Benc
Dabbler
- Joined
- Nov 5, 2015
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- 37
After years my N40L started showing ageing signs, mostly while playing modern video codecs. First I wanted to go with my own build, but current ML10 price is just to good to pass.
I'll use it as home file server, plex server with max 1-2 transcodings at once (maybe E3 would be enough for future 4k movies?), transmission , sonarr and maybe some light VM.
I choose E3 version because there is not much price difference and some extra power doesn't hurt:
- HP ML10GEN9E3-1225V5 8GB
- 1x Kingston 16GB DDR4 KTH-PL421E/16G (+original 8GB) - according to Kingston's site this should be compatible with HPs memory, has anyone tried it in RL?
- 5x Seagate IronWolf ST4000VN008 4tb in raidz2 - first I went with 'usual' Reds but I got discount on IronWolf. I checked reviews and they are good and disks should run a bit colder. Any other views on this choice? I have some concern about cooling, should regular fans in ML10 be enough for 5 disks?
- Kingston SSD A400 120gb - on N40L I use mirrored USB keys (no problem so far), but after reading forum it seems SSD is preferable option. I am not sure, is 120gb needed? It's only a couple of EURs more than 60gb, but I am not sure if I can use it for anything else than boot disk. Would my system benefit any other way using extra space?
So this is it, all ideas are welcome.
I'll use it as home file server, plex server with max 1-2 transcodings at once (maybe E3 would be enough for future 4k movies?), transmission , sonarr and maybe some light VM.
I choose E3 version because there is not much price difference and some extra power doesn't hurt:
- HP ML10GEN9E3-1225V5 8GB
- 1x Kingston 16GB DDR4 KTH-PL421E/16G (+original 8GB) - according to Kingston's site this should be compatible with HPs memory, has anyone tried it in RL?
- 5x Seagate IronWolf ST4000VN008 4tb in raidz2 - first I went with 'usual' Reds but I got discount on IronWolf. I checked reviews and they are good and disks should run a bit colder. Any other views on this choice? I have some concern about cooling, should regular fans in ML10 be enough for 5 disks?
- Kingston SSD A400 120gb - on N40L I use mirrored USB keys (no problem so far), but after reading forum it seems SSD is preferable option. I am not sure, is 120gb needed? It's only a couple of EURs more than 60gb, but I am not sure if I can use it for anything else than boot disk. Would my system benefit any other way using extra space?
So this is it, all ideas are welcome.
