What do you think of this NAS?

[njmyers3]

I'm new to NAS so what do you think of this build? http://pcpartpicker.com/p/PByg6h What PSU should I get? I plan to use Freenas. Any help is appreciated because I don't really know about NAS building.

[MaxTheMonster]

I think that looks great but I would go with lower capacity hard drives, so instead of 2 4TB, 4 2TB this plays nicer with FreeNas and RAM usage.

 

For PSU, I would get any 500w 80+ Gold, Gold because for a NAS you really do need the reliability, unless you plan to run this 24/7 - In which case I would go for a Redundant PSU - that should work ok.

[Midnitewarrior4]

I'm new to NAS so what do you think of this build? http://pcpartpicker.com/p/PByg6h What PSU should I get? I plan to use Freenas. Any help is appreciated because I don't really know about NAS building.

why the super expensiove mobo ?

[conspiravision]

Don't get a micro ATX mobo.  Your mobo shouldn't be more than you CPU... but That CPU is fine if all you'll be using it for is a NAS.  The case doesn't look bad if you want to scale in the future since there are 8 bays.  Rule of thumb (some call it bro science, but even hardware vendors have told me this) don't go higher than 2TB disks.  After 2TB they are more prone to disk failure, so I'd get 4 2Tb disks instead or just scale up as needed.  

 

I don't use freenas I set up a Samba server for mine, but what you can do(and what I do) is have the root disk be a small laptop hdd or something and then add in the additional disks and create a new volumegroup those guys would share, then create a logical volume for the location of the data.  That will allow you to scan in a new disk and add it to the volumegroup/logical volume as needed.  Without wasting space or having an unneeded amount of space straight off that isn't scalable. 

[GreenEagle]

You should look for a different motherboard. As mentioned above it should not cost more than the CPU. I recommend the ASRock H97M Pro4 for a cheap, packaged with features, non ecc motherboard.