KVR16E11K4/32)
HDD: 10 x 6 TB WD Red WD60EFRX
Backplanes: 4 x Lian Li BP2Sata (only one is preinstalled in the case)
USB Stick: SanDisk Cruzer Fit 8GB (for FreeNAS)
PSU: ??? (Any suggestions are welcome) maybe this one:
- Bee Quite: Straight Power 10-CM 500W ATX 2.4 (E10-CM-500W/BN234)
With the power supply I am not sure. It would be great if you can help me find a suitable power supply so that the build will run smoothly. Another thing I do not know is if the ram will be enough to handle ZFS with that amount of storage. I actually wanted to have 64 GB RAM but as the board only supports unregistered RAM (what a pity) there is no reasonably expensive set of RAM that I could use. So this is actually something that I hope to get a better idea on in discussion with you.
The box will mainly be used as a data grave for home-videos and pictures and it will run a Plex server to provide access to my media for various devices of my family. Further more I want to use encryption to prevent data loss in case of hardware theft. I have no experience in setting up a FreeNAS and configuring the pools. Thus I thought I would just set up all disks in one pool using a z2 configuration. That might not be wise and suggestions regarding this are highly welcome.
Important questions for me are:
* Will that build run smoothly or should I forget about it?
* If the build is not good what can be improved (name alternatives, board, ram ....)?
* What is a good (well dimensioned) power supply for the build?
* What is the best way setting up the 10 drives as raid
I am looking forward to your answers and to the discussions with you.
EDIT:
The revised hardware collection at one glance
* Case: Lian Li PC-Q26b
* Backplanes: 4 x Lian Li BP2Sata (One is preinstalled in the case)
* PSU: Seasonic G-550w (PCHG Edition: Redesigned and more silence)
* Board: E3C224D4I-14S
* CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3
* Cooler: EKL Alpenföhn Brocken Eco (bxhxt: 126x150x88)
* RAM: Crucial 32GB DDR3 (4x8GB) 1600 ECC UDIMM 240 pin
* HDD: 10 x 6 TB WD Red WD60EFRX
* Drive for OS: SanDisk Cruzer Fit 8GB
* Connectors: (All neccessary comes with the board 2xsata and 2xsas2sata)
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