Cheap NAS alternative to Synology DS1817?

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Could I built my own PC and it'll be cheaper? I would need a 10Gbp port, support for up to 8 10TB drives and hot-swapable. Probably with Freenas.

It'll only be used for storage of Xplane scenery to be shared between 5 PCs. So reads will be high but not writes.

  • Intel Pentium G4400
  • Asus - P10S WS (support for 8 SATA)
  • Corsair - ValueSelect 16GB
  • Intel X540-T1 10GbE
  • Corsair HXi 1200W (support for 16 SATA)
  • Logic Case SC-4320S
 
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Looks feasible - I don't know if you've thought about adding a decent RAID card with some cache on it, or and a nice UPS to use so you don't loose the array in case of power failure? (A summing you are going to RAID)

I would be looking into if a small SSD read and/or write cache might provide a substantial performance boost as well.

That PSU is overkill BTW - maybe with money saved use an i3 instead for a higher thread count and cache
 
Also be wary of the Asus P10S WS, if you use the m.2 slots on the board they use some SATA lanes.
I ran across this with my build, thinking its got SATA & M.2...
 
BongoHunter said:
Looks feasible - I don't know if you've thought about adding a decent RAID card with some cache on it, or and a nice UPS to use so you don't loose the array in case of power failure? (A summing you are going to RAID)

I would be looking into if a small SSD read and/or write cache might provide a substantial performance boost as well.

That PSU is overkill BTW - maybe with money saved use an i3 instead for a higher thread count and cache
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The PSU is the cheapest one with enough SATA power I think? Or maybe just buying a Synology is easier!
 
GodAtum said:
The PSU is the cheapest one with enough SATA power I think? Or maybe just buying a Synology is easier!
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Power splitters for sata connectors are extremely cheap and reliable, and safe to use.

Many server backplanes will not have a 1 to 1 relationship for bays to drives either, that 20 bay case you posted for example needs 10 molex connectors for all 20 bays

Edit: yes, buying Synology is easier, but to get one with 20 bays and that spec will not be cheap at all
 
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I would need to be able to fit in my own 3.5" Seagate drives, a an Intel 10Gbpe NIC, would that be possible?
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Yes but you would need to source some 3.5" HP Caddies/screws separately (have done this at work with some 3 and 4TB drives and a HP disk shelf - no issue, and iirc all you get is a small warning in the Raid Controller stating that non-HP drives aren't recommended).

None issue with the 10Gbp NIC as has standard PCI-E slots.

There is a learning curve with OEM Server Kit though (HP, Dell, Fujitsu, IBM), so if you haven't had one before, you will need to do some googling to find Driver DVDs etc.

Only real downside I can think of is I don't know how well FreeNAS would work with a Hardware Raid card, so might be better of running Windows or a standard Linux distro
 
Armageus said:
HP DL180 G6 (SE326M1) ?

12 Bays hot swap bays and can be had cheaper than that Logic Case on it's own.
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Don't want to kidnap the thread but thanks to this have been looking / thinking about this option instead of the Synology in the thread title
It will primarily be used for Plex storage - I already have 20TB of BR rips, and have over 50 4k BR's sitting behind me (not to mention the BR's I have yet to rip) when the ripping software becomes available

Currently running an i3-4130 3.4Ghz with 32gb ram and a random selection of 3tb drives & DSM 5.2, but desktop case / expandability is maxed out and want to do it right this time and leave myself headroom for the future.

Is it better to go for a single 3GHz 6 core, or dual 2.4GHz quad core? I'm thinking 16Gb ram would be ok if going single cpu but 32gb if going dual? Ram speed shouldn't be too relevant I'm hoping, but happy to be corrected.
Thinking a single 4 port gigabit card should be good enough for 2 clients max (as much for the copying the data over as for playback duties) , know I will need to get a managed switch for link aggregation but that's for another thread

Will probably start with 6*8TB Reds in RAID 1 to start with (to save money at the very least) and buy in pairs after that - at the start that will leave me with about the same free capacity I have right now but with 6 free bays for when funds allow, anyone have better suggestion than Reds currently?

I have no idea what raid cards I need though or what OS to use - was thinking Windows Server 2016 but even doing a quick google there are multiple options even under / around the £100 mark, so any suggestions really appreciated

It sounds like I will have to change the fans on this, as its going to be pretty close by
 
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