Posted February 28, 2016 Hey guys, currently building a NAS for my business and looking for some of your help. I'm currently looking for a case for this build and wondering if you guys can help. Also if you guys want to help suggest other components for this build is very helpful. Use of this NAS is to help store information such as documents files and soon to also store surveillance camera footage, but primarily used for document storage for a healthcare facility PartPicker: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/9vFsyc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted February 28, 2016 With only 2x 2tb hdds, you definitely dont need that much CPU processing power. Here is a nas build that I use for clients. You can load a piece of nas software called xpenology. It's basically the synology dsm software with a modded kernel to support basically any hardware. My native language is C++ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted February 28, 2016 Author 3 minutes ago, Kyle Manning said: With only 2x 2tb hdds, you definitely dont need that much CPU processing power. Here is a nas build that I use for clients. You can load a piece of nas software called xpenology. It's basically the synology dsm software with a modded kernel to support basically any hardware. Were you going to provide a link? Thank you for the reply! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted February 28, 2016 purple hdds are made for camera feed . _/ V\ / / / << | ,/ ] ,/ ] ,/ | / \ \ / / | | | ______| __/_/| | /_______\______}\__} Spoiler [i7-7700k@5Ghz | MSI Z270 M7 | 16GB 3000 GEIL EVOX | STRIX ROG 1060 OC 6G | EVGA G2 650W | ROSEWILL B2 SPIRIT | SANDISK 256GB M2 | 4x 1TB Seagate Barracudas RAID 10 ] [i3-4360 | mini-itx potato | 4gb DDR3-1600 | 8tb wd red | 250gb seagate| Debian 9 ] [Dell Inspiron 15 5567] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted February 28, 2016 For general file storage and surveillance storage, the CPU isn't necessary. An i3 could do the job just fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted February 28, 2016 Author 2 minutes ago, Oshino Shinobu said: For general file storage and surveillance storage, the CPU isn't necessary. An i3 could do the job just fine. got it thank you 2 minutes ago, RedWulf said: purple hdds are made for camera feed this isnt primarily for surveillance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted February 28, 2016 2 minutes ago, RedWulf said: purple hdds are made for camera feed That's a secondary use. WD Reds are designed for NAS and RAID operation with multiple users hitting the drives at once. They'll cope better with surveillance loads than Purples would with RAID and NAS operation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
