Plex and backup NAS

[Moharmate]

I will be getting my tax back soon and was thinking of building a nas that i can use to store all my movies, tv shows and use as a second backup location for my computer (win8) as well as a time machine for the macs in the house.

 

I was planing on using freenas and i want roughly 4 to 6 Tb of storage that i can also use a Plex media server so i don't have to have my machine running 24/7.

 

For the drives im going to go with WD reds but im not sure weather to go 2x4Tb in raid 1 or 3/4 in raid5/6

 

The parts that i have chosen are

 

CPU:INTEL Pentium-G3258 

 

RAM:KINGSTON KTH-PL313E/8G

 

PSU:SEASONIC G 450W

 

MOBO:not sure but guessing supermicro (what would be recommended?)

 

CASE:antec 300 (already own)

 

COOLER:H60 (already own)

 

 

 

I am budgeting around $800-900aud for the components and then whatever the HDDs cost on top

[ShadowCaptain]

 

 

I am budgeting around $800-900aud for the components and then whatever the HDDs cost on top

 

 

Something like this? you need something more powerful for PLEX as it transcodes 

 

Use the case and cooler that you have

 

I like RAID10 so this gives you 6tb of  fast space which is then mirrored , this way you can support 2 drive failures

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($205.00 @ Mwave Australia) 

Motherboard: ASRock H87M Pro4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($130.00 @ Centre Com) 

Memory: Kingston Fury Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($94.00 @ Centre Com) 

Storage: Western Digital Red 3TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($155.00 @ Centre Com) 

Storage: Western Digital Red 3TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($155.00 @ Centre Com) 

Storage: Western Digital Red 3TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($155.00 @ Centre Com) 

Storage: Western Digital Red 3TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($155.00 @ Centre Com) 

Power Supply: Corsair CSM 450W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($99.00 @ PCCaseGear) 

Total: $1148.00

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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[wpirobotbuilder]

I was planing on using freenas and i want roughly 4 to 6 Tb of storage that i can also use a Plex media server so i don't have to have my machine running 24/7.

 

I highly recommend FreeNAS. It has a really good built-in Plex server, can generate network shares for backups, and can generate AFP shares for time machine backup.

 

It is more difficult to work with than the average NAS operating system, but I recommend trying it for yourself.

[ZacDaMan72]

I must be the only one here with a standalone NAS... For Plex, get an i5 and a H97/H97m board.

[Moharmate]

Thanks for your help.

 

ShadowCaptain i like your suggestion and i think that i'll probably go with it.

 

Where would you suggest that i go for how to set up FreeNAS, I know TekSyndicate has a video on it and thats what made me want to get a nas in the first place, but for things like setting up nightly backups where should i go for instruction on how to get that set up?

 

And also ECC memory or not?

[hannson]

 

I like RAID10 so this gives you 6tb of  fast space which is then mirrored , this way you can support 2 drive failures

Isn't this only the case when the failing drives are not in the same mirror?

 

FreeNAS is very simple to set up due to it's webinterface and huge community. I'd have a look at their forums, I'm quite certain everything you need to know has been explained there a hundred times already