New NAS ECC ram

[samladin86]

This will be my first time building a NAS and Just want to make sure that I get the correct ram this is what I have so far 

Asrock ab350 pro4

ryzen 3 2200g

(2) 250GB Samsung 850 SSD to use in raid 1 

(3) 8tb WD red drives

an old cool master case that is collecting dust

now the only thing I don't have is ram which reading everyone seems to say go with ecc ram what would be a ecc ram that would be compatible with this setup

 

[sazrocks]

Why do you need an APU for a NAS?

[themctipers]

ecc ram works with xeons and server grade components, not consumer components.

[sazrocks]

Just now, themctipers said:

ecc ram works with xeons and server grade components, not consumer components.

IIRC, technically ryzen supports ECC ram, just motherboards don't often seem to have support.

[samladin86]

originally was going to use that cpu to do a bit of gaming but at this point I have decide it I rather have a nas 

[sazrocks]

Just now, samladin86 said:

originally was going to use that cpu to do a bit of gaming but at this point I have decide it I rather have a nas 

Ah ok. What NAS OS are you going to be running?

[samladin86]

3 minutes ago, themctipers said:

ecc ram works with xeons and server grade components, not consumer components.

that's my confusion i see according to the motherboard specs ecc memory is supported and also ryzen unofficial support and with all the reading i done see that everyone suggest using ecc ram for nas thats why I'm reaching out for guidance

[samladin86]

3 minutes ago, sazrocks said:

Ah ok. What NAS OS are you going to be running?

I'm still in between using unraid or freenas, but at the moment i'm leaning toward unraid

[sazrocks]

3 minutes ago, samladin86 said:

that's my confusion i see according to the motherboard specs ecc memory is supported and also ryzen unofficial support and with all the reading i done see that everyone suggest using ecc ram for nas thats why I'm reaching out for guidance

Theoretically it should work and other people have been able to get it working on your board.

See this:

Specifically this comment:

 

[Electronics Wizardy]

15 minutes ago, samladin86 said:

This will be my first time building a NAS and Just want to make sure that I get the correct ram this is what I have so far 

Asrock ab350 pro4

ryzen 3 2200g

(2) 250GB Samsung 850 SSD to use in raid 1 

(3) 8tb WD red drives

an old cool master case that is collecting dust

now the only thing I don't have is ram which reading everyone seems to say go with ecc ram what would be a ecc ram that would be compatible with this setup

 

A intel pentium would work better here they also have ecc support.

 

What OS?

 

What are the ssds for?

 

You really don't need ecc for a desktop, its very unlikely to make a difference.

 

 

[samladin86]

3 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

A intel pentium would work better here they also have ecc support.

 

What OS?

 

What are the ssds for?

 

You really don't need ecc for a desktop, its very unlikely to make a difference.

 

 

Thanks for the tip and I have already had read that intel would work better but I already have this hardware and don't want to spend more money on more hardware. also I'm thinking of using unraid and plex and reading and looking at videos see that people suggest for cache aswell

[samladin86]

10 minutes ago, sazrocks said:

Theoretically it should work and other people have been able to get it working on your board.

See this:

Specifically this comment:

 

thanks for the info I appreciate it 

[sazrocks]

9 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

What OS?

Already asked and answered.

15 minutes ago, samladin86 said:

I'm still in between using unraid or freenas, but at the moment i'm leaning toward unraid

 

13 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

What are the ssds for?

Caching.

14 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

You really don't need ecc for a desktop, its very unlikely to make a difference.

How did you get "desktop" from NAS?

[Electronics Wizardy]

4 minutes ago, sazrocks said:

Already asked and answered.

 

Gonna answer for unraid.

 

4 minutes ago, sazrocks said:

Caching.

Won't make a difference on a gigabit network for normal nas tasks. What are you using the nas for?

 

5 minutes ago, sazrocks said:

How did you get "desktop" from NAS?

OOps ment nas.

 

Really you don't need ecc, it won't make a difference for a home server.

[Electronics Wizardy]

12 minutes ago, samladin86 said:

Thanks for the tip and I have already had read that intel would work better but I already have this hardware and don't want to spend more money on more hardware. also I'm thinking of using unraid and plex and reading and looking at videos see that people suggest for cache aswell

Update on the cache

 

Unraid is very slow for the main array.

 

The cache helps for things like plex, but for a smaller collection, you really don't need the ssds. Raid is a bit overkill for the cache in my view, but you can spend the extra if you want.

 

Get  860's or mx500 unless you already have the ssds.

[sazrocks]

Just now, Electronics Wizardy said:

Really you don't need ecc, it won't make a difference for a home server.

I mean, if the OP wants extra data reliability, then what is wrong with that? And I would argue that, even if the chance of error is very small, ECC ram definitely does make a difference by preventing that one error that corrupts the very important file saved to the server. 

[Electronics Wizardy]

Just now, sazrocks said:

I mean, if the OP wants extra data reliability, then what is wrong with that? And I would argue that, even if the chance of error is very small, ECC ram definitely does make a difference by preventing that one error that corrupts the very important file saved to the server. 

Its nor for reliability, its for data intergrtity.

 

Also get backups, Its much better to have backups that a better server.

[samladin86]

4 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Update on the cache

 

Unraid is very slow for the main array.

 

The cache helps for things like plex, but for a smaller collection, you really don't need the ssds. Raid is a bit overkill for the cache in my view, but you can spend the extra if you want.

 

Get  860's or mx500 unless you already have the ssds.

I actually already have them 

[Electronics Wizardy]

Just now, samladin86 said:

I actually already have them 

Then looks good, should work well here. Unraid works well for your use.

[sazrocks]

1 minute ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Its nor for reliability, its for data intergrtity.

 

Also get backups, Its much better to have backups that a better server.

Reliability, integrity, you get my point. I was searching for the right word but couldn't find it so went with reliability instead.

 

Of course one should always have backups, but backups don't help when the data was corrupted upon being saved to the server.

[samladin86]

Thanks everyone for your input seems like I'm purchasing ecc ram 

[Electronics Wizardy]

Just now, samladin86 said:

Thanks everyone for your input seems like I'm purchasing ecc ram 

Make sure to get unbuffered, registered or LR ram won't work.

 

Just because it boots doesn't mean ecc is enabled, check for that.

[samladin86]

1 minute ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Make sure to get unbuffered, registered or LR ram won't work.

 

Just because it boots doesn't mean ecc is enabled, check for that.

Thanks for the tip