Office FreeNas Build

[Uonze]

Just considering building a NAS for the office. I work in Portugal in a web and mobile development company, with around 15 people, mostly developers and three 2d designers.  

We need a NAS for storage, 6TB should be enough for now and the near future. I figured out a DIY FreeNas Server is cheaper and reliable option. 

The budget is no more than 800$. What do you guys think about this build for RAIDZ1 (6TB usable space)?

 

CPU: AMD A6-6400K 3.9GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($57.99 @ Amazon) 

Motherboard: Asus F2A85-M2 Micro ATX FM2 Motherboard  ($83.98 @ Newegg) 

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($149.99 @ NCIX US) 

Storage: Western Digital Red 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($98.00 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Western Digital Red 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($98.00 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Western Digital Red 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($98.00 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Western Digital Red 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($98.00 @ Amazon) 

Case: Cooler Master Elite 430 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($29.99 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply: Corsair CSM 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($69.99 @ TigerDirect) 

Total: $783.94

 

 

[bry.yyyy]

 

Just considering building a NAS for the office. I work in Portugal in a web and mobile development company, with around 15 people, mostly developers and three 2d designers.  

We need a NAS for storage, 6TB should be enough for now and the near future. I figured out a DIY FreeNas Server is cheaper and reliable option. 

The budget is no more than 800$. What do you guys think about this build for RAIDZ1 (6TB usable space)?

 

 

 

CPU: AMD A6-6400K 3.9GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($57.99 @ Amazon) 

Motherboard: Asus F2A85-M2 Micro ATX FM2 Motherboard  ($83.98 @ Newegg) 

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($149.99 @ NCIX US) 

Storage: Western Digital Red 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($98.00 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Western Digital Red 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($98.00 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Western Digital Red 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($98.00 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Western Digital Red 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($98.00 @ Amazon) 

Case: Cooler Master Elite 430 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($29.99 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply: Corsair CSM 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($69.99 @ TigerDirect) 

Total: $783.94

 

go with A10

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: AMD A10-7700K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($119.99 @ Micro Center) 

Motherboard: ASRock FM2A88X Extreme4+ ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($60.99 @ Newegg) 

Memory: A-Data XPG V2 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($152.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Seagate  6TB 3.5" 5900RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($299.99 @ B&H) 

Case: Fractal Design Core 3500 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($54.99 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($39.99 @ Micro Center) 

Total: $728.94

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-08 09:49 EDT-0400

[hannson]

Isn't RaidZ1 powers of 2 + 1 parity? Four drives wouldn't work, you could do RaidZ2 with 4 drives, so 4TB would be usable.

[bry.yyyy]

Intel build with LGA 1155 (I Will make the i5 LGA 1150 If it possible)

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-3330 3.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($184.98 @ SuperBiiz) 

Motherboard: ASRock B75 Pro3 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard  ($75.99 @ Amazon) 

Memory: A-Data XPG V2 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($152.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Seagate  6TB 3.5" 5900RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($299.99 @ B&H) 

Case: Fractal Design Core 3500 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($54.99 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($39.99 @ Micro Center) 

Total: $808.93

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-08 09:52 EDT-0400

[bry.yyyy]

LGA 1150 And better with this and throw amd 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($159.99 @ Micro Center) 

Motherboard: ASRock B85 Pro4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($69.99 @ Amazon) 

Memory: A-Data XPG V2 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($152.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Seagate  6TB 3.5" 5900RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($299.99 @ B&H) 

Case: Fractal Design Core 3500 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($54.99 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($39.99 @ Micro Center) 

Total: $777.94

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-08 09:54 EDT-0400

[bry.yyyy]

don't ask me for that RAID Thing cause i don't use RAID

[hannson]

You should also consider using ecc-ram. your cpu choice would then be highly reduced because a lot of consumer stuff doesn't support ecc.

[Captain_Slow]

Intergraded raid controllers STINKS donkey.

 

also if it's for business use I HIGHLY DO NOT recommend a diy as you have zero support and you dont wanna be the guy on the grill when it goes south

 

do yourself a favor and get a synology.

 

also go with 3tb drives. you can get 3 of them and do synology hybrid raid and have 6tb storage.

 

a DS412+ is 650 at ncix, i didnt look but you may be able to find one for a bit cheaper.

 

3tb red is 140 each.

 

knocks over your budget but it will be safer.

[Captain_Slow]

also guys stop providing faster processors with a single HDD, that's not the point of a nas.

[Uonze]

Thank you Captain_Slow, the Synology is a good alternative, a litlle more expensive, but yeah the garantee may worth it.

 

Yeah, NAS with a single drive doesn't make much sense for HD failure protection...

[Dorian_WD]

Hey there, since you are also considering buying a NAS device, I could suggest you to take a look at the WD My Cloud EX4.

It is a four-bay NAS device, which will fit your needs. You can get it with 4 WD Red drives, specifically designed for home and small office NAS systems.

The EX4 supports a capacity of up to 16 TB and a RAID 0, 1 or JBOD can easily be set up. You can find some more info here:

http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.aspx?id=1170#Tab3

 

Hope this helps. 

Cheers, Dorian_WD