new with freenas and with many problems

[Astro1234]

Hello good mornig for everyone

I am new with the whole issue related to freenas, it is a project that I began to value because the hard disk I used as backup was burned and I lost all the data.

This is the configuration I have of PC
- Intel Core i5 - 2500 K Quad-Core Processor 3.3 GHz, 6 MB cache, LGA 1155
- ASUS P8P67 Pro <Rev 3.0> LGA 1155 and USB 3.0 SATA 6 Gbps supported Intel P67 DDR3 2400
- Corsair TX850W Power Supply
- Corsair XMS3 6 GB (3 x 2GB) DDR3 1600 MHz (PC3 12800)
- 4 Western Digital WD SATA III IntelliPower 64 MB cache
- 1 Kingstom 128 Gb SDD (SO)

I achieved the installation, configuration of RAID, User and group and everything necessary for the system to serve as a NAS for storage.

Now comes the question this configuration is fine to make a service of:
Storage
Multimedia with PLEX (Playback movie in MKV 1080p)
Download Server

 

[sretalla]

At 6GB of memory, you're lucky FreeNAS even let you install. You are below the stated minimum RAM requirement (8GB).

You should not expect to run applications like plex with that little memory and you can expect your file sharing/storage performance to be relatively poor due to the lack of space for ARC (file cache in memory).

If you upgrade to at least 8GB, but preferably 16GB if you want to run Plex and the other functions well, then you may see reasonable performance from that system.

 

[Astro1234]

hello yes i know

I just bought 32 Gbs of DDR3 RAM which is what the card supports, I am waiting for it to arrive tomorrow.

Increasing the RAM for what I need to do is enough.

 

[Astro1234]

and another question will be about the lack of RAM that with some movies the PC restarts when I see some movies but I don't understand why it does it with some movies and with others not

 

[sretalla]

lack of RAM that with some movies the PC restarts when I see some movies but I don't understand why it does it with some movies and with others not

This is probably related to the difference in the transcoding/streaming of the different files.

Some media needs to be transcoded by Plex, others can directly play. Transcoding video and/or audio is the resource consuming part and will certainly show up a system with insufficient RAM.

 

[Astro1234]

good night all

I already changed the RAM and increased it to 32 GB as I said yesterday.

I have the machine right now running a movie and it's running very well.

Now what I have to finish configuring the team as I wish I will be asking for the other forum topic to know how to configure what I am missing.

What I would like to know is if I now have a decent PC to make a good storage, multimedia and download server service.