I built a FreeNAS server 4 years running (8) 3TB WD Red drives, i3-3220, 16GB Ram, FreeNas 11.0U1. Hardware is consumer based and not server class. Its been runs flawlessly except one drive just started getting bad sectors. I just replaced it with a new one. Took about 8 hours to silver. I have a friend who wants to buy it off me so I wanted to price out what a new one cost to build. A lot has changed as far as specs. Seems like everyone is running Xeon's with super micro MB and 32 GB of ECC memory. This is more pricier that what I put together 4 years ago.
Essentially I want to run (8) x 6TB hard drive in a Raid z2 which would give me 36 gigs of usable space. The use case is for backup and media streaming only. I wont be doing any transcoding or cpu intensive functions as I run couchpotato and Sabnzb on another computer. I do plan on streaming 4K 40 gig UHD files next year when I get my 4K OLED TV.
Can someone please recommend the most cost effective config? Also, since I am going from 3TB to 6TB will I have any issues sticking with a Raidz2? also can someone validate if I am still limited to having to add 4 or 8 drives at a time to build the pool? That was always something that was annoying. Synology boxes let you add one drive at a time and different sizes too. While I've been updating my Freenas on my box, I havent been keeping tabs on the capabilities enhancements so any insighy would be much appreciated.
Essentially I want to run (8) x 6TB hard drive in a Raid z2 which would give me 36 gigs of usable space. The use case is for backup and media streaming only. I wont be doing any transcoding or cpu intensive functions as I run couchpotato and Sabnzb on another computer. I do plan on streaming 4K 40 gig UHD files next year when I get my 4K OLED TV.
Can someone please recommend the most cost effective config? Also, since I am going from 3TB to 6TB will I have any issues sticking with a Raidz2? also can someone validate if I am still limited to having to add 4 or 8 drives at a time to build the pool? That was always something that was annoying. Synology boxes let you add one drive at a time and different sizes too. While I've been updating my Freenas on my box, I havent been keeping tabs on the capabilities enhancements so any insighy would be much appreciated.