Hi
first post, so please dont be to harsh.
I am planning to reuse old Hardware I have at home.
This includes:
Asus ROG Strix B550 F
Ryzen 3000 CPU
16 or 32 GB non ECC RAM
Asus GTX 1060
Now I am Planning to get 3 or 4 18TB Seagate Exos HDDs
Since my board has 6 Sata connectors should i already consider buying a PCIe extension card for future proofing? If so, which ones are best?
I am also Planning to get an 10Gtek® 10Gb PCI-E NIC , Dual Copper RJ45 Port, Intel X540 Controller - any thoughts or recommendations?
Purpose of the build should be a Plex Server for Home Media streaming.
I welcome all comments!
I've been using an ECS KBN-I/2100 AMD E1-2100 to run a CentOS NFS file server for the last 8 years, running 24/7 with never a hickup. I back up all my folders on an external HDD and most important folders in the cloud. This has worked incredibly well for me, streams all my media to Kodi quite well. I built a PFSense box so I like the idea of being on a BSD base (TrueNAS Core) and getting more familiar with it.
I just did my final upgrade on my Am4 platform from a Ryzen 7 1700 to a Ryzen 5 5600 and thought I'd make a more powerful server with this chip and use TrueNAS. I jumped the gun and ordered some parts for the new build and then started reading through these forums and quickly realized TrueNAS is a completely different animal, so everything was sent back. I"m now selling off all my old components to reduce the overall cost of my build.
All I'm saying is that TrueNAS is much more of a science than I first realized and a lot of planning should go into your build. You really are designing the infrastructure that is going to "safe keep" your digital world.
For my initial build I wanted to keep the cost down until I had a better idea of what all I want TrueNAS to do for me. For my budget build the HDD's are going to be the biggest expense. I currently have (2) 8 TB HDD, so I will need to buy (2) more for (4) 8 TB HDD's in Raidz2. I feel lucky in that both of the HDD's I do have are CMR and not SMR considering when I bought them I had no idea of the difference.
Again I'm doing a very simple build to replace my NFS box and learn a bit before I build my next box and spend more money:
Reusing:
Corsair CX-M Series CX430M 430W 80 Plus Bronze PSU
iStarUSA D-313SE-MATX Black Aluminum / Steel 3U Rackmount (Wish these would take ATX MB)
TeamGroup 240GB M.2 SSD (Boot Drive)
(2) Western Digital 8 TB HDD
New Parts ($180):
Supermicro X11SSH-F LGA 1151 Socket H4 C236 DDR4 MicroATX Motherboard Tested
Intel Xeon E3-1240v6 - SR327 CPU 3.70GHz
(2) Micron 16GB 1Rx4 PC4-19200 DDR4-2400 ECC REG DIMM MTA18ASF2G72PZ-2G3B1 (32GB Total)
Need to buy:
(2) 8 TB HDD
Heatsink
Future:
HBA
10gb NIC
I think this is about as basic a build as you can do while still benefiting from using TrueNAS in Raidz2. My current storage needs are pretty minimal at 4 TB and with a new 16 TB capacity. If it turns out that this meets my needs then the only future upgrades will probably be higher capacity HDD's and increase network speed between my workstation and storage, so probably a couple SuperMicro 10gb PCIe NIC. Or I may find I want to add a couple CCTV cameras to my house and record the footage, nextcloud, serve my media to family elsewhere etc etc.
I still probably jumped the gun, but I should be able to sell off some of my old components and recoup some of what I spent, thinking I'll have around $250-400 into this build once the dust settles.
I found this guide helpful, but there are many others as well. Quite a bit of information to take in.
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TrueNAS is quite a deep rabbit hole, I posted as I'm just starting out and thought seeing where someone else who had planned to do something very similar to you ended up after going down the rabbit hole a little bit further.
Anyways, have fun and don't be afraid to pump the brakes on your build and go down a few rabbit holes, you'll most likely get quite a bit closer to the mark.