Storage Server Build

[Mycobacterium]

Hi there,

I have several free new 3TB hard drives, and I wanted to build a storage server.

I do not need RAID, I just need to share the disk space with other network devices.

I have Chieftec 19" 2U UNC-210HS-B server case, and I think about some custom build.

I would like to run Centos7 or Ubuntu Server distro.

I want the disks to automatically turn off when they are not used.

 

 

Are you able to recommend any specific components for that type of build (CPU, Motherboard, RAM, PSU) ?

Of course, I do not necessarily have to buy new devices, they can be used.

I prefer Intel processors, memory should be ddr4

 

Thanks.,

[RussianSalad]

If you are going to use zfs then buy 1gb of ram for each tb you have. If you do not want to use zfs in, for example, Freenas then you will be fine with 4GB of ram. As for the cpu it depends of the speed of your network. If you are going to use gigabit speeds then a low end i3 or Pentium will be absolutely fine. Now if you want to use 10 gigabit lan or run extra stuff un your server, like game servers, virtual machines, plex encoding, you name it you might want to choose something a bit more powerful. For example I have a Pentium G4560 with 8GB of ram. I run Debian stable on my server with the following services: Samba (windows sharing) at gigabit speeds, Torrent Downloader, File Downloader (both of theese with aria2 and a web gui), test web server with apache, sometimes a small linux vm, Gitlab server, plex without transcoding and a music streaming radio 24/7. You do not need a powerfull cpu at all for a server. Especially if you run linux.

 

Edit: Also consider the ammout of clients that will be using your server. With a low end cpu you are fine with about 30 clients

[Mycobacterium]

2 hours ago, potatosalad33 said:

If you are going to use zfs then buy 1gb of ram for each tb you have. If you do not want to use zfs in, for example, Freenas then you will be fine with 4GB of ram.

So 4GB of RAM will be enough, at least for the moment.

I think about GoodRam Iridium DDR4, 4GB, 2400MHz, CL17

2 hours ago, potatosalad33 said:

As for the cpu it depends of the speed of your network. If you are going to use gigabit speeds then a low end i3 or Pentium will be absolutely fine.

I think about Coffee Lake Intel Core i3-8100, 3.60GHz, 6MB with MSI Motherboard Z370A PRO DDR4 1151

I can always extended this setup with faster CPU and more RAM.

 

2 hours ago, potatosalad33 said:

Also consider the ammout of clients that will be using your server. With a low end cpu you are fine with about 30 clients

Max 10 clients

2 hours ago, RandomGuy13 said:

Any reason why you only want to use ddr4? I guess because you want it to be a new generation. I would say that you are much better off buying an older computer second hand and using that.

I would like to be able to expand this setup in the future.

 

What about PSU, I care about failure-free PSU that will work 24h/7d, can you recommend a specific model?

[KrYpToCiD]

8 minutes ago, Performace said:

What about PSU, I care about failure-free PSU that will work 24h/7d, can you recommend a specific model?

The most safer PSU are the redundant ones. But you can find them only at servers. As a recommendation..... IDK..... I have on my NAS a Corsair VS650 and it was online for the last 3 years. It really depend on luck you know? You may get even an faulty CPU or Mobo. But I can suggest to use something from well branded manufacturer  even this is an usless recommendation  

[Mycobacterium]

I try Corsair VS 550W (CP-9020097-EU)

Has a lot of positive comments on the web

[KrYpToCiD]

Yeah, I mean Corsair said that it delivers exactly 650W and it is true, 650W delivers. But you might want another opinion and you might try to ask this PSU question is the PSU thread, you may get a quicker response. I'm using that PSU because it was in one of my older RIGs. It was with a power hungry GPU (GTX 7something, I don't remember it) 6 HDDs+2 SSDs and with a FX8350BE clocked around 4.7GHz and when I've build the NAS was just laying around so I have used it