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My old home server died recently and i'm looking to build a new one.
Last one ran for 7 years and I'm hoping to get as many years from the new one.
mITX form factor with @ least 4 HDD.
Uses: Kodi server, host small website, and pc backups.
Current thought is running Ubuntu wit the three HDD in a JBOD with zfs file system for redundancy.

My question is, does anyone see a problem with my current thought for the build.
Anything I'm missing, or thats overkill?

This is my PC so far:
PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/dh2vtJ

CPU: Intel - Core i3-7100 3.9GHz Dual-Core Processor
CPU Cooler: Noctua - NH-L9i 33.8 CFM CPU Cooler
Motherboard: ASRock - H270M-ITX/ac Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard
Memory: Crucial - 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory
Storage: ADATA - Ultimate SU800 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
Storage: Western Digital - Red 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive (x3)
Case: Fractal Design - Node 304 Mini ITX Tower Case
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply
Total: $536.75

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Dont bother with the ADATA drive. Another budget drive with blah 3D Toshiba TLC.
End result will barley be faster than magnetic drive for sequential read/write (like your kodi mysql db if you run one on server).
Strongly suggest spending the money on Samsung or Crucial. If you have to get a budget drive then the least worst budget drive (all current gens use Toshiba TLC chips) is the PNY C1311.

On other things I completley agree with chugalug. Pentium G4560 is perfect for this build, no aftermarket cooler needed
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Can be greatly improved.
I'd go for either a G4560 or even Ryzen if you can spend more, the G4560 performs nearly the same for half the cost.
I would have recommended two 4TBs, but that works too.
With a case like the Node 304, the stock fan has good enough airflow.
The Node 304 is a good choice due to the 3 extra drive bays too.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor ($69.89 @ B&H)
Motherboard: MSI - H270I GAMING PRO AC Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: GeIL - EVO POTENZA 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($105.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung - 960 EVO 250GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($127.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital - Red 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive (Purchased For $0.00)
Storage: Western Digital - Red 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive (Purchased For $0.00)
Storage: Western Digital - Red 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive (Purchased For $0.00)
Case: Fractal Design - Node 304 Mini ITX Tower Case ($84.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($26.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $515.84
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-06-21 19:02 EDT-0400
 
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I thought about a M.2 NVMe drive for boot. But that seemed overkill for a server...
The ADATA drive seemed better than a thumb drive (which most guides online use) but not too expensive.

And I see your point about the Pentium G4560. Seems to be pretty close in performance to the i3.
If Ryzen 3 was out, I'd go that route, but the Ryzen 5 seemed overkill for what I'm doing
 
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Dont bother with the ADATA drive. Another budget drive with blah 3D Toshiba TLC.
End result will barley be faster than magnetic drive for sequential read/write (like your kodi mysql db if you run one on server).
Strongly suggest spending the money on Samsung or Crucial. If you have to get a budget drive then the least worst budget drive (all current gens use Toshiba TLC chips) is the PNY C1311.

On other things I completley agree with chugalug. Pentium G4560 is perfect for this build, no aftermarket cooler needed
 
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Yeah,
my old server only supported a max of 2TB. So thats what I had bought. (Windows Server 2003 was running on it).
My next drive will be a higher capacity.... And I assume it'll be purchased soon since 1 HDD is at 35,000 hours
 
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The cache on that thing is larger than my 1st hard drive back in '93. lol
 
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