Molex Mike

Thanks for the heads up. Luckily the power supply I'm using doesn't seem to cause the issue, as it is recognized by my motherboard. However, my motherboard isn't recognizing the entire capacity of the 8TB drive (I bought one to test out first) and only sees it as 1.4TB. I'm guessing this because the motherboard doesn't support as large drives? I'm planning on purchasing an expansion card (like this one) anyway so hopefully this won't be an issue down the road. That said, I'm not sure if my motherboard will support that card. I'm going to start with the 8TB array. I wanted to have a separate array that I could do backups and take off site more often as that data (family videos and pictures, etc.) is priceless and I would like to swap copies of it often. Likely would integrate cloud with this, but I want a very full proof way of backing up this data. Part of it is I want to be able to leave the drives in the hot swap bay but without power, so essentially air gapping them against the data on the other drives in case they are compromised. And the other part is I think it would be fun to have a button. I like the idea of making a hobby type task out of it regardless of the ultimate practicality.

I was going to use the 4TB drives for general content and 1TB drives for high value/ sensitive data. Using economic 4TB drives and archive quality 1TB drives. But if that's a silly idea, I'm all ears. Good idea on the external drives. They look much cheaper. I found this list of video guides for disassembling external drives which would come in handy. Only question I have is are they in any way less reliable or lacking performance? Might do that for the general content drives and buy regular drives for the high value data drives. I want to try the 5.25" bay airgap racks because the motherboard lacks USB 3 and I'd like to use up the SATA ports and save the USB 3 expansion card ports. Also, the case has the room so I'd like to use it. And I like the idea of a physical button used to sync drives, like in this video. I would only need to take the hot-swap drives off site in the case of a hurricane (I live in Florida). Plex looks amazing. Really clean interface and flexibility that I always wanted for my library. Nextcloud looks great as well. And yes, small ssd for boot is planned. EDIT: The motherboard has only six x SATA 3Gb/s ports...

Hello all, It's my first time building a NAS/ Server, and I'm looking for some guidance. I have some parts from a previous build that I'm hoping to repurpose, but I'm not sure if they are appropriate/ fulfill the criteria. Additionally, I'm not sure if the configuration I'm going for is even possible. Criteria: Three 4TB drives in a mirrored configuration. (Possibly two drives in RAID 1, with an air-gapped drive in a hot-swappable 5.25" bay rack, using a mechanical power switch to initiate syncing.) Three 1TB drives in a mirrored configuration. (Similar hot-swappable arrangement as the drive array in criteria #1) Secure Remote Access Streaming / Casting content to compatible devices. (like how VLC media player can do with almost any local content) Starting components: Case: Cooler Master ATCS 840 RC-KKN1-GP CPU: Intel Core i7-960 Bloomfield Quad-Core 3.2 GHz LGA 1366 Motherboard: ASUS P6T Delux V2 LGA 1366 Intel x58 ATX PSU: ZALMAN ZM850-HP 850W Air-gap Solution: Noise Isolation 5.25" Bay Hub with two 12V Mechanical Switches Any and all input on the build would be much appreciated. ? Kind regards, - Mike

Hi all, I've started my Big NAS Build. I hope it will stand out as a NAS/Server build due to the case, my solution for hard drive air gapping, and the use of some old but fun components. The case is a massive Cooler Master ATCS 840 RC-KKN1-GP that I purchased in 2010. At 24.8" x 9.57" x 22.83", 29.21 lbs and with room for 11 (eleven) 3.5" drives, it's a beast. It has 3 x 230mm fans with one mount in the front and two on top. Other than that, I have a mix of older parts that may be useful in the build. CPU: Intel Core i7-960 Bloomfield Quad-Core 3.2 GHz LGA 1366 Motherboard: ASUS P6T Delux V2 LGA 1366 Intel x58 ATX PSU: ZALMAN ZM850-HP 850W Cooler: ARTIC Freezer 7 Pro Rev. 2 And this old school fan control/ cathode-ray tube power switch 5.25" bay hub, which I'll be using to implement the air gap solution I mentioned at the beginning of this post. Now, its time to clean out the dust from the case and see if "Servers and NAS" can let me know if I have what I need to start the build. Regards, - Mike