Tears4Fears
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2.1.1 NAS Assembly Part 1 is out.
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actually i am now using dns320 with fun plug.
serve me well as it can download torrent (tranmission) and serve movies via dlna (twonky).
however, it does not support plex and i am looking at my next nas which can support torrent download and plex.
thinking of buying off the shelf or just buy a second hand mac mini. any thoughts?
synology is out as it does not support plex with transcoding or something like that.
I'm using a n40 microserver with unraid.
built mine a year ago. running on Ubuntu LTS with newer kernel (default LTS kernel had small issue with the sata6 card). Running software RAID 6, ext4; primarily running with NFS/FTP/torrent/irc.
was srsly considering running FreeNAS.
NAS solutions for >4 drives are too expensive.
Case: Lian Li PC-Q25
PSU: Silverstone 400W
Processor: Intel Core i3 3220
Motherboard: Asus P8H77-I (it's mini-ITX)
RAM: 2x 2GB DDR3
HDD: 7x3TB 2.5" Toshiba (7200rpm)
HDD: 750GB 2.5" WD Black (7200rpm)
PCIe card: MSI Star SATA6 Expansion card (Marvell SE9128)
built mine a year ago. running on Ubuntu LTS with newer kernel (default LTS kernel had small issue with the sata6 card). Running software RAID 6, ext4; primarily running with NFS/FTP/torrent/irc.
was srsly considering running FreeNAS.
NAS solutions for >4 drives are too expensive.
Case: Lian Li PC-Q25
PSU: Silverstone 400W
Processor: Intel Core i3 3220
Motherboard: Asus P8H77-I (it's mini-ITX)
RAM: 2x 2GB DDR3
HDD: 7x3TB 2.5" Toshiba (7200rpm)
HDD: 750GB 2.5" WD Black (7200rpm)
PCIe card: MSI Star SATA6 Expansion card (Marvell SE9128)
yeah i would have to agree that celeron is cheaper - it was in my consideration. but wat swung in i3's favor is that:You could drop the i3, and go for Celeron instead when you built it though.
Cause you ain't gonna need that much Processing power if the system is just a NAS solution.
Your build is quite power packed for a DIY NAS solution.
I'm on AMD APU build for a HTPC cum File storage setup.
It's not on 24/7 as I'm the only 1 in the family using it,
it's quite affordable compared to your setup.
yeah i would have to agree that celeron is cheaper - it was in my consideration. but wat swung in i3's favor is that:
- i3 3220 has lower TPD than celeron G555 (!)
- i was thinking of using the NAS with video playback. so yeah, wasn't a pure NAS in that sense.
-- not sure if video playback will be ok with celeron's compared to the i3's.
-- AMD's video playback on linux (AMD APU)... isnt that good at all, is it? on the other hand intel's drivers on linux are good.
moreover amd's itx mobos didn't have 6 sata slots. i wanted to max out the casing/mobo's sata (7 3.5" and 1x 2.5"). the cost of a 4x sata pcie card is much more than a 2x sata pcie (and i dun need the hardware raid features)
-- cant remember the exact price difference between celeron and i3. was ard $50-80? i was more willing to go for the overkill than getting something underpowered. turns out that i only watch videos on it occasionally.
- i didnt do too much homework on PSU :/
Linux over freebsd: actually freebsd have quite a number of software too, most that i need are available. but BSD's intel video driver is not good compared to linux's, esp the lastest gen bits.
ZFS on linux: i wouldnt wanna touch that cos it ate my data when i was running tests on it on another computer. :O