building a nas from spare parts

[Shivam Chandak]

I have

Processor - G4400 and

Motherboard - MSI 110m pro plus vh

 

and want to build a nas is there way this is gona work and what parts i require more

 

I am thinking of using unraid or freenas i want you guys help

It will be a file storage sever and also use for some entertainment

 

[Spotty]

You'll also need RAM (Minimum 8GB RAM or 1GB per 1TB of storage, whichever is higher)
Power Supply (400W should be enough but try and get one that is efficient since it will be operating 24/7)
A USB flash drive to use as a boot drive (at least 8GB, 16GB recommended)
An enclosure. An old PC case will be fine
And whatever HDDs you're using

For set up you will also need a monitor and keyboard (if possible use a PS/2 keyboard for compatibility)
 

[Swiip]

You need some ddr4 Ram, a power supply, a pc case, heatsink , hdds and a grafik card.

so you miss quite a lot of parts.

 

If you have not a lot of experience & money, it may be better to buy an old NAS or storage server from ebay.

 

Something like an proliant microserver, they are nice to set up Freenas. I run a DL180 g7 with Freenas, it's easy to install if you follow the instalation guid.

 

 

[Spotty]

The MSI H110M Pro and the G4400 CPU have intel onboard graphics so a dedicated graphics card shouldn't be required.

[Spotty]

It's worth noting that the H110M Pro motherboard only has 4x Sata III ports. If you are planning on using more than 4 HDDs then you will need to purchase a PCI SATA III expansion card.

You will also need a gigabit capable router/switch to connect your other devices to the NAS.

[KingCollins]

For OS I would recommend FreeNAS. 

 

Used it before and it's great. It has a built in library for third party plug-ins like Plex Media Server and OwnCloud, along with great built in features for SMB sharing and so on.

 

One thing to note: FreeNAS uses ZFS file storage, and it is recommended that you have at least 1GB of memory for every 1TB of storage.

[Shivam Chandak]

Guys i am really sorry my phone broke so i was able to reply i am reading the reply and thanks for your reply

[Shivam Chandak]

On 12/26/2017 at 3:56 PM, Spotty said:

You'll also need RAM (Minimum 8GB RAM or 1GB per 1TB of storage, whichever is higher)
Power Supply (400W should be enough but try and get one that is efficient since it will be operating 24/7)
A USB flash drive to use as a boot drive (at least 8GB, 16GB recommended)
An enclosure. An old PC case will be fine
And whatever HDDs you're using

For set up you will also need a monitor and keyboard (if possible use a PS/2 keyboard for compatibility)
 

Can u i use old hard drive i got like 160gb,500gb and 1tb

U all are rated at 5400rpm but all have different size

[Shivam Chandak]

On 12/26/2017 at 3:58 PM, Swiip said:

You need some ddr4 Ram, a power supply, a pc case, heatsink , hdds and a grafik card.

so you miss quite a lot of parts.

 

If you have not a lot of experience & money, it may be better to buy an old NAS or storage server from ebay.

 

Something like an proliant microserver, they are nice to set up Freenas. I run a DL180 g7 with Freenas, it's easy to install if you follow the instalation guid.

 

 

I got a 650 power supply just laying around .i have heat sink installed but can i use integrated graphics????

[Shivam Chandak]

On 12/26/2017 at 4:08 PM, Spotty said:

It's worth noting that the H110M Pro motherboard only has 4x Sata III ports. If you are planning on using more than 4 HDDs then you will need to purchase a PCI SATA III expansion card.

You will also need a gigabit capable router/switch to connect your other devices to the NAS.

I am setting up a sever for my YouTube and i don't need much storage 4 drive will work for me

 

And my router support gigabit transfer

[Shivam Chandak]

On 12/26/2017 at 5:42 PM, KingCollins said:

For OS I would recommend FreeNAS. 

 

Used it before and it's great. It has a built in library for third party plug-ins like Plex Media Server and OwnCloud, along with great built in features for SMB sharing and so on.

 

One thing to note: FreeNAS uses ZFS file storage, and it is recommended that you have at least 1GB of memory for every 1TB of storage.

I will go only up to 4 tb so should it be fine???????

Edited January 13, 2018 by Shivam Chandak

[GDRRiley]

On 12/26/2017 at 4:12 AM, KingCollins said:

 and it is recommended that you have at least 1GB of memory for every 1TB of storage.

NO NO NO. you don't. how many times does this have to be said. 

 

30 minutes ago, Shivam Chandak said:

I got a 650 power supply just laying around .i have heat sink installed but can i use integrated graphics????

that should work. yep intagrated are fine. 

 

32 minutes ago, Shivam Chandak said:

Can u i use old hard drive i got like 160gb,500gb and 1tb

U all are rated at 5400rpm but all have different size

try and just use the 1tb and 500gb drives run all of each capacity in raid a 5 . if you need more ports pick up a cheap card like this https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA85V3DG9048

Edited January 13, 2018 by GDRRiley
changed card

[geo3]

You can use Ubuntu server as an alternative. A little bit more work to set up than FreeNas (but not that much) and much more flexible.  And 4GB should be more than enough for what you are doing. 

 

Also I'd strongly recommend not just using drives you have laying around. A drive is the most important part of a NAS. This is where you want to spend your money. Get drives designed for NAS like WD Reds (or the Seagate equivalent which I forget the name of), get new drives, get all the same size. 

[KingCollins]

On 1/13/2018 at 7:02 AM, GDRRiley said:

NO NO NO. you don't. how many times does this have to be said. 

Jesus, chill out man. 

[GDRRiley]

3 hours ago, KingCollins said:

Jesus, chill out man. 

no this has to get debunked every time ZFS is brought up, so I'm a little tired of it.