NAS Build - Help

[NachoILF]

Hi All,

 

I want to build a NAS, where I live things are expensive so basically this build is the cheapest thing I could build.

 

Intel Core i3 7100                                                                   $ 162.50
Mother Gigabyte Ga-h110n                                                    $ 100.00
Memory Corsair DDR4 8gb 2400mhz Vengeance Lpx            $   87.50
Western Digital 2tb Red                                                         $  125.00
Case Raidmax Element Black Mini Itx                                    $   50.00
PSU Corsair VS 450w                                                           $    62.50
Cooler Corsair Air Af120  x2                                                     $ 50.00

 

Total                                                                                        $ 637.50 U$D      Argentina prices ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

Also, previous generation stuff has same price as new generation parts. That's the reason i picked 7xxx and DDR4.

 

The idea is to run FreeNAS and use to store personal data and as a Plex Media Server. And maybe in the future, personal cloud and a second 2TB WD Red.

2 or 3 video simultaneously on cellphones and the movies are will be stored 1080p    <<< I don't know if you guys needed this data, but well here it is.

 

Can it handle that workload?   If the question is too stupid, sorry I never builded something like that. Also I do not know how to measure CPU capabilities, yet.

In case you guys say the RAM is short I would like to know WHY!? Because I ran a couple of test with VirtualBox with 4GB and I saw no problem at all and all over the internet people are saying 16, 32, 64GB.

[themctipers]

yeah it should be able to handle the workload. 8gb is recommended, ive used 8gb with my i3 530 server and it worked.

nothing major, or even close to what you did though. just me transferring files as a NAS through FTP, it was using 6gb of ram

 

[desertcomputer]

Yes, if your plex media are all in h264 and don't require much transcoding and alot of users. 8GB is fine, you are just running plex media server. I had no major problem running plex and a few other services (sonar, transmission). You might want to look for ecc memory and compatible motherboard if u can. 

[GDRRiley]

grab a g4560 if it is cheaper and if you can get 3 hard drives and run a raid 5

[NachoILF]

4 minutes ago, MrUnknownEMC said:

Yes, if your plex media are all in h264 and don't require much transcoding and alot of users. 8GB is fine, you are just running plex media server. I had no major problem running plex and a few other services (sonar, transmission). You might want to look for ecc memory and compatible motherboard if u can. 

Yes it is all in h264, well almost.

3 user max.

Don't know how much trasncoding is going to require. I got a couple of formats, FLV, MP4, MKV. Mostly half mp4 and the other half mkv.

 

[NachoILF]

2 minutes ago, GDRRiley said:

grab a g4560 if it is cheaper and if you can get 3 hard drives and run a raid 5

Yhea, way cheaper  50% less, But can really handle that kind of work??

Can't afford 3 drives, maybe 2 if a use the G4560.

 

[GDRRiley]

Just now, NachoILF said:

Yhea, way cheaper  50% less, But can really handle that kind of work??

Can't afford 3 drives, maybe 2 if a use the G4560.

 

ok yeah the g4560 is just an i3 with a slight clock drop. I would recommend more than 2 as you get much better price to capacity are there 1.5tb drives or normal 2tb drives for less than the WD red.

[NachoILF]

3 minutes ago, GDRRiley said:

ok yeah the g4560 is just an i3 with a slight clock drop. I would recommend more than 2 as you get much better price to capacity are there 1.5tb drives or normal 2tb drives for less than the WD red.

You mean more tan 2TB or more tan 2 drives??

Here there is a difference of only 30% from 1TB($93.75) to 2TB($ 125) but at 2TB and above here it cost 62.50 U$D each TB  in WD Red.

 

WD Blue are cheaper, 1TB($62.50), 2TB($100), 3TB($140.62). No intermediate sizes are available here.

[GDRRiley]

Just now, NachoILF said:

You mean more tan 2TB or more tan 2 drives??

Here there is a difference of only 30% from 1TB($93.75) to 2TB($ 125) but at 2TB and above here it cost 62.50 U$D each TB  in WD Red.

 

WD Blue are cheaper, 1TB($62.50), 2TB($100), 3TB($140.62). No intermediate sizes are available here.

I mean number of drives. with only 2 drives you have to run raid 1 if you want redundancy but you only get 2tb of storage. with 3 you can run raid 5 that gives you 4tb of storage. are they any other hard drive brand available where you are.