Hi everyone
I've been lurking and reading you all for a long time trying to familiarize with the subject, but I'm still a noob, so please be patient
I'd like to start my first build, my main goals are "high performance", low consumption, low cost.
You can find on ebay lots of rack server for few bucks, the downside is the 700W consumption for something that remains on 24/7.
My researching is primary driven by availability here in Italy, and I think I spotted something interesting...
Mobo: Asus WS C246M PRO
Xeon support, ECC memories, less than 180€. 8 integrated SATA, enough for me, so no need to cross flash external controllers and so on
CPU: Intel Core i3 9100F
ECC memory support, 90€, 4 physical cores :-D
RAM: 16GB ECC for starting should be fine
DRIVES:WD Red 4TB WD40EFRX
I was thinking of raid Z2, since I've read here that as single drive capacity rises, the probability of another drive dying while resilvering a damaged pool is not negligible any more.
SSD: whatever 120GB model as boot drive, I should have 2 free SATA ports if I use 6 drives.
The main utilization scenario is to have all files in one phisical place, so I can backup just this nas to ad old 4bay qnap (rSync?) that is in my lan but not in this same building
No need for transcoding (plex), but I'd like to install NextCloud.
I work with 30MB raw files from full frame camera, sometimes I do some video stuff, so good speed is needed.
Mellanox Connectx2 card can be found for 35€ on ebay, I think I could install one in the near future
Well... I think I said enough, thanks for reading and see you later
I've been lurking and reading you all for a long time trying to familiarize with the subject, but I'm still a noob, so please be patient
I'd like to start my first build, my main goals are "high performance", low consumption, low cost.
You can find on ebay lots of rack server for few bucks, the downside is the 700W consumption for something that remains on 24/7.
My researching is primary driven by availability here in Italy, and I think I spotted something interesting...
Mobo: Asus WS C246M PRO
Xeon support, ECC memories, less than 180€. 8 integrated SATA, enough for me, so no need to cross flash external controllers and so on
CPU: Intel Core i3 9100F
ECC memory support, 90€, 4 physical cores :-D
RAM: 16GB ECC for starting should be fine
DRIVES:WD Red 4TB WD40EFRX
I was thinking of raid Z2, since I've read here that as single drive capacity rises, the probability of another drive dying while resilvering a damaged pool is not negligible any more.
SSD: whatever 120GB model as boot drive, I should have 2 free SATA ports if I use 6 drives.
The main utilization scenario is to have all files in one phisical place, so I can backup just this nas to ad old 4bay qnap (rSync?) that is in my lan but not in this same building
No need for transcoding (plex), but I'd like to install NextCloud.
I work with 30MB raw files from full frame camera, sometimes I do some video stuff, so good speed is needed.
Mellanox Connectx2 card can be found for 35€ on ebay, I think I could install one in the near future
Well... I think I said enough, thanks for reading and see you later