Hi everybody,
I have been reading up a little bit on NAS solutions over the past few months, because I would like to build a NAS that can replace my current Synology NAS with 2x WD Red 3TB in RAID0. Yes I did make that error and it sometimes causes insomnia for me. That lead me to the FreeNAS community and I started saving up for a new NAS. Since I have never built a NAS myself, I would appreciate every help or advice/concern that you might have regarding my build.
My FreeNAS is supposed to mainly host my data and backups and make them available to me, family and friends(a total of maybe 5-10 people). But I would also like to have the possibility of streaming and storing my media collection, mostly movies and photos(maximum of 3 streams at the same time).
My goal is to create a NAS that can do these tasks at a reasonably low idle wattage with high reliability and longevity.
Upon reading the hardware recommendations guide I came with the following build:
CPU: Intel Pentium G4500
CPU Cooler: be quiet! Pure Rock Slim
Motherboard: Supermicro X11SSM-F
RAM: 2x16GB Samsung M391A2K43BB1
PSU: SeaSonic G-450
Case: Fractal Design Define Mini
Boot Drive: 120GB ADATA Premier SP550 (Probably overkill, but the price is reasonable)
Drives: 5x6TB
Networking: Chelsio S320E-SR (for a point to point 10GbE network with my computer and future expandability)
This puts my budget to about 2000€ (prices here in Germany)
My questions:
I have been reading up a little bit on NAS solutions over the past few months, because I would like to build a NAS that can replace my current Synology NAS with 2x WD Red 3TB in RAID0. Yes I did make that error and it sometimes causes insomnia for me. That lead me to the FreeNAS community and I started saving up for a new NAS. Since I have never built a NAS myself, I would appreciate every help or advice/concern that you might have regarding my build.
My FreeNAS is supposed to mainly host my data and backups and make them available to me, family and friends(a total of maybe 5-10 people). But I would also like to have the possibility of streaming and storing my media collection, mostly movies and photos(maximum of 3 streams at the same time).
My goal is to create a NAS that can do these tasks at a reasonably low idle wattage with high reliability and longevity.
Upon reading the hardware recommendations guide I came with the following build:
CPU: Intel Pentium G4500
CPU Cooler: be quiet! Pure Rock Slim
Motherboard: Supermicro X11SSM-F
RAM: 2x16GB Samsung M391A2K43BB1
PSU: SeaSonic G-450
Case: Fractal Design Define Mini
Boot Drive: 120GB ADATA Premier SP550 (Probably overkill, but the price is reasonable)
Drives: 5x6TB
Networking: Chelsio S320E-SR (for a point to point 10GbE network with my computer and future expandability)
This puts my budget to about 2000€ (prices here in Germany)
My questions:
- Drives: What kind of drives would you recommend? Hitachi/HGST or Western Digital? I thought about mixing the two as they are about the same price. Could this lead to issues? And would you recommend buying the drives at different stores or can I buy them in a single order?
- Networking: I know the HDDs won't saturate the 10GbE, but would the CPU theoratically be able to handle these speeds? If not what CPU would I need?
- RAID-Z2: This is sufficient for such a build, right?
- A general sanity check of this build would be highly appreciated and any tips are welcome:)