NAS Specs

[Nerdom]

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Hello there,

I'm working on building and configuring a FreeNAS server right now, but I'm not quite sure where to go with the hardware. Would appreciate any recommendations.

 

General Requirements:

Storage: I'll be starting out with 2x 4tb WD Red drives, but hopefully be adding 2 more in the future (raid 1). 

RAM: I'm going to be going with ECC memory, so that eliminates Intel Core CPUs and possibly Ryzen

 

I'm trying to keep the total cost under $1k USD, so no 28-core Xeon for me lol

 

Thanks in advance

Edited January 28, 2019 by Nerdom
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[Tristerin]

3 minutes ago, Nerdom said:

**FYI Just realized there is a section for this, am blind. Not sure how to delete a post though.**

Hello there,

I'm working on building and configuring a FreeNAS server right now, but I'm not quite sure where to go with the hardware. Would appreciate any recommendations.

 

General Requirements:

Storage: I'll be starting out with 2x 4tb WD Red drives, but hopefully be adding 2 more in the future (raid 1). 

RAM: I'm going to be going with ECC memory, so that eliminates Intel Core CPUs and possibly Ryzen

 

I'm trying to keep the total cost under $1k USD, so no 28-core Xeon for me lol

 

Thanks in advance

You are looking for a personal NAS for?  If pictures, videos, etc than very very overkill (1k USD, or a Xeon, or a Ryzen etc even).  Depending on what you are wanting to accomplish will help us suggest a NAS.

 

I have two NAS - one is a drive connected via USB to my Router, the other is a PC converted to a NAS (I paid $140 for it, i5 3470 and other stuffs - its amazing as a NAS but I just keep pictures videos and can steamlink off it if I want)

[Radium_Angel]

6 minutes ago, Nerdom said:

Thanks in advance

You are over thinking this. You want simple, low power, reliable. Buy a dedicated NAS, and be happy.

 

[LukeSavenije]

it depends, for a storage server, even a atom would be enough for most people

 

otherwise i would suggest a nice ryzen or second hand xeon

[BLLDoesTech]

any quad processor (if you're using FreeNAS you must have an Intel CPU), 8GB of memory, and a good PSU

[soulreaper11207]

Raspberry Pi and OMV. Or if you want something to sit on a littl more powerful hardware, Ubuntu server. Both are in their rights to be enterprise capable server os's.I'm running my Ubuntu os on an older i7-4510U with 8 gb of ram and 6 tb of storage via a usb 3.1 external drive bay.Not a lot of power needs unless you want to host enterprise level programs, docker everything, and support hundreds of end users.