Looking to buy/build power efficient server

[moonlanced]

Hey guys,

 

as the title says, I am looking for a power efficient server. I am in Germany and the electricity cost is rather high.

Now what would I use the server for: Mainly backing up data and plex.

Data wise: a lot of pictures and well, backups.

As for plex: Probably about 3 clients and 1080p, so no transcoding is required. I would guess by running it 24/7 and as a plex server, it would we wise to have ecc memory? Budget wise I would rather not pay more than 300-500€ (without the storage).

 

Would it be a good idea to grab something like an old server from dell? Or maybe build something off of Ryzen?

[Electronics Wizardy]

How much storage do you want?

 

2 minutes ago, moonlanced said:

, it would we wise to have ecc memory?

ECC is always nice to have, but for newer hardware, it might not be cheap.

 

 

Your best bet is something like a used xeon e3(probably can get them cheap), or pentium/i3, or ryzen chip for lower power. All of those will idle under 50w.

[johnny5c]

If you're not doing any heavy transcoding check out the WD My Cloud Pro, my brother has one set up as a Plex server and it only draws around 20 watts under load.

[moonlanced]

1 hour ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

How much storage do you want?

 

I was thinking about 10tb.

 

54 minutes ago, johnny5c said:

WD My Cloud Pro

Thank you! I will check it out

[johnny5c]

13 minutes ago, moonlanced said:

I was thinking about 10tb.

 

Thank you! I will check it out

You could run 4x 4TB drives in RAID 5 for 12TB of usable space and the ability to replace a single drive without loosing any data.

 

https://www.amazon.de/Cloud-PR4100-Leergehäuse-Videotranskodierung-WDBNFA0000NBK-EESN/dp/B01GRFF1JQ/ref=sr_1_4?__mk_de_DE=ÅMÅŽÕÑ&dchild=1&keywords=PR4100&qid=1589181904&sr=8-4

 

 

[Electronics Wizardy]

8 hours ago, moonlanced said:

I was thinking about 10tb.

 

Thank you! I will check it out

Id personlly go synology or qnap for the better softwarae.

 

For 10tb, Id get a2x10tb drives, and run a raid 1, then add more later, lower power, easier to upgrade aswell.

[moonlanced]

7 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Id personlly go synology or qnap for the better softwarae.

 

For 10tb, Id get a2x10tb drives, and run a raid 1, then add more later, lower power, easier to upgrade aswell.

Thank you