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Hows my NAS build? Also question about what software to use?

I'm building a new machine for a NAS, its only really going to be used for DNLA 1080p MKVs to 3 users at a time maximum (usually it will be only 1 user) as well as a storage/backup server for my office machine and all my music so I really didn't need to go with anything massively powerful.

 

Heres the build

 

400W CiT Micro-ATX Quiet Fan 20+4pin ATX 12V with 80mm Temp Control Fan, PSU

3TB Seagate ST3000VN000 NAS 24x7 SATA 6GB/s ,5900RPM, 64Mb Cache 8ms NCQ OEM

120GB Kingston ssd Now V300, 2.5" Slim 7mm SSD SATA 6GB/s , MLC-Flash, Read 450MB/s, Write 450MB/s, 85000 IOPS OEM

Aerocool Dead Silence White Gaming Cube Tower micro-ATX Case 2xUSB3 200cm Black Fan w/o PSU

4GB Corsair DDR4 Value Select, PC4-17000 (2133), Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 15-15-15-36, 1.2V, Single Stick, Desktop Memory

Intel Core i3 6100, S 1151, Skylake, Dual Core, 3.7GHz, 3MB Cache, 1005MHz GPU, 37x Ratio, 47W, CPU, Retail

MSI H110M PRO-VD, Intel H110, S 1151, DDR4, SATA3 6Gbps, Realtek Gigabit LAN, USB 3.1 Gen1 A, Micro ATX

 

I will add another 4GB of RAM next month so I can enable ZFS, also I grabbed a cheap SSD because FreeNAS currently has a bug with Skylakes XHCI which means it cannot run from a USB drive on a Skylake build.

 

That brings me onto my actual question, should I go with FreeNAS or something else? I'm kinda thinking of going with a Linux Server and running the headless version of OpenMediaVault in order to handle the NAS and DNLA server, doing that would allow me to install things like LAMP and a torrent client too.

 

What do you guys think? FreeNAS, Nas4Free, UNRAID, OMV or something else entirely?

 

       
         
         
         
         
 

 

 

     
     

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Ryzen 7 3800X | Asus ROG Strix X570-F Gaming | 16GB Team Group Dark Pro 3600Mhz | Corsair MP600 1TB PCIe Gen 4 | Sapphire 5700 XT Pulse | Corsair H115i Platinum | WD Black 1TB | WD Green 4TB | EVGA SuperNOVA G3 650W | Asus TUF GT501 | Samsung C27HG70 1440p 144hz HDR FreeSync 2 | Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS |

 

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120GB SSD is not needed. Drop it to a 30/60GB drive (basically the cheapest you can get) and spend some more on 8GB of RAM. 

I would advise changing the PSU to something better as well. 

I would go for FreeNAS. You can install torrent clients using plugins (requires ZFS) on FreeNAS, as well as a ton of other things like Plex. 

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1 minute ago, Oshino Shinobu said:

120GB SSD is not needed. Drop it to a 30GB drive and spending some more on 8GB of RAM. 

I would advise changing the PSU to something better as well. 

I would go for FreeNAS. You can install torrent clients using plugins (requires ZFS) on FreeNAS, as well as a ton of other things like Plex. 

Thanks for the suggestion, the shop I'm buying from only has 120GBs in stock, nothing less than that. And considering the 120GB is costing me £28 I'm willing to keep it just for the sake of space (if I do decide to install Linux its better to have some extra)

 

The problem with the PSU is it has to be a MicroATX PSU and they only have CIT ones in stock. I totally agree with you and in any other situation I'd go somewhere else but I'm getting this machine on finance so I am kinda tied to it. I'll use it for a few months then grab a better one at a future date.

 

TBH everyone i've spoken to seems to be suggesting FreeNAS so I guess I will give that a try first :)

 

4 minutes ago, Hans Christian | Teri said:

Have you considered just buying a HP ProLiant Microserver Gen8? Fantastic value for money, and ILO is a nice tool to have that you don't get on consumer hardware.

As I said, I'm getting it on finance so I'm kinda tied into what the shop has in stock. They don't have to many options on NASes, they have a WD MyCloud Personal (which has terrible reviews), a WD ReadyNAS 4TB system which is £320 or I build my own machine and get more power and the ability to install anything I want onto it. I chose the latter :)

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Ryzen 7 3800X | Asus ROG Strix X570-F Gaming | 16GB Team Group Dark Pro 3600Mhz | Corsair MP600 1TB PCIe Gen 4 | Sapphire 5700 XT Pulse | Corsair H115i Platinum | WD Black 1TB | WD Green 4TB | EVGA SuperNOVA G3 650W | Asus TUF GT501 | Samsung C27HG70 1440p 144hz HDR FreeSync 2 | Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS |

 

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Intel NUC running Server 2019 + Synology DSM218+ with 2 x 4TB Toshiba NAS Ready HDDs (RAID0)

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5 minutes ago, Master Disaster said:

Thanks for the suggestion, the shop I'm buying from only has 120GBs in stock, nothing less than that. And considering the 120GB is costing me £28 I'm willing to keep it just for the sake of space (if I do decide to install Linux its better to have some extra)

 

The problem with the PSU is it has to be a MicroATX PSU and they only have CIT ones in stock. I totally agree with you and in any other situation I'd go somewhere else but I'm getting this machine on finance so I am kinda tied to it. I'll use it for a few months then grab a better one at a future date.

 

TBH everyone i've spoken to seems to be suggesting FreeNAS so I guess I will give that a try first :)

 

As I said, I'm getting it on finance so I'm kinda tied into what the shop has in stock. They don't have to many options on NASes, they have a WD MyCloud Personal (which has terrible reviews), a WD ReadyNAS 4TB system which is £320 or I build my own machine and get more power and the ability to install anything I want onto it. I chose the latter :)

The Gen8 is often seen between €180-€200 though, surely you can find that amount of money without financing. :) Then there's only the disks to go. I don't know, in my opinion it's a way better solution, but it may not fit your situation.

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Do they have a different model of SSD? The V300 is pretty bad from what I hear.

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4 minutes ago, Energycore said:

Do they have a different model of SSD? The V300 is pretty bad from what I hear.

Doesn't really matter for a NAS. It's still faster than HDDs, and if he does go for FreeNAS, the OS is going to be running off RAM anyway. 

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So you have listed only 1x 3TB drive? Until you have at least two drives you may just want to run Linux server as you say.

If you do end up with 2 or more 3TB drives you could change to unRaid or freeNas or whatever then. The SSD would work as a cache/docker storage for unRaid.

I don't know much about your case, but I suggest you buy one that can take at least 3 or 4 drives, because these things tend to start small and grow over time. Also make sure there is a fan moving air around the drive area to keep the drives cool. If not, when you work drives hard they get quite hot (50deg C is a bit too hot), and more prone to errors. 

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28 minutes ago, Rob_LC said:

So you have listed only 1x 3TB drive? Until you have at least two drives you may just want to run Linux server as you say.

If you do end up with 2 or more 3TB drives you could change to unRaid or freeNas or whatever then. The SSD would work as a cache/docker storage for unRaid.

I don't know much about your case, but I suggest you buy one that can take at least 3 or 4 drives, because these things tend to start small and grow over time. Also make sure there is a fan moving air around the drive area to keep the drives cool. If not, when you work drives hard they get quite hot (50deg C is a bit too hot), and more prone to errors. 

Again its due to budget restraint. I will be getting a second HDD in the future to start using RAID and ZFS :)

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Ryzen 7 3800X | Asus ROG Strix X570-F Gaming | 16GB Team Group Dark Pro 3600Mhz | Corsair MP600 1TB PCIe Gen 4 | Sapphire 5700 XT Pulse | Corsair H115i Platinum | WD Black 1TB | WD Green 4TB | EVGA SuperNOVA G3 650W | Asus TUF GT501 | Samsung C27HG70 1440p 144hz HDR FreeSync 2 | Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS |

 

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2 hours ago, Energycore said:

Do they have a different model of SSD? The V300 is pretty bad from what I hear.

In the price bracket I'm looking at/ can afford they have...

 

Sandisk V300

Patriot Blast

PNY CS1311

 

After that they jump up by £10 for the same size (120GB) which is just a no go right now, I just had my hours cut at work for the next 2 months while the school I work at has some major works done meaning my budget for this build is severely restricted :(

Main Rig:-

Ryzen 7 3800X | Asus ROG Strix X570-F Gaming | 16GB Team Group Dark Pro 3600Mhz | Corsair MP600 1TB PCIe Gen 4 | Sapphire 5700 XT Pulse | Corsair H115i Platinum | WD Black 1TB | WD Green 4TB | EVGA SuperNOVA G3 650W | Asus TUF GT501 | Samsung C27HG70 1440p 144hz HDR FreeSync 2 | Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS |

 

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Intel NUC running Server 2019 + Synology DSM218+ with 2 x 4TB Toshiba NAS Ready HDDs (RAID0)

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