FreeNas Build Compatibility Check

[lukezon42]

So as you probably guessed from the title, my question is whether or not these parts are compatible.

 

These are the main questions I have and couldn't find a good answer for online:

• Are my CPU and Motherboard compatible?
• Will this UPS allow me to automatically turn off my NAS in the event of a power outage?

 

Also, if anyone has a recommendation for a different component I am open to suggestions.  This NAS will be mostly for home use (backups and old photos) but I also plan on using Plex.

 

 

 

 

Parts list:

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/HMgyKZ
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/HMgyKZ/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i3-4170 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($117.88 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: Supermicro MBD-X10SLL+-F Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($185.00) 
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($44.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($44.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Western Digital Red 4TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($147.83 @ B&H) 
Storage: Western Digital Red 4TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($147.83 @ B&H) 
Storage: Western Digital Red 4TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($147.83 @ B&H) 
Power Supply: Corsair RM 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($99.99 @ Amazon) 
UPS: Tripp Lite INTERNET750U UPS  ($82.22 @ Amazon) 
Other: FreeNAS ($0.00)
Other: Ethernet Switch ($19.80)
Other: USB Drive (Boot Disk) ($9.97)
Total: $1048.33
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-09-01 16:07 EDT-0400

 

 

 

Edit:  I am currently looking into a Skylake version of this build as per @djdwosk97 suggestion, so any opinions on Skylake parts would be much appreciated (ie an equivalent Skylake i3)

 

Edit 2: Work in progress Skylake version posted below:

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/Frbzf8
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/Frbzf8/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($110.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: Supermicro MBD-X11SSL-F-O Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($192.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Samsung 16GB (1 x 16GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($114.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Western Digital Red 4TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($147.83 @ B&H) 
Storage: Western Digital Red 4TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($147.83 @ B&H) 
Storage: Western Digital Red 4TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($147.83 @ B&H) 
Power Supply: Corsair RM 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($99.99 @ Amazon) 
UPS: Tripp Lite INTERNET750U UPS  ($82.22 @ Amazon) 
Other: FreeNAS ($0.00)
Other: Ethernet Switch ($19.80)
Other: 2x USB Drive (Boot Disk) ($19.94)
Total: $1084.40
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-09-01 16:57 EDT-0400

[79wjd]

Everything is compatible, although you could go with a cheaper PSU (the higher efficiency really won't make that much of a difference -- $5~/year).

 

The UPS supports USBHID-UPS, so it should work (I would go with mirror'd flash drives as the boot device though). 

 

How many transcoded plex streams do you want it to be able to handle? An i3 can handle 3-4 transcoded 1080p streams. 

 

 

Is there a reason you opt'd for Haswell over Skylake? (if it's much cheaper, then that makes sense -- I haven't checked the price of server boards/ECC DDR4 recently).

[lukezon42]

1 minute ago, djdwosk97 said:

Everything is compatible, although you could go with a cheaper PSU (the higher efficiency really won't make that much of a difference -- $5~/year).

 

The UPS supports USBHID-UPS, so it should work (I would go with mirror'd flash drives as the boot device though). 

 

How many transcoded plex streams do you want it to be able to handle? An i3 can handle 3-4 transcoded 1080p streams. 

 

 

Is there a reason you opt'd for Haswell over Skylake? (if it's much cheaper, then that makes sense -- I haven't checked the price of server boards/ECC DDR4 recently).

 

 

Thanks for the reply!

 

What do u mean by mirrored flash drives as the boot device? do u mean two of them in raid 1 sort of thing?

 

There are probably never going to be more that 2 people using Plex at a time, but I want to make sure I have room for other plugins and such.  Am I going way overkill? I was looking at a cheaper i3 but couldn't find one with a significant enough price reduction (like 20-30 cheaper is all that I found) and I don't think a G3220 will be enough from what I have read.  

 

I actually haven't looked at Skylake at all! Thats a good idea tho ill go ahead and check the prices.

[79wjd]

6 minutes ago, lukezon42 said:

What do u mean by mirrored flash drives as the boot device? do u mean two of them in raid 1 sort of thing?

 

There are probably never going to be more that 2 people using Plex at a time, but I want to make sure I have room for other plugins and such.  Am I going way overkill? I was looking at a cheaper i3 but couldn't find one with a significant enough price reduction (like 20-30 cheaper is all that I found) and I don't think a G3220 will be enough from what I have read.  

 

I actually haven't looked at Skylake at all! Thats a good idea tho ill go ahead and check the prices.

Exactly. 

 

I don't think it's way overkill tbh. A pentium isn't much cheaper, so I would consider that a waste. The only way to save money would be to go with a Pentium and skip ECC, but blegh, if you can afford ECC, you should go with ECC. There isn't any reason to spend more for a 'better' i3 -- you will never notice any benefit to the clockspeed bump, go with the cheapest one you can see (on PCPP I only see one that's cheaper and it's an OEM part -- so w/o a cooler, so your 4170 would be the cheapest). With that said, I originally had a G3250+8GB DDR3 (non ECC)+H81 board and it handled two high bitrate (40gb bluray streams) Plex streams more or less fine -- there was an occasional stutter, but I do believe it was caused by memory, not by the CPU. But again, a Pentium-build isn't much cheaper. 

 

Used might also be a good option for you, I got a Xeon E3 1230v2+32gb ECC+supermicro X9SCM-F used for like $350.

[Eniqmatic]

5 minutes ago, lukezon42 said:

Thanks for the reply!

 

What do u mean by mirrored flash drives as the boot device? do u mean two of them in raid 1 sort of thing?

 

There are probably never going to be more that 2 people using Plex at a time, but I want to make sure I have room for other plugins and such.  Am I going way overkill? I was looking at a cheaper i3 but couldn't find one with a significant enough price reduction (like 20-30 cheaper is all that I found) and I don't think a G3220 will be enough from what I have read.  

 

I actually haven't looked at Skylake at all! Thats a good idea tho ill go ahead and check the prices.

Yes you can install the OS to two (or more) USB sticks incase of failure.

[lukezon42]

1 minute ago, Eniqmatic said:

Yes you can install the OS to two (or more) USB sticks incase of failure.

Cool! thanks I will do that.

[lukezon42]

1 minute ago, djdwosk97 said:

Exactly. 

 

I don't think it's way overkill tbh. A pentium isn't much cheaper, so I would consider that a waste. The only way to save money would be to go with a Pentium and skip ECC, but blegh, if you can afford ECC, you should go with ECC. There isn't any reason to spend more for a 'better' i3 -- you will never notice any benefit to the clockspeed bump, go with the cheapest one you can see (on PCPP I only see one that's cheaper and it's an OEM part -- so w/o a cooler, so your 4170 would be the cheapest). With that said, I originally had a G3250+8GB DDR3 (non ECC)+H81 board and it handled two high bitrate (40gb bluray streams) Plex streams more or less fine -- there was an occasional stutter, but I do believe it was caused by memory, not by the CPU. But again, a Pentium-build isn't much cheaper. 

 

Used might also be a good option for you, I got a Xeon E3 1230v2+32gb ECC+supermicro X9SCM-F used for like $350.

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Ok so I think I'll stick with this CPU if I don't try for Skylake, I am currently compiling a build to look at the price difference.

 

Wow! that's a great deal.

 

Any suggestion for which Skylake CPU to get?

[Eniqmatic]

i3 is probably slightly overkill for 2 streams, but if you can afford the little bit extra then go for it!

[79wjd]

2 minutes ago, lukezon42 said:

Ok so I think I'll stick with this CPU if I don't try for Skylake, I am currently compiling a build to look at the price difference.

 

Wow! that's a great deal.

 

Any suggestion for which Skylake CPU to get?

i3-6100

2 minutes ago, Eniqmatic said:

i3 is probably slightly overkill for 2 streams, but if you can afford the little bit extra then go for it!

Considering it's $1050 vs. $1000, I think it's just plain stupid to go with a Pentium. 

[lukezon42]

13 minutes ago, djdwosk97 said:

i3-6100

Considering it's $1050 vs. $1000, I think it's just plain stupid to go with a Pentium. 

 

 

Thanks for the input on the CPU, that one looks like the one I'm gonna go with.

16 minutes ago, Eniqmatic said:

i3 is probably slightly overkill for 2 streams, but if you can afford the little bit extra then go for it!

Thanks for the input!

 

 

 

 

 

Here is the Skylake version of the parts list (only $25 more!):

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/rxBtnn
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/rxBtnn/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($110.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: Supermicro MBD-X11SSL-F-O Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($192.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Samsung 16GB (1 x 16GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($114.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Western Digital Red 4TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($147.83 @ B&H) 
Storage: Western Digital Red 4TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($147.83 @ B&H) 
Storage: Western Digital Red 4TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($147.83 @ B&H) 
Power Supply: Corsair RM 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($99.99 @ Amazon) 
UPS: Tripp Lite INTERNET750U UPS  ($82.22 @ Amazon) 
Other: FreeNAS ($0.00)
Other: Ethernet Switch ($19.80)
Other: 2x USB Drive (Boot Disk) ($19.94)
Total: $1074.43
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-09-01 16:53 EDT-0400

 

 

 

Thoughts?

 

Edit: also added a second usb stick

[79wjd]

Just now, lukezon42 said:

Thanks for the input on the CPU, that one looks like the one I'm gonna go with.

Thanks for the input!

 

 

 

 

 

Here is the Skylake version of the parts list (only $25 more!):

 

-snip-

 

 

Thoughts?

It looks good. My only critique is that you could go with a cheaper (quality) PSU ($50~) or just a better PSU (for a similar price). $100 for a 550w RM is a lot.

[lukezon42]

Just now, djdwosk97 said:

It looks good. My only critique is that you could go with a cheaper (quality) PSU ($50~) or just a better PSU (for a similar price). $100 for a 550w RM is a lot.

 

Makes sense, mostly went with RM because of the fan turning off when under load.  What would you suggest?

[79wjd]

On the cheap, but still good quality: Seasonic S12ii 430w ($54) or 520w ($59)

Better: 550w XFX TS 80+ Gold ($69)

Very good (but also a lot...): 550w G2 ($80)

6 minutes ago, lukezon42 said:

Makes sense, mostly went with RM because of the fan turning off when under load.  What would you suggest?

I don't really know what PSUs are particularly quiet. @STRMfrmXMN would probably know better. But I can tell you that with my server (I have a CX500m), the PSU isn't audible over the CPU and case fans. 

 

 

What case are you going with btw? 

[lukezon42]

11 minutes ago, djdwosk97 said:

On the cheap, but still good quality: Seasonic S12ii 430w ($54) or 520w ($59)

Better: 550w XFX TS 80+ Gold ($69)

Very good (but also a lot...): 550w G2 ($80)

I don't really know what PSUs are particularly quiet. @STRMfrmXMN would probably know better. But I can tell you that with my server (I have a CX500m), the PSU isn't audible over the CPU and case fans. 

 

 

What case are you going with btw? 

 

I think ill go with the 520w as the 430w doesn't seem to be modular.  I haven't really thought about a case yet, I am a little over budget already so I was considering maybe not using one.  What would you suggest If I was going to buy one?

[79wjd]

5 minutes ago, lukezon42 said:

I think ill go with the 520w as the 430w doesn't seem to be modular.  I haven't really thought about a case yet, I am a little over budget already so I was considering maybe not using one.  What would you suggest If I was going to buy one?

Well I definitely wouldn't recommend not using a case...... You can probably find a cheaper UPS -- you only need something that can handle 300w at peak load for a few minutes (enough time for the server to shut down).

 

I went cheap and got a Source 210. Honestly, it's fine and pretty good for the price. However, I kind of would like to switch it to an R5 (or Node 804). The (first-world) problems with the Source 210 are: lack of drive sleds, difficult to cable manage nicely since the ports on the drive face the rear of the case (you can see my cable management in my FreeNAS build linked in my sig), and it feels cheap (sturdy, but cheap). Also, unfortunatley my PSU's ATX cable is a bit too short so I have to drag it across the motherboard....which I'm not happy about either.

[lukezon42]

5 minutes ago, djdwosk97 said:

Well I definitely wouldn't recommend not using a case...... You can probably find a cheaper UPS -- you only need something that can handle 300w at peak load for a few minutes (enough time for the server to shut down).

 

I went cheap and got a Source 210. Honestly, it's fine and pretty good for the price. However, I kind of would like to switch it to an R5 (or Node 804). The (first-world) problems with the Source 210 are: lack of drive sleds, difficult to cable manage nicely since the ports on the drive face the rear of the case (you can see my cable management in my FreeNAS build linked in my sig), and it feels cheap (sturdy, but cheap). Also, unfortunatley my PSU's ATX cable is a bit too short so I have to drag it across the motherboard....which I'm not happy about either.

 

Just looked over your NAS build, I see what you mean about the cable management.  Dragging a power cable over my Mobo would drive me nuts! 

 

I think I can deal with the poor cable management for this one tho because it is not going to be out for people to see or anything.  Any ideas of a case that is lower to the ground (kinda like the Node series)? I plan on putting this on a shelf and would feel a little better with something a little shorter.

[79wjd]

Just now, lukezon42 said:

Just looked over your NAS build, I see what you mean about the cable management.  Dragging a power cable over my Mobo would drive me nuts! 

 

I think I can deal with the poor cable management for this one tho because it is not going to be out for people to see or anything.  Any ideas of a case that is lower to the ground (kinda like the Node series)? I plan on putting this on a shelf and would feel a little better with something a little shorter.

I could fix the ATX cable if I bought an extension, but it's not worth dealing with for me personally. Unfortunatley I don't, most cases I can think of that have support for many drives (>5 since I assume you want room to grow) is either big or expensive. 

 

But you can use PCPP and filter by # of 3.5" bays and see what you can find. (Craigslist or /r/hardwareswap might be good options to check out).

[Andster29]

Make surer you have enough Sata ports for expansion. I have found that FreeNas really hates raid cards for whatever reason. 

[79wjd]

21 minutes ago, Andster29 said:

Make surer you have enough Sata ports for expansion. I have found that FreeNas really hates raid cards for whatever reason. 

FreeNAS likes to be able to see the drives -- that's why RAID cards are bad. And the reason is because the FreeNAS OS basically does what a RAID card would do, so by using a RAID card, FreeNAS can't do its job. 

 

But SATA controllers (cheap) and HBA cards (expensive) are perfectly fine. Something like a SYBA SI-PEX 4004 works fine. It has a technical compatibility 'issue' since it uses a Marvel controller and FreeNAS doesn't have the best history with Marvel controllers, however, in more recent years FreeNAS has had far fewer issues and in general works fine with Marvel controllers. 

[lukezon42]

37 minutes ago, djdwosk97 said:

I could fix the ATX cable if I bought an extension, but it's not worth dealing with for me personally. Unfortunatley I don't, most cases I can think of that have support for many drives (>5 since I assume you want room to grow) is either big or expensive. 

 

But you can use PCPP and filter by # of 3.5" bays and see what you can find. (Craigslist or /r/hardwareswap might be good options to check out).

 

 

Ok, sounds good. Thanks for all of your help!

[STRMfrmXMN]

8 hours ago, djdwosk97 said:

On the cheap, but still good quality: Seasonic S12ii 430w ($54) or 520w ($59)

Better: 550w XFX TS 80+ Gold ($69)

Very good (but also a lot...): 550w G2 ($80)

I don't really know what PSUs are particularly quiet. @STRMfrmXMN would probably know better. But I can tell you that with my server (I have a CX500m), the PSU isn't audible over the CPU and case fans. 

 

 

What case are you going with btw? 

RM is very quiet, haven't read a lot else but saw that was in there. Generally any PSU with a fan curve that is silent for a large amount of load and heat and has an FDB fan will be very quiet.

[dalekphalm]

18 hours ago, lukezon42 said:

So as you probably guessed from the title, my question is whether or not these parts are compatible.

 

These are the main questions I have and couldn't find a good answer for online:

• Are my CPU and Motherboard compatible?
• Will this UPS allow me to automatically turn off my NAS in the event of a power outage?

 

Also, if anyone has a recommendation for a different component I am open to suggestions.  This NAS will be mostly for home use (backups and old photos) but I also plan on using Plex.

 

 

 

 

Parts list:

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/HMgyKZ
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/HMgyKZ/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i3-4170 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($117.88 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: Supermicro MBD-X10SLL+-F Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($185.00) 
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($44.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($44.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Western Digital Red 4TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($147.83 @ B&H) 
Storage: Western Digital Red 4TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($147.83 @ B&H) 
Storage: Western Digital Red 4TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($147.83 @ B&H) 
Power Supply: Corsair RM 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($99.99 @ Amazon) 
UPS: Tripp Lite INTERNET750U UPS  ($82.22 @ Amazon) 
Other: FreeNAS ($0.00)
Other: Ethernet Switch ($19.80)
Other: USB Drive (Boot Disk) ($9.97)
Total: $1048.33
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-09-01 16:07 EDT-0400

 

 

 

Edit:  I am currently looking into a Skylake version of this build as per @djdwosk97 suggestion, so any opinions on Skylake parts would be much appreciated (ie an equivalent Skylake i3)

 

Edit 2: Work in progress Skylake version posted below:

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/Frbzf8
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/Frbzf8/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($110.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: Supermicro MBD-X11SSL-F-O Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($192.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Samsung 16GB (1 x 16GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($114.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Western Digital Red 4TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($147.83 @ B&H) 
Storage: Western Digital Red 4TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($147.83 @ B&H) 
Storage: Western Digital Red 4TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($147.83 @ B&H) 
Power Supply: Corsair RM 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($99.99 @ Amazon) 
UPS: Tripp Lite INTERNET750U UPS  ($82.22 @ Amazon) 
Other: FreeNAS ($0.00)
Other: Ethernet Switch ($19.80)
Other: 2x USB Drive (Boot Disk) ($19.94)
Total: $1084.40
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-09-01 16:57 EDT-0400

As mentioned before, the main thing I would suggest changing is adding ECC RAM (assuming both your CPU and motherboard support ECC RAM).

 

ZFS loves ECC RAM - it helps keep the integrity of the data intact, and can further prevent bitrot from happening. It's not strictly necessary, but in a $1000+ build, I highly suggest paying the extra to get ECC.

 

Also, is there a particular reason you went with 3x 4TB HDD's? What configuration are you planning on using? RAIDZ1?

 

Remember that ZFS does not support hot raid expansion - meaning that if you create a 3-drive RAIDZ1 array using 4TB drives, you'd end up with 12TB of Raw storage, and 8TB of usable storage (w/ the remaining 4TB being parity info).

 

What this means is you CANNOT just "add" in another 4TB drive later. There are ONLY three ways to expand a ZFS array (in order or how easy it is):

1. Copy all data off the array to spare drives, create a whole new array w/ bigger or more numerous disks

2. Create a second array, identical to the first one in size and composition, and then span the two arrays together - this would create the "ZFS equivalent" of a RAID50 array, where you have 2x arrays, both 3x 4TB, spanned together to create one big 24TB Raw/16TB Usable array.

3. Replace ONE drive with a larger drive, rebuild the whole array, repeat until all drives have been replaced with a larger drive. In this scenario, you can only increase drive size, but you cannot increase drive number. This would probably take several days, at minimum, of constant rebuilding.

 

So, just keep that in mind about the expandability limitations of ZFS.

[79wjd]

2 minutes ago, dalekphalm said:

As mentioned before, the main thing I would suggest changing is adding ECC RAM (assuming both your CPU and motherboard support ECC RAM).

 

ZFS loves ECC RAM - it helps keep the integrity of the data intact, and can further prevent bitrot from happening. It's not strictly necessary, but in a $1000+ build, I highly suggest paying the extra to get ECC.

 

Also, is there a particular reason you went with 3x 4TB HDD's? What configuration are you planning on using? RAIDZ1?

He's using ECC RAM. 

 

 

 

Right....I also forgot to mention, @lukezon42 if you're planning on running RaidZ1 (Raid5), I would caution against it as the chance of another drive failing during the rebuild is quite high with 4tb drives (at least if you go by the manufacturer's worst case bit-error-rate of 10^14).

[dalekphalm]

15 minutes ago, djdwosk97 said:

He's using ECC RAM. 

 

 

 

Right....I also forgot to mention, @lukezon42 if you're planning on running RaidZ1 (Raid5), I would caution against it as the chance of another drive failing during the rebuild is quite high with 4tb drives (at least if you go by the manufacturer's worst case bit-error-rate of 10^14).

Ah yeah I see that if I follow the PCPartPicker link, THEN follow the store link to NewEgg. Otherwise it's not listed as ECC.

 

I'd personally recommend RAIDZ2 w/ 6-drives minimum, if you were gonna do RAIDZ2.

 

But frankly, the "risks" of RAIDZ1 (or RAID5 in general) are vastly overblown. As long as your disks aren't extremely old, you should be fine during a rebuild. And yes, I know, according to the math, the worst case uncorrectable error-rate would indicate that you're almost guaranteed to fail a rebuild, in practice, that's not true at all.

 

For a home setup, as long as you've got a backup of your files (REMEMBER KIDS: RAID IS NOT A BACKUP, UNLESS IT *IS* THE BACKUP), then the risks of RAIDZ1 are pretty minimal for home use.

[79wjd]

1 minute ago, dalekphalm said:

Ah yeah I see that if I follow the PCPartPicker link, THEN follow the store link to NewEgg. Otherwise it's not listed as ECC.

 

I'd personally recommend RAIDZ2 w/ 6-drives minimum, if you were gonna do RAIDZ2.

 

But frankly, the "risks" of RAIDZ1 (or RAID5 in general) are vastly overblown. As long as your disks aren't extremely old, you should be fine during a rebuild. And yes, I know, according to the math, the worst case uncorrectable error-rate would indicate that you're almost guaranteed to fail a rebuild, in practice, that's not true at all.

 

For a home setup, as long as you've got a backup of your files (REMEMBER KIDS: RAID IS NOT A BACKUP, UNLESS IT *IS* THE BACKUP), then the risks of RAIDZ1 are pretty minimal for home use.

To each their own, but I prefer to assume the worst case scenario rather than an average case when it comes to data. With other components I'm more than happy to use averages.....but for data I will always assume the worst case scenario.