Building a new NAS. Need recommendations.

[Oscar F]

I've been putting this off for a while, but my old NAS at home is quite old and I feel like I need something newer.

I have so far picked out some parts, but I'm not sure that they are going to be the most appropriate, so I need some recommendations.

(Mostly gonna use for storing files but also want it for general purpose)

Also, if I have to, I'll spend some money, but trying to keep it on a budget (relatively).

 

Here is what I've been thinking about:

• RAID (either 5 or 6) (open to suggestions) with either 4 or 6 drives.
• Set up an SSD cache to make up for the slow write speeds.
• Separate drive for boot and server software
• Most likely gonna use Ubuntu Server since it is what I've been using for the past 3 years.
• Eventually set-up 10 Gbps with SFP+ fiber adapters.

Parts that I've considered:

• HDD's: Seagate IronWolf
• SSD: Samsung 970 evo
• Raid Card: No idea (Is it better to get a mother board with a lot of SATA ports or a RAID card?)
• Network Card: Not too sure either
• Computer: (I was thinking about a Ryzen build mostly because of all those PCI-e lanes, and that ECC support)(maybe first gen Threadripper since they've gone down in price)
• Network Switch: MikroTik CRS305-1G-4S+IN 

On the software side:

I'm a newbie to RAID, so I need some reading material (forum posts, articles, videos, etc) before attempting it myself.

I also need some info on setting different drives for different partitions.

 

Current Setup:

• Old Dell Optiplex 390, Intel Core i5-2400, 4GB RAM, 4TB HDD (No RAID), 4x Gbps NIC
• Netgear JGS524 24-port Gigabit Network Switch

 

 

[Radium_Angel]

1 hour ago, Oscar F said:

I need something newer.

This may be of some help, just posted yesterday

 

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/03/the-ars-technica-system-guide-winter-2019-the-one-about-the-servers/

 

[Oscar F]

On 3/15/2019 at 4:42 AM, Radium_Angel said:

This may be of some help, just posted yesterday

 

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/03/the-ars-technica-system-guide-winter-2019-the-one-about-the-servers/

 

Awesome! I'll give it a read, thank you!