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Hi there,

I'm looking to build my own home nas. Thje ones in the title seem to be the best choices available at the moment, but their price is high. It seems to me that we should be able to build a better system, for less money.
What components do you recommend and why?

I'm looking for:

- Lots of storage, preferably expandable (thinking of the WD Reds)

-Performance, for connections to multiple pc's. (that's where link aggregration comes in, right?

-Silence

- Energy consumption

Thanks!

p.s. also could use some help on RAID/unRAID, other RAID-like things.....
 
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What do you guys think of the proposed hardware recommendations on ECC-enabled setup for FreeNAS?

http://forums.freenas.org/threads/so-you-want-some-hardware-suggestions.12276/

http://forums.freenas.org/threads/ecc-enabled-build-recommendation.14597/

 
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reilos

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Thanks for all the advice all!

So....After some reading here and other forums, this is what i came up with until now, for use i.c.w. FreeNAS (ZFS, not sure about RAIDZ# level, leaning towards 4-disk mirrored+striped):

Motherboard
Supermicro X10SLH-F
uATX, 6x SATA-3
Dual Gigabit Ethernet LAN ports via 2x Intel® i210AT
Supports up to 32 GB 1600MHz ECC DDR3 SDRAM Un-Buffered memory (UDIMM), 72-bit, 240-pin gold-plated DIMMs

CPU
Intel Xeon E3-1245 v3
8M Cache, 3.40 GHz, 4 cores
ECC support
Built-in support for encryption and virtualization
The built-in graphics aren't really nessecary, but it only costs a few euro's more

Memory
2 sticks of these:
Kingston KVR16E11/8EF 8GB Module - DDR3 1600MHz Server Premier (Fact Sheet)
8GB 2Rx8 1G x 72-Bit PC3-12800 CL11 ECC 240-Pin DIMM (unbuffered)

Case
Fractal Design Node 304 Black
Quiet, cool, nice design

PSU
Corsair VX450W
Litle old, but still gets some great reviews!

Total costs: 772 euro

I guess i'm going way over budget already...as usual...

I also took a quick peek at SAS setup (the Supermicro X10SL7-F board would be perfect for this), but the bottom line is that the drives are just WAY too expensive.

So...Any thoughts on this setup?
 
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Hello, I am very interested in your setup, since I just bought an x10SLH-F with a 15% off coupon. My only bit of feedback is the Fractal Design Node 304 case won't work with this build, as this case is MiniITX, and the motherboard is MacroATX. Otherwise, I am considering the exact same build. Now just need to find some E31245v3 on sale (hoping to pick one for $250 over the holidays, if possible).
 
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Thanks, I missed that. Had a glimpse at the Define Mini, but is has a very poor cooling performance. I'll have to do a little more searching then...

Where did you get a 15% off coupon?
 
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Hey, how did your build go? I bought my parts and waiting for them to arrive:

Case: Fractal Design Define Mini
Mobo: Supermicro x10SLH-F
CPU: e3-1230v3
RAM: Crucial 32gb ECC unbuffered
PSU: Seasonic SS-460fl2
SSD: Seagate 240mb (crazy sale on Newegg, had to buy)
HD: 4x Seagate 3tb

I have a few questions myself:

(1) What's a good, QUIET, small CPU fan that won't block my 4th RAM slot?
(2) If I want to run ESXI with FreeNas and WHS 11, can I do so with just a cheap 4 port SATA III controller, or do I need fancier hardware?
 
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reilos

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Hi,
I'm a little sad that i have to save a little more money for this build. :(

The SATA controller on the board will do just fine, but WHS 11......seriously? Why?
 
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I'm thinking of building an unraid server with the Supermicro X10SL7-F board. You wrote that the drives, I presume SAS drives, are to expensive. Did you know that you can connect SATA drives to the SAS2 controller ?
 
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What would be the benefit of connecting SATA drives to a SAS controller opposed to connecting them to a SATA controller?
 
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