FreeNas to a ?

[Scott17818]

I am currently running an old desktop as a FreeNAS box specs are

 

Basically a dell XPS 400

1.86ghtz dual core Pentium D

4gb ram, (yes I know below the Freenas specs but it works ok....)

2- 2tb WD drives

1- 16gb sandisk USB stick (FreeNAS OS)

1- 10/100 NIC

 

I currently run Freenas 9.2 with Plex Media Server, and eventually plan to run owncloud, transmission, and crashplan for multiple laptop, as well as CIFS/NFS shares

 

so far the system works ok, but I plan to eventually run video editing, as well as storage and can notice quite a bit of lag in the server when attempting to transcode videos at anything higher than 720p.

 

My plan is for a low wattage system, as it will mostly just sit there ready to distro videos to my PS3/PS4/chromecast/phones. and recieve weekly backups of 2 laptops (1tb max capacity each)

 

as I have read I would like:

 

*quad core CPU running better than 2.6ghz

*16+gb ram

*USB, or M.2/SSD 8-16gb, unless I run ubuntu server w/GUI installed. then I will run a 240gb (OS only)

*8- 2tb disks in a raid 5 array. ( i know not energy efficient), but gives me parity & potential 16tb storage.

 

any thoughts? I've been out of the hardware loop for quite a while, no idea whats out there now that would be suitable.

 

 

 

 

 

[Cvdasfg]

I am currently running an old desktop as a FreeNAS box specs are

 

Basically a dell XPS 400

1.86ghtz dual core Pentium D

4gb ram, (yes I know below the Freenas specs but it works ok....)

2- 2tb WD drives

1- 16gb sandisk USB stick (FreeNAS OS)

1- 10/100 NIC

 

I currently run Freenas 9.2 with Plex Media Server, and eventually plan to run owncloud, transmission, and crashplan for multiple laptop, as well as CIFS/NFS shares

 

so far the system works ok, but I plan to eventually run video editing, as well as storage and can notice quite a bit of lag in the server when attempting to transcode videos at anything higher than 720p.

 

My plan is for a low wattage system, as it will mostly just sit there ready to distro videos to my PS3/PS4/chromecast/phones. and recieve weekly backups of 2 laptops (1tb max capacity each)

 

as I have read I would like:

 

*quad core CPU running better than 2.6ghz

*16+gb ram

*USB, or M.2/SSD 8-16gb, unless I run ubuntu server w/GUI installed. then I will run a 240gb (OS only)

*8- 2tb disks in a raid 5 array. ( i know not energy efficient), but gives me parity & potential 16tb storage.

 

any thoughts? I've been out of the hardware loop for quite a while, no idea whats out there now that would be suitable.

Sounds good to me

 

If your going FreeNAS ECC ram is a MUST so get a xeon proccessor. Read up on it if you like. With FreeNAS if you dont use ECC you will lose your data at some point.. may be a long time may be two hours into it but you will. If you dont believe me look it up. Developers even say that

 

Goodluck! Freenas is awesome on server hardware.

 

I'd go with a xeon, supermicro board ( awesome server boards)  16-32 gigs of ecc ram, raid 5 like you said, and of  course a UPS .

 

Goodluck! 

[Scott17818]

I was thinking the same getting a Xeon, but am being told with the older quad core x??? cpus, they are power hogs.. was literally looking into an old Dell 2950 dual Xeon 3.0ghz 16gb server box, the prices were unreal ($250 for a full server minus HDD's..)... was literally sold until I reviewed some videos of those booting up, and the power draw at idle..

[Cvdasfg]

I was thinking the same getting a Xeon, but am being told with the older quad core x??? cpus, they are power hogs.. was literally looking into an old Dell 2950 dual Xeon 3.0ghz 16gb server box, the prices were unreal ($250 for a full server minus HDD's..)... was literally sold until I reviewed some videos of those booting up, and the power draw at idle..

old servers are for sure power hogs. MAJOR. Thats why they are so cheap

 

I have a freenas server and love it. Doesnt use much power. I can post specs if youd like.

 

EDIT: can you link me to what your looking at? ( old server dell thing)

[Scott17818]

https://www.google.com/aclk?sa=l&ai=CY0b_qA6oVoXYD9SefsqXp1j3mLXlCL-t162dAfnRoczjAggJEBAg3s3PHigUYMnWpImMpNQPoAHjjOL8A8gBB6oEJk_QWmtaaw-X-Z10pHx3VxK-Z0NZptyOWaAhSy_QqhnEEwk2EpVWwAUFoAYmgAe38aIskAcDqAemvhvYBwHgEq7buMz5247iMA&sig=AOD64_2hBxfoG_TVeOu6587_kpdAazw6nw&ctype=5&clui=36&q=&ved=0ahUKEwiR4JnN3cjKAhVJ4D4KHSSvA2sQ2CkI9gcwEA&adurl=http://clickserve.dartsearch.net/link/click%3Flid%3D92700007196162505%26ds_s_kwgid%3D58700000368691990%26ds_e_adid%3D42222142543%26ds_e_product_group_id%3D95454521593%26ds_e_product_id%3D9SIA8SZ3NR8364%26ds_e_product_merchant_id%3D105545998%26ds_e_product_country%3DUS%26ds_e_product_language%3Den%26ds_e_product_channel%3Donline%26ds_e_product_store_id%3D%26ds_e_ad_type%3Dpla%26ds_s_inventory_feed_id%3D97700000001004293%26ds_url_v%3D2%26ds_dest_url%3Dhttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx%3FItem%3D9SIA8SZ3NR8364%26nm_mc%3DKNC-GoogleMKP-PC%26cm_mmc%3DKNC-GoogleMKP-PC-_-pla-_-Server%252FWorkstation%2BSystems-_-9SIA8SZ3NR8364

 

this ones a bit cheaper, but it's a lot of machine for one going from what I had. 

[Scott17818]

let me know what you have, and if there are any changes you would make to it.. I.E. more ram, faster CPU.. etc.. 

 

kind of thinking it'd be nice to have ubuntu server, and run plex on top of ubuntu. but I like the simplicity of WEB GUI on freenas, have had a few issues with it, but so easy to rebuild & doa  fresh install when having CIFS sharing issues. let me know what you think, never played with ubuntu server.. 

[Scott17818]

so I've been looking online at prices, and the possibility of using a i7 processor with large amounts of ram, went on a hunt on craigslist and was able to come up with a few options.

 

found this:

 

Cooler Master HAF Case
Intel Core i7-3770K Quad-Core Processor 3.5 GHz 8 MB Cache
2X Gigabyte AMD Radeon HD 7970 OC 3GB GDDR5 Graphics Cards
DVD RW Drive
250 Gb SSD
16 Gb DDR3 RAM
Gigabyte Intel Z77 LGA 1155 AMD CrossFireX/NVIDIA SLI DVI/HDMI/DisplayPort Dual UEFI BIOS mATX Motherboard 

 

$400

 

the case alone still sells for about $150, and the 3770 is no slouch either. albeit it is on an older Z77 board. but an upgrade is not out of the question. and the case will fit what I have planned. as far as ECC memory support on that board I dunno, haven't looked to far into it. but I may just run it as a workstation with ubuntu, and run plex in the background. we'll have to see if it's still available

[maxtch]

Base on what generation processor you are using you may not need a Xeon for ECC.

Somehow there are a lot of used Asus P5BV-C available on sale out there and that board will work with a consumer processor and ECC RAM at the same time (my NASter rig uses Core 2 Quad Q9300 and 8GB of ECC RAM on Asus P5BV-C)

For drives I would suggest you get a proper RAID card and use a proper RAID array as long as a backup solution. My RAID card saved my NASter multiple times already, from both human error and disk errors. Those used IBM-branded LSI 9260-8i are super reliable albeit being slightly expensive, but if you don't mind your spinning platters being throttled to SATA 3Gb/s speeds you can get a used HP P410 which is even cheaper. Remember to get the BBU if you can.

Here is the complete configuration for my NASter combined NAS and router machine. Feel free to copy this taking a grain of salt:

• Motherboard: Asus P5BV-C (bought used)
• CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 (inherited from another rig)
• Memory: 4x Micron 2GB DDR2-800 ECC (bought new, you should get used ones instead)
• RAID card: Adaptec 6805 (not a good RAID card per sé, but it can drive my modified Winsonic disk enclosure. You may be better off getting that used LSI 9260-8i or HP P410i instead)
• Disk enclosure: Winsonic MP501 passive enclosure (modified to be driven by the Adaptec 6805 card, entirely optional unless you want disk hot plugging)
• Hard disk drives: 2x WD Red 3TB (bought new,) 1x HGST Ultrastar 5K3000 3TB (took out of my Apple Time Capsule, you may want to go for three WD Reds instead, maybe four)
• Network interface cards: 1x Intel i82576EB PCIe x4 dual GbE (bought used,) 1x Intel i82546EB PCI dual GbE (brand new,) 1x Ralink RT5360 PCI Wireless-N (pulled out of my NIC bucket,) 2x onboard Marvell 88E8052 PCIe x1 GbE
• Chassis: unbranded, decade-old mid tower

[Scott17818]

Looking into building this piece by piece.... will be my main desktop/workstation. and I can dual boot with ubuntu.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($411.88 @ OutletPC) 
CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock 3 67.8 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler  ($63.99 @ NCIX US) 
Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($162.99 @ Directron) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($104.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($121.98 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 2GB SuperSC ACX 2.0+ Video Card  ($174.99 @ NCIX US) 
Case: Thermaltake Chaser A71 ATX Full Tower Case  ($117.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: Corsair 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($121.01 @ Amazon) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro OEM (64-bit)  ($124.78 @ B&H) 
Total: $1404.60
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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