Hello,
I am looking to build a freenas to replace an aging netgear readynas.
My thought was to build something I could also use as a plex server that could handle several transcodings at once, and possibly run a minecraft server off of as well.
Based on used parts I have found (and my understanding of the hardware guide) this is what I am currently looking at
Supermicro 4U System with 36x 3.5" Drive Caddies
X9DRi-LN4F+ Mother Board
2- Intel Xeon E5-2680 V1 Octo Core 2.7GHz
128GB DDR3
1 LSI 9211-8i
My original plan was for a 24 drive unit so I could load 12 drives now and have 12 slots for migrating the data to when I upgrade drives in the future. Thus avoiding the need to off load the data when upgrading. But I have not been able to find one used that I liked.
I have not yet decided on drives as I planed to get those new.
Any thoughts or recommendations?
I am looking to build a freenas to replace an aging netgear readynas.
My thought was to build something I could also use as a plex server that could handle several transcodings at once, and possibly run a minecraft server off of as well.
Based on used parts I have found (and my understanding of the hardware guide) this is what I am currently looking at
Supermicro 4U System with 36x 3.5" Drive Caddies
X9DRi-LN4F+ Mother Board
2- Intel Xeon E5-2680 V1 Octo Core 2.7GHz
128GB DDR3
1 LSI 9211-8i
My original plan was for a 24 drive unit so I could load 12 drives now and have 12 slots for migrating the data to when I upgrade drives in the future. Thus avoiding the need to off load the data when upgrading. But I have not been able to find one used that I liked.
I have not yet decided on drives as I planed to get those new.
Any thoughts or recommendations?