Hello, FreeNAS community!
I have decided to build a NAS server for home use and would like to ask for some advice.
I. Regarding Mobo + CPU I have a budget option and a more powerful and future-proof option:
1. Supermicro X10SLL-F with Pentium G3260 (only 1150 socket CPU available locally) for a total of ~255 eur
2. Supermicro X11SSL-F (or upgrade to SSM-F for ~23eur) with Kaby lake Core i3-7350K for a total of ~390 eur
II. Since 1151 socket CPUs are more available, I have more options so I would like to know:
1.The hardware recommendation thread states that mostly Kaby Lake i3s don't support ECC memory, but since:
- The motherboard supports 7th Gen i3s - https://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/Xeon/C236_C232/X11SSM-F.cfm
- The CPU supports ECC - https://ark.intel.com/products/97527/Intel-Core-i3-7350K-Processor-4M-Cache-4-20-GHz-
I should be fine?
2. Furthermore, the motherboard does not state to support 8th Gen i3s, but they do support ECC and use same socket; for example:
https://ark.intel.com/products/129942/Intel-Core-i3-8300-Processor-8M-Cache-3-70-GHz-
So if I find a good deal on a Coffee Lake i3, should I grab it?
3. Is it worth the money to upgrade the CPU I am considering (~180 eur for the i3-7350K) or is it worth the performance drop to downgrade to save some money; for example with:
- Xeon E3-1220v6 for ~215 eur and shipping from abroad (damage risk?)
- i3-6100 for ~130 eur
- Pentium G4400 for ~75 eur
Of course this also depends on whether 8th Gen i3s are a viable option, which would change the available models I am looking at.
The server won't be heavily used initially - most often 1 connected user at a time; will most likely jail Transmission (and probably some others after I get used to it); most likely will be accessed by TV (and I am a noob, so I will be grateful if you let me know what is better - that the TV read the files from the NAS, or that the NAS transcodes them to TV?). Hopefully if all goes well more users will connect over VPN, which atm I do not expect FreeNAS to take care of, but would be useful if it can.
III. The hard drives will be WD Red and I am waiting to see whether there will be Black Friday deals in order to pick the best option.
A likely configuration I am considering is 3x3TB in RAIDZ1 for valuable data + 1x4TB for data I wouldn't care much if I lose.
Is it a good setup that would allow easy future expansion? Eventually I would be happy if the 3x3TB RAIDZ1 can become 6x3TB RAIDZ2.
Will boot from USB.
IV. Power Supply
With 4 HDDs (~120W) + max 72W for the currently considered CPUs + some more for other parts of the system, a 400W power supply seems to be enough for me?
V. Have not looked at cases and memory yet, and I believe that concludes all needed parts.
WIll be grateful for your advice,
Pete
I have decided to build a NAS server for home use and would like to ask for some advice.
I. Regarding Mobo + CPU I have a budget option and a more powerful and future-proof option:
1. Supermicro X10SLL-F with Pentium G3260 (only 1150 socket CPU available locally) for a total of ~255 eur
2. Supermicro X11SSL-F (or upgrade to SSM-F for ~23eur) with Kaby lake Core i3-7350K for a total of ~390 eur
II. Since 1151 socket CPUs are more available, I have more options so I would like to know:
1.The hardware recommendation thread states that mostly Kaby Lake i3s don't support ECC memory, but since:
- The motherboard supports 7th Gen i3s - https://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/Xeon/C236_C232/X11SSM-F.cfm
- The CPU supports ECC - https://ark.intel.com/products/97527/Intel-Core-i3-7350K-Processor-4M-Cache-4-20-GHz-
I should be fine?
2. Furthermore, the motherboard does not state to support 8th Gen i3s, but they do support ECC and use same socket; for example:
https://ark.intel.com/products/129942/Intel-Core-i3-8300-Processor-8M-Cache-3-70-GHz-
So if I find a good deal on a Coffee Lake i3, should I grab it?
3. Is it worth the money to upgrade the CPU I am considering (~180 eur for the i3-7350K) or is it worth the performance drop to downgrade to save some money; for example with:
- Xeon E3-1220v6 for ~215 eur and shipping from abroad (damage risk?)
- i3-6100 for ~130 eur
- Pentium G4400 for ~75 eur
Of course this also depends on whether 8th Gen i3s are a viable option, which would change the available models I am looking at.
The server won't be heavily used initially - most often 1 connected user at a time; will most likely jail Transmission (and probably some others after I get used to it); most likely will be accessed by TV (and I am a noob, so I will be grateful if you let me know what is better - that the TV read the files from the NAS, or that the NAS transcodes them to TV?). Hopefully if all goes well more users will connect over VPN, which atm I do not expect FreeNAS to take care of, but would be useful if it can.
III. The hard drives will be WD Red and I am waiting to see whether there will be Black Friday deals in order to pick the best option.
A likely configuration I am considering is 3x3TB in RAIDZ1 for valuable data + 1x4TB for data I wouldn't care much if I lose.
Is it a good setup that would allow easy future expansion? Eventually I would be happy if the 3x3TB RAIDZ1 can become 6x3TB RAIDZ2.
Will boot from USB.
IV. Power Supply
With 4 HDDs (~120W) + max 72W for the currently considered CPUs + some more for other parts of the system, a 400W power supply seems to be enough for me?
V. Have not looked at cases and memory yet, and I believe that concludes all needed parts.
WIll be grateful for your advice,
Pete