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Current situation:

I have 3 x 1TB WD Black HDDs in my be quiet 700 case alongside my 500GB SSD.

 

HDDs are too loud and cause case rattle so much so that I have disconnected them for now.

 

What I need:

A NAS with 4TB storage (mirrored so 8TB total) that I can have in a separate room so I don't have to hear it.

 

I have had a look at off the shelf options from the likes of WD and Synology, but they don't really have glowing reviews. Most people seems to be of the opinion that the backup software doesn't work properly.

 

Can anyone please recommend me a solution? Budget of no more than £300. Most bang for the lowest buck the better.

 

Also if I could repurpose my current 1TB HDDs that would be good.

 

Thanks guys!

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4 minutes ago, GoldenLeaf said:

Budget of no more than £300

Without the disks I assume?

CPU: Ryzen 7 9800X3D Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 Black Mobo: Gigabyte X870E Aorus Pro GPU: Sapphire Nitro+ 9070 XT RAM: G.Skill 2x16GB @ 6400 MHz SSD: PNY XLR8 2TB PSU: Corsair RM1000x Case: Fractal Design North Monitor 1: Asus XG27AQWMG(280Hz) Monitor 2: Asus VG259QM (240Hz)

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Unraid Server

CPU: Ryzen 5 7600 Cooler: Noctua NH-U12S Mobo: Asus B650E-i RAM: Kingston Server Premier ECC 2x32GB (DDR5) SSD: Samsung 980 2x1TB HDD: Toshiba MG09 1x18TB; Toshiba MG08 2x16TB HDD Controller: LSI 9207-8i PSU: Corsair SF750 Case: Node 304

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24 minutes ago, GoldenLeaf said:

That's why I mentioned if possible to reuse my current HDDs because if I have to get 2x 4TB HDDs also that would be another £200. What do you think?

The smallest disk will determine the maximum amount of storage used for each disk.

Even by building your own NAS you would overshoot a budget of £300.

CPU: Ryzen 7 9800X3D Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 Black Mobo: Gigabyte X870E Aorus Pro GPU: Sapphire Nitro+ 9070 XT RAM: G.Skill 2x16GB @ 6400 MHz SSD: PNY XLR8 2TB PSU: Corsair RM1000x Case: Fractal Design North Monitor 1: Asus XG27AQWMG(280Hz) Monitor 2: Asus VG259QM (240Hz)

I usually edit my posts immediately after posting them, as I don't check for typos before pressing the shiny SUBMIT button.

Unraid Server

CPU: Ryzen 5 7600 Cooler: Noctua NH-U12S Mobo: Asus B650E-i RAM: Kingston Server Premier ECC 2x32GB (DDR5) SSD: Samsung 980 2x1TB HDD: Toshiba MG09 1x18TB; Toshiba MG08 2x16TB HDD Controller: LSI 9207-8i PSU: Corsair SF750 Case: Node 304

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6 minutes ago, Nocte said:

The smallest disk will determine the maximum amount of storage used for each disk.

Even by building your own NAS you would overshoot a budget of £300.

Dang! What would be the lowest amount you would recommend spending to get a reliable NAS to suit my requirements?

 

Any suggestions for off the shelf or DIY? I have never built one before though. I am fine building PCs, but have no experience with NAS software.

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29 minutes ago, GoldenLeaf said:

Dang! What would be the lowest amount you would recommend spending to get a reliable NAS to suit my requirements?

 

Any suggestions for off the shelf or DIY? I have never built one before though. I am fine building PCs, but have no experience with NAS software.

I mean, it's like building a PC but with more HDDs and less computing power than your average PC.

DIY:

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU Intel - Celeron G4900 3.1 GHz Dual-Core Processor £54.40 @ Alza
Motherboard Gigabyte - H310N Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard £73.63 @ CCL Computers
Memory Kingston - ValueRAM 8 GB (1 x 8 GB) DDR4-2400 Memory £29.99 @ Amazon UK
Storage Gigabyte - 120 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive £16.49 @ Amazon UK
Storage Western Digital - Red 4 TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive £106.90 @ CCL Computers
Storage Western Digital - Red 4 TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive £106.90 @ CCL Computers
Case Thermaltake - Core V1 Mini ITX Desktop Case £36.38 @ Amazon UK
Power Supply be quiet! - Pure Power 11 350 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply £43.39 @ Amazon UK
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total £468.08
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-05-12 19:47 BST+0100  

 

"Cheap" off-the-shelf (diskless) I found:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/QNAP-TS-231P-Attached-Enclosure-Compliant/dp/B01MFEH9EL/ref=sr_1_9?keywords=qnap&qid=1557686842&s=gateway&sr=8-9

CPU: Ryzen 7 9800X3D Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 Black Mobo: Gigabyte X870E Aorus Pro GPU: Sapphire Nitro+ 9070 XT RAM: G.Skill 2x16GB @ 6400 MHz SSD: PNY XLR8 2TB PSU: Corsair RM1000x Case: Fractal Design North Monitor 1: Asus XG27AQWMG(280Hz) Monitor 2: Asus VG259QM (240Hz)

I usually edit my posts immediately after posting them, as I don't check for typos before pressing the shiny SUBMIT button.

Unraid Server

CPU: Ryzen 5 7600 Cooler: Noctua NH-U12S Mobo: Asus B650E-i RAM: Kingston Server Premier ECC 2x32GB (DDR5) SSD: Samsung 980 2x1TB HDD: Toshiba MG09 1x18TB; Toshiba MG08 2x16TB HDD Controller: LSI 9207-8i PSU: Corsair SF750 Case: Node 304

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33 minutes ago, Nocte said:

I mean, it's like building a PC but with more HDDs and less computing power than your average PC.

DIY:

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU Intel - Celeron G4900 3.1 GHz Dual-Core Processor £54.40 @ Alza
Motherboard Gigabyte - H310N Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard £73.63 @ CCL Computers
Memory Kingston - ValueRAM 8 GB (1 x 8 GB) DDR4-2400 Memory £29.99 @ Amazon UK
Storage Gigabyte - 120 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive £16.49 @ Amazon UK
Storage Western Digital - Red 4 TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive £106.90 @ CCL Computers
Storage Western Digital - Red 4 TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive £106.90 @ CCL Computers
Case Thermaltake - Core V1 Mini ITX Desktop Case £36.38 @ Amazon UK
Power Supply be quiet! - Pure Power 11 350 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply £43.39 @ Amazon UK
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total £468.08
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-05-12 19:47 BST+0100  

 

"Cheap" off-the-shelf (diskless) I found:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/QNAP-TS-231P-Attached-Enclosure-Compliant/dp/B01MFEH9EL/ref=sr_1_9?keywords=qnap&qid=1557686842&s=gateway&sr=8-9

Thanks for the suggestion, dude. I'll have to try and see if my budget could stretch to this. Do you have any suggestions for what NAS software to run on this? Again, I have no experience of this and have never ran a raid set-up either.

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16 hours ago, GoldenLeaf said:

Thanks for the suggestion, dude. I'll have to try and see if my budget could stretch to this. Do you have any suggestions for what NAS software to run on this? Again, I have no experience of this and have never ran a raid set-up either.

Buy a used computer even one from 5 years ago should work, or if you can find a cheap server board they work too and they shouldn't be expensive at all, for nas software you can look at FreeNas and XigmaNAS but only if you are planning on using the system for nas only.

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