Yet another NAS hardware question.

[Skevans]

So i just recently started following the YouTube channel and it has given me the inclination to try to build a piece of hardware for myself. I already have a solid machine for daily use so i have decided to try my hand at a NAS. After looking through the interwebs for different builds i seem to have settled on the following Pieces. The only piece i haven't decided on is the motherboard, there is so much going on in the description  i am at a loss as to what i need and what i don't. What i am trying to accomplish is a storage solution for me and family that don't live with me, i want to be able to keep our music, photos,and movies together and have different directories for each person to store important files. So internet access is going to be important. I am leaning towards raid 5 for this set up, but am open to objections  or better solutions. so here is the hardware that i am thinking about. And thanks ahead of time.

------I am planning on 4 of the 3TB HD's------------

[GDRRiley]

Raid 5 would be ok, do you care where you order parts from?

[Skevans]

Not particularly, i like amazon because of how quick i get everything but i can order from wherever needed.

[GDRRiley]

1 minute ago, Skevans said:

Not particularly, i like amazon because of how quick i get everything but i can order from wherever needed.

ok then that opens up a lot more places to get parts from.

[GDRRiley]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/GwDg8d that is what I got

[LittleCarrot]

Just now, Skevans said:

Not particularly, i like amazon because of how quick i get everything but i can order from wherever needed.

Wouldn't a service like Google Drive be best? I have herd Synology makes good things too. Here is a review by a respected youtuber: 

 

[GDRRiley]

3 minutes ago, LittleCarrot said:

Wouldn't a service like Google Drive be best? I have herd Synology makes good things too. Here is a review by a respected youtuber: 

 

did you look at how much the enclose costs. 1000$$$

[MoonlightSylv]

1 minute ago, LittleCarrot said:

Wouldn't a service like Google Drive be best? I have herd Synology makes good things too. Here is a review by a respected youtuber: 

 

There are a lot of reasons to get a NAS over a cloud service.

[Skevans]

1 minute ago, ShadowTechXTS said:

There are a lot of reasons to get a NAS over a cloud service.

Yea...What they said. a grand for just the enclosure is way to mush for me. Thanks for the link, it looks cool. Just expensive.

[LittleCarrot]

Just now, GDRRiley said:

did you look at how much the enclose costs. 1000$$$

They make other products. That was an example.

Just now, ShadowTechXTS said:

There are a lot of reasons to get a NAS over a cloud service.

He said there would be people from different homes accessing this NAS. Making speed dependent on his internet connection.

[MoonlightSylv]

1 minute ago, LittleCarrot said:

He said there would be people from different homes accessing this NAS. Making speed dependent on his internet connection.

Didn't notice that

[GDRRiley]

Just now, LittleCarrot said:

They make other products. That was an example.

He said there would be people from different homes accessing this NAS. Making speed dependent on his internet connection.

Nothing they make is cheep it is all really expensive. The enclose itself costs more then the build I planed out.  

[Skevans]

Just now, LittleCarrot said:

They make other products. That was an example.

He said there would be people from different homes accessing this NAS. Making speed dependent on his internet connection.

Correct and correct. They do make other products but the only ones that i would be able to afford are going to have to few bays. And with the volume of stuff we will be storing i don't want to pay for the web storage option.

[Skevans]

10 minutes ago, GDRRiley said:

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/GwDg8d that is what I got

Thanks for the build, a few questions. Will i have enough ports on the board? Do you think it is safe to go with the Toshiba drives over WD or Seagate? an extra 100 isn't going to bother me. But thanks for the build. I didn't even know that site existed

[GDRRiley]

17 hours ago, Skevans said:

Thanks for the build, a few questions. Will i have enough ports on the board? Do you think it is safe to go with the Toshiba drives over WD or Seagate? an extra 100 isn't going to bother me. But thanks for the build. I didn't even know that site existed

yes Toshiba drives should be fine but if you got the money get some WD reds http://pcpartpicker.com/part/western-digital-internal-hard-drive-wd30efrx. the motherboard has 4 ports and has a mini PCIe for a wireless card. also if you need more sata ports you can buy a 1x raid card with 4 ports. 

The site is used buy many YouTubers and by everyone on the forum, it is supper helpful.

[cgtechuk]

Depends where you are but you can get a built and good to go unit to just add drives to the HP Microserver G1610T 

 

Usually around the £200 mark and it comes with the RAID /JBOD, ILO, Silent Operation, Low power usage, Headless Operation etc, Worth a shot given that the parts you listed include the processor that is already in the machine (Also upgradeable) 

 

If you are in the uk http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/hp-proliant-microserver-gen8-celeron-dual-core-4gb-110-after-55-cashback-165-serverplus-2396185 but if you arent it gives you an idea .