Custom Silverstone DS380B NAS or Synology

mkelbie

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Custom Silverstone DS380B NAS - Spec me please.

I am looking at building a custom nas which I want to get quite a lot of use out of. The easy option would be a synology but if my idea if its realistic and cost effective then I would rather go down the custom route.

Silverstone DS380B with something like the Asrock C2750 is an idea but I am looking for an alternative board to save on the cost.

The idea is I would run ESXI with FreeNAS serving my media/backup needs and probably running Plex and then with the available resources I would like a couple of VMs to run different operating systems for work/play. I have a rough idea of the main parts for the build but would like some help choosing the board and then raid/network card/s since this will be a NAS/Host.

Silverstone DS380B Case
ST45SF-G 450W 80+ Gold SFX PSU
ASRock C2750D4I - OctaCore
16/32GB ECC Memory
3TB WD RED Drives
Raid Card**??
Network Card**??
SSD Cache/OS ??

The above is the general idea I have, the drives I will only have the funds for maybe 2/3 but not sure what the best choice is there; 4 x 2TB drives now or 2 x 4TB now. Raid card and network card I don't have a clue about, likewise do I just use a decent SSD on ESXI for my VMs or use it for a cache and have the full raid in ESXI.

This would be a lot easier for me if something has something similar already up and running :D
 
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No one built anything like this or used the C2750?

I have looked at other cheaper ITX boards but no sure how they will perform.

If anyone can suggest an i3 comob that would suit my needs and a raid card if necessary that would be great.
 
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Anyone?

I am definitely going for the custom build now but I need help choosing the board/cpu.

I think I can get a lot better for the money instead of the C2750.

Thanks
 
Bought a WD DS6100 so does everything I need except Hyper-V isn't supoorted on 2012 R2 essentials but will look at VMware workstation or similar as an alternative
 
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Ha! They are quite powerful little machines but QNAP and Synology are hardly cheap so seemed like a good choice given the extras I get like a proper CPU and enterprise drives
 
i would have got 1 with a custom build but this WD has doesn't have a raid card which for the price you would expect it to have a decent one.
 
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