NAS components

[superzheny]

I am considering setting up a NAS for my computers at home.

Excluding drives, is it possible to get reasonable components for below $200?

So I will be needing a mobo (at least 4 sata2 ports), cpu, ram, case, psu.

 

[superzheny]

How does this sound?

CPU: G3258
Mobo: h81m-k
Ram: 4gb value ram

1. Freenas recommends 8gb of ram, but anyone tried with 4 gb before? I do not need maximum speed, as long as it is reliable.

2. Can someone recommend a good case+psu combo?

3. Also anyone have experience with freenas? if I have 3 drives in the nas, can I do this? 1 drive as standalone, 2 drives in raid1 for redundancy. So means the single NAS gives 2 distinct drives when mapped to windows explorer.

TIA

 

[alifffresto]

Freenas recommends ecc ram if using zfs... so you should look for mobo that support ecc as a start...

Else should be ok if no need redundancy...

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[gld998]

I using openfiler. Running VM on SSDs. Just run it as VM on your current machine. My ESXi Servers or Hyper-V servers can run it fine. I using 16gb for it anyway. Smooth as butter.

 

[darkarn]

Running an OpenMediaVault rig with a Core2Duo E7500, 2GB DDR2 RAM, integrated graphics, Intel Gigabit NIC PCIe card (cos onboard was a 10/100), AcBel 500W PSU, unknown brand casing. Good enough for a single user, am surprised that it can do 4 Plex transcoded streams though. Not running this 24/7 though due to noise and power consumption issues.

For your situation, must see what NAS OS you using and what use case(s) you have. These can impact what parts you can use. (e.g. if not much physical space, have to use ITX casing)

I don't think $200 is enough though; most good PSU and casing combos cost at least $150 cos you have to buy them separately. Even those that are bundled together (e.g. CMP-350 bundled with 400W PSU from PC Themes for $95) cost about $100 minimum.

 

[aismanja]

Im using Tonido + TeamViewer 11 in window10.. easy setup..

 

[superzheny]

Running an OpenMediaVault rig with a Core2Duo E7500, 2GB DDR2 RAM, integrated graphics, Intel Gigabit NIC PCIe card (cos onboard was a 10/100), AcBel 500W PSU, unknown brand casing. Good enough for a single user, am surprised that it can do 4 Plex transcoded streams though. Not running this 24/7 though due to noise and power consumption issues.

For your situation, must see what NAS OS you using and what use case(s) you have. These can impact what parts you can use. (e.g. if not much physical space, have to use ITX casing)

I don't think $200 is enough though; most good PSU and casing combos cost at least $150 cos you have to buy them separately. Even those that are bundled together (e.g. CMP-350 bundled with 400W PSU from PC Themes for $95) cost about $100 minimum.

I was checking out openmediavault and it looks like a good alternative to freenas. Does OMV recommend ECC memory?

 

[letmeout]

http://www.howtogeek.com/139433/how-to-turn-a-raspberry-pi-into-a-low-power-network-storage-device/

 

[aismanja]

http://www.howtogeek.com/139433/how-to-turn-a-raspberry-pi-into-a-low-power-network-storage-device/

If u had 1xhdd tis is possible... but if u had more hdd let say 5(with more thn 4tb)xhdd... dont tink tis setup is possible..

 

[Swiftbladez]

When I assembled my DIY NAS 4 years back I spent about $320. ~$200 is hard unless you're willing to dwell in the secondhand market.

 

[Tears4Fears]

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[darkarn]

I was checking out openmediavault and it looks like a good alternative to freenas. Does OMV recommend ECC memory?

OMV is ok with or without ECC. That said, some of the plugins (RAID related) and using ZFS (FreeNAS uses ZFS, hence the ECC "requirement") may need it though.

 

[Mycrus]

I am considering setting up a NAS for my computers at home.

Excluding drives, is it possible to get reasonable components for below $200?

So I will be needing a mobo (at least 4 sata2 ports), cpu, ram, case, psu.

Go 2nd hand market for mobo cpu ram... you can most likely find 2nd or 3rd gen i5 cheaply