TheSaint

In the overall realm of network security appliances, especially geared towards home use, there is also the Bitdefender Box and Norton Core.

I went with a FortiGate 60D but for most people I'd recommend Sophos XG Home Edition which is free, very good.
 
https://www.sophos.com/en-us/products/free-tools/sophos-xg-firewall-home-edition.aspx

i Highly recommend looking into Pi-Hole.
its a network wide, DNS based adblocker(white list LTT of course).   that alone, can stop so much crap from getting on the network, and its stupidly easy to set up. all you need is a raspberry pi(even the RPi 0 works)
 

Just to note that the iDRAC is optional so verify it's physically installed (simple as checking the rear for the extra ethernet port). If so then all you need is a web browser and java to access it. While the server boots up, it should tell you to hit a series of keys to configure the iDRAC - just either configure a static IP and let it pull from DHCP (Static is preferred in case your DHCP takes a nose dive).. I'd also reset the password while in there because the previous owner might've forgotten to clear the iDRAC settings before shipping (my issue).
 
I have a R610 if there's anything you want to compare against or ask questions. At work we're using R720s. The last thing I worked with besides Dells were Compaq Proliants lol. Those things were tanks.

The R510 is a solid unit, we still have a very large number of them in production and have had 1 chassis fail out of over 300+ both due to a mainboard failure which occurred very shortly after a PDU failure covering that rack so not sure it was even the mainboard at fault.
 
Dell have an ISO which will update all the Firmware across the unit, this is something I would recommend before you start the build as it will update all hardware inventory detected to the latest available firmware versions.
 
You can grab it here;
https://dell.app.box.com/v/BootableR510/folder/32719654138
 
Either burn it to a bootable USB using something like rufus or if you are really old school burn it to a dvd if your 510 chassis even has a dvd drive.

Thanks for responding to my request to help him. From past discussions we've had I thought you'd be much better suited to answer his specific server related questions than myself.

I have experience working with FreeNAS but not nearly as much with Dell servers.
 
@leadeater Maybe you could fill in the blanks?

I believe iDrac is Dells propriety version of IPMI (Intelligent Platform Management Interface) the iDrac card you mentioned should have its own processor, ram, and flash storage. It's effectively a computer inside of a computer so you can remote into the server even when it is off.
 
I can answer some questions related to freeNAS. As for my own build.
ASRock Rack EP2C602-4L/D16 motherboard
2x LGA2011 E5 2670 8C/16T processors 
128GB of Kingston 1600MHz ECC
10GBit SFP+ x8 card w/ 850nm LC fiber optic transceiver
An old Dell mini-SAS 6GBit breakout raid controller (8 drive controller) with its firmware flashed to a HBA controller (for FreeNAS software RAID)
A very inappropriate Corsair RM1000W PSU (I am using a UPS though since their is no write protection due to software RAID and could not find a mini redundant PSU in the ATX form factor rated for 2x EPS connectors.)
8x WD Gold 7200RPM 2TB drives in raidz2 (12TB usable)
3x WD Red 5400RPM 3TB drives in raidz1 (6TB usable)
 
I get a sustained link of around 500~550MB/s on the 10Gbit link to my desktop hard drive RAID0. Set up Public/Private key authentication, SSH, remote access, built a local proxy so I can manage the IPMI without risking a security breach. Locked root, each user has their own account, permissions, file shares, and public/private key. I set port forwarding up without using port 22 due to network bots and with static addressing I can connect directly without the need for a domain name or DDNS like noip.

No need to export, all RAID configuration is saved on the header of every disk in the array. Just take the disks out and label them all, order doesn't matter just make sure you know the 10 that were being used in the same array.
 
As above just put the disks back in the server and import the array, it'll boot straight back in to Windows as if nothing ever changed.
 
 
Do you actually need this? iDRAC can be used directly using the iDRAC IP address and it's own web interface.
 
You'll only need iDRAC access for hardware monitoring and health checking, all remote management of FreeNAS should be done using the FreeNAS web interface or SSH access to the command shell of the OS. iDRAC does allow you to open up a remote console session but that is normally used as a fall back when the standard tools are not working.

Well if you mean me I'm no Dell expert, I use HPE servers but they're all the same anyway. iDRAC vs iLO all the same . There are a few Dell server users on the forum so they might see this and comment.
 
Once you get used to servers like these you'll notice how every brand is exactly the same thing with different names for things and different skins but are all doing the same stuff in the same way.

Just pull the H700 out and the disks and set them aside, not much you really need to do other than that.

I'm using a PtP topology since I didn't find it in my budget to locate a switch with multiple 10Gbit SFP+ ports, buy 4 transceivers, multiple fiber optic cables. So it's just a point-to-point on a 10.0.0.0/30 network. I'll tell ya, took me a while to get windows to cooperate ignoring the server on the 1Gbit home network for SSH/SFTP purposes and use the 10Gbit link for local file transfer only.
 
The fiber optic cable claims to be OM4 which is rated for up-to 100Gbit and up-to a distance of 400 meters (1312.33 feet) but the cable was quite cheap for the length it is so I question its quality. It has no issue pushing 10Gbit being I believe 30meters long but pushing speed and length I'd expect its possible lack of quality would start to show. As for your other question. It's another pci_ex8 SFP+ card with equivalent transceiver installed in my desktop.
 
The rest of the network consists of a 1Gbit link to every host and the IPMI for the servers ipmi really like any other home. The only special part is the point to point fiber optic link which I do plan to replace with a switch at some point. The primary reason I went this route was because we already had the 1Gbit switch and this was the cheapest alternative.

Used 10Gb SFP+ Mellanox are cheap on ebay and if you're going a short ish distance, 7m-10m, you can use DAC copper cables. 10GbE Cat6a is the easiest to use for up to 90m.
 
10Gb on Windows isn't complex to setup unless you're using split networking and the 10Gb network is not switched and is isolated. The solution isn't really that hard for that type of setup though, use separate IP ranges/subnets for the 10Gb and 1Gb network and set the 1Gb NIC as the preferred network adapter.
 
https://www.ghacks.net/2016/12/02/change-network-adapter-priorities-in-windows-10/

I'm under the opinion that as long as you get ASRock, ASUS, or Gigabyte and you're not getting the bottom barrel parts from them, then you're fine.
 
Or maybe as long as you don't get something from Biostar, ECS, Foxconn, or Jetway, you should be fine.

If you are moving to an 'IT' controller to access the disks in ATA mode, you will be moving away from RAID and the RAID configuration you had on the disks would not be usable once you move to the IT based controller, it would need to be HWRAID/IR to import that foreign config and keep the data.  Bare in mind that by default the I.T firmware will still disable the local cache on the physical disks, this can be changed but you will have to faff with LSI SAS as the MegaRAID utilities won't work for HBA pass-through (IT mode).  IT mode would allow you to have a JBOD style configuration or use software raid solution for redundancy with FreeNAS and provide usable S.M.A.R.T information..
 
The H700 will give proper S.M.A.R.T functionality but only via the MegaRAID CLI or via Drac/OpenManage utility access, keep in mind that the FreeNAS doesn't have a native Dell OpenManage install.
 
As for Drac access, you can simply access the web portal for Drac, add a network interface which has a DHCP service running and the default config will grab an IP.  Go on to the https://*DHCPIP* and configure the Drac config how ever you want it.  Setup remote access etc, the R510 is quite an old unit so make sure you update the Drac firmware to get the latest HTML5 based remote console as the Java one in the old versions is just utter toss.

I paid $48 for two used HP 10GbE Mellanox ConnectX-2 PCIe 2.0 x8 cards which I bought off newegg.com
I bought the SFP-10GSR-85 10G SFP+ 850nm 300m transceivers for $16/piece off www.fs.com
The 30m LC to LC OM4 UPC to UPC fiber optic cable was $40
 
So give or take: $120 + ~$10 S&H I thought it was well worth it to x10 my network bandwidth because file transfers managed to saturate the link under specific types of transfers.
"A lot" is an overstatement. If I was using a switch things would have been even easier but the amount of configuring wasn't too bad. The primary things I had to take care of were assigning the file share protocol to the 10.0.0.0/30 network (the 10Gbit network). Then I had to enable jumbo packets on both the server and client end. Then I had to adjust network adapter priority in the GUI to tell the computer which adapter is preferred based on metric which is a measurement the computer uses to determine preferred adapters over others. A lower metric means the computer will use that link before another. Same operation can apply to Routers with multiple links within their routing table. Beyond this I assigned the data-set to my account, enabled password protection for local access, and assigned the array a drive letter in windows mapped network drives and boom, a username & password protected network drive. I kept the 1Gbit link so I can SSH & SFTP into the server along with utilize IPMI. Each user has their own Public/Private Key and password. That's about as much configuration is needed on windows end if you have multiple networks plugged into the server and the end user.

@BenChurchill If you're looking for new, your best bet is most likely 45 Drives, anything else that's going to support 24+ drives will be $10,000+ $4,000 for an enterprise system. Other solutions like Direct Attached Storage/Drive Shelves start round $2,500, and the entry level solutions also start with 12 HDD bays, so you'll need 2, and you still need a server to process everything.
 
 
Now, if you want to talk about used enterprise equipment, you could get away with 2 or so Dell R510 with 12 3.5" bays. Using these servers you can create a storage cluster with GlusterFS. I found this overview on the subject from 45 Drives actually, http://45drives.blogspot.com/2016/11/an-introduction-to-clustering-how-to.html.
 
You can get a Dell R510 on eBay starting around $250~$350. I personly have used www.savemyserver.com  in the past and I couldn't be happier, and all their servers have a 2-year warranty. A custom Dell R510 12 bay starts at $190, however, at the moment, there configuration page for it is bugged.
 
If you were to go the Save My Server route, I would say get 32GB (4x 8GB) of RAM, 64 (4x 16GB) if you really want, 2x X5670 (2.93GHz 6Cores/12Threads), no RAID card, IDRAC 6 Express, DVD if free, no PSUs, no drive trays, no rails, and bezel. The PSUs, drive trays, rails, and bezel can be found on eBay for much cheaper. 
 
Next, the Dell R510 has 1 x8 PCIe 2.0 slot, and 2 x4 PCIe 2.0 slots and you still need an SAS HBA card that works with the hot swap backplane, can't really help you with this part, but I'm sure someone here has a bit of experience with HBAs.
 
Lastly, you may want to think about upgrading your network to support 10Gbps uplinks to the servers, SFP+ NICs can be found for $15~$100 on eBay and 48 port gigabit switches with 10Gbps uplinks can be found starting at $90, but 10Gb this is a different topic altogether. 
 
 
Edit: Pricing info was off, thanks @GDRRiley

He is waht id do.
 
Set up your desktop as the capture system, then make it a stream using obs and nginx, then using the wifi router, connect your laptop, and view the stream using something like vlc and plug it into the tv.

Your local network should be able to handle this using OBS. And VLC should be able to accept that stream and present it, with a little bit of delay. Heres an answer on stack overflow which covers some suggestions to look into: http://stackoverflow.com/a/29263675

Ebay's pretty much the best for buying used server parts, that'show I got the majority of my insanely powerful build.

You could try bargain hardware site it sometimes having great deal and it cover internatiol shipping

Servermonkey.com and ebay so far. 

I used to use a site called savemyserver.com but then I found out they were selling the exact same parts on ebay for 5 to 10 percent less, so I just buy from them on ebay instead of directly.

I live in California, in the United States. Hopefully that site will be helpful for Stella Artois drinkers out there.
Searching around for something local, as many auctions I've seen online have local pick-up only and they don't want the hassle of shipping stuff.

https://www.engadget.com/2016/10/06/comcasts-1tb-data-caps-start-to-roll-out-nationwide/
Yep. 1TB cap, nationwide. Hitting me in Fort Wayne Nov 1st. 
You can be charged up to 200$ in 50GB sets of 10$ or add 50$ a month for unlimited data. 
 
 
No idea how the fuck this is even legal. 
 
I used 3TB month before last, and I have a  feeling this is to stop people from cutting cable, which btw I have no idea how much things like PS Vue use, which I just signed up for and have on 24-7. 
I have no fucking idea because the data usage meter no longer works, just a 404. 
In addition, I'm on a waiting list for 2Gb/s service from them. Am I supposed to use my entire fucking cap in like less than 2 hours of full speed? No idea, I'll figure out when I call and argue about that 70$ a month for TV I'm assured I don't owe but never gets removed from my bill again for like the third time. 
This is what happens when companies have monopolies on providing a service to certain areas. 
 
Please, if you are affected by this, file a complaint with the FCC 
https://consumercomplaints.fcc.gov/hc/en-us