NicolasVin100
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- Feb 2, 2017
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Hi everyone!
I’ve been reading through the forums, but this is my first time posting! There’s quite a lot of information to read and digest. I’ve been trying to be a figure out my build all by myself, but I still have questions (read doubts) and would really benefit and appreciate any suggestions or validations you can offer me. I Appreciate your feed back!
After reading through everything, I feel like FreeNAS is the right solution for me. Now, here are my reasons for this build :
- Plex (Movie, TV shows and music. Multiple clients, but I don't think there will be more then 2 simultanious stream [1080p])
- I’m curious about Sickbeard/Sickrage, Couch Potato, Headphones, Transmission and some of the other plugins...
- VPN (PIA)
- Jails to seperate the plugins and my data (non media) and secrity/encryption (advices??)
- OwnCloud (access to my content via the web)
- Backup for my Windows computers
Disk Size:
I envision this unit someday holding 12-20TB of data (Is mirrored nessesary for RAIDZ2??). I’m not sure if there’s any dangers using larger drives (I was thinking either go at 3, 4 or 6TB).
Am I wrong to think I should go with RAIDZ 2?
I’ve spent hours and hours reading through RAIDZ posts and trying to understand the benefits and issues of each.. I don't want to do this built to lose all my data!
Is WD Reds are the best way to go for the drives?
Should I back up my NAS with Crashplan Central (cloud service if anything happens to the house) or another service (suggestions?) or even plan for external HDD backup?
So far, this is what I was thinking of using :
CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1240 V5 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor
CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock 3 67.8 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler
Motherboard: Supermicro MBD-X11SSL-F-O Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard
Memory: 2x Crucial 16GB (1 x 16GB) DDR4-2133 Memory
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
Storage: 4x Western Digital Red 3TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive
Case: Fractal Design Define R5 (Titanium) ATX Mid Tower Case
Power Supply: SeaSonic X Series 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply
UPS: CyberPower CP1500PFCLCD UPS
Thank you in advance for taking the time to read this and any feedback you can provide me!
EDIT : Forgot! I understand that FreeNAS 10 or something seems to be available, but I only see posts for FreeNAS 9 or lower... Is there something I'm missing? Should I go for FreeNAS10 or FreeNAS 9?
Any comments on the plugins (Owncloud, SickBeard, CouchPotato, ...) and backup function??
Nic
(Sincerely, anyone who took the time to read ALL of this, I really do appreciate it!)
I’ve been reading through the forums, but this is my first time posting! There’s quite a lot of information to read and digest. I’ve been trying to be a figure out my build all by myself, but I still have questions (read doubts) and would really benefit and appreciate any suggestions or validations you can offer me. I Appreciate your feed back!
After reading through everything, I feel like FreeNAS is the right solution for me. Now, here are my reasons for this build :
- Plex (Movie, TV shows and music. Multiple clients, but I don't think there will be more then 2 simultanious stream [1080p])
- I’m curious about Sickbeard/Sickrage, Couch Potato, Headphones, Transmission and some of the other plugins...
- VPN (PIA)
- Jails to seperate the plugins and my data (non media) and secrity/encryption (advices??)
- OwnCloud (access to my content via the web)
- Backup for my Windows computers
Disk Size:
I envision this unit someday holding 12-20TB of data (Is mirrored nessesary for RAIDZ2??). I’m not sure if there’s any dangers using larger drives (I was thinking either go at 3, 4 or 6TB).
Am I wrong to think I should go with RAIDZ 2?
I’ve spent hours and hours reading through RAIDZ posts and trying to understand the benefits and issues of each.. I don't want to do this built to lose all my data!
Is WD Reds are the best way to go for the drives?
Should I back up my NAS with Crashplan Central (cloud service if anything happens to the house) or another service (suggestions?) or even plan for external HDD backup?
So far, this is what I was thinking of using :
CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1240 V5 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor
CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock 3 67.8 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler
Motherboard: Supermicro MBD-X11SSL-F-O Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard
Memory: 2x Crucial 16GB (1 x 16GB) DDR4-2133 Memory
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
Storage: 4x Western Digital Red 3TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive
Case: Fractal Design Define R5 (Titanium) ATX Mid Tower Case
Power Supply: SeaSonic X Series 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply
UPS: CyberPower CP1500PFCLCD UPS
Thank you in advance for taking the time to read this and any feedback you can provide me!
EDIT : Forgot! I understand that FreeNAS 10 or something seems to be available, but I only see posts for FreeNAS 9 or lower... Is there something I'm missing? Should I go for FreeNAS10 or FreeNAS 9?
Any comments on the plugins (Owncloud, SickBeard, CouchPotato, ...) and backup function??
Nic
(Sincerely, anyone who took the time to read ALL of this, I really do appreciate it!)
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