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im no expert im just trying to make sure i get the right server for the job like i said all i want to do with it is store movies/music and access it easy with no problems
if you guys think the 150 is the best for that i will go for it, just been reading good things about the play's, certified 4k playback etc
 
This thread started with "Can I repurpose a laptop", thru "need a rack mount server" and is now at "microserver" Vs "dedicated Nas box".

If you want storage, a microserver with FreeNAS installed on it or UnRaid will work fine. But you need to do the install.

If you want to transcode movies and stream to your multi devices including TV / Microwave / Gerbil then that's different. Plex or Kodi for that kinda thing.

If you want a supported device with a helpline when it's gone PeteTong, buy a NAS.
 
Haha yeah, have gone a bit off track from original ideas but had to when realized they're not really possible.
im going to go with a micro server with FreeNAS/Unraid. Starting to look for a good deal now.
 
Best Hard drives For the Gen8 Microserver ? presuming each bay takes 4tb so looking at the Seagate Ironwolf?? and also is it worth having an SSD? thanks
 
An SSD would be worth it as a cache drive on unRaid, I just use a spinner due to budget though.
 
Cool, I'm gonna put the server on a timer so it shuts down at night when not in use, am i better off getting enterprise/NAS drive or do you think standard
drive would be okay?
 
Xpenology for a super friendly brilliant nas. IOS and android apps are perfect too. I personally prefer this to unraid. Of course xpenology is not officially supported so if data is critical then no go but should always backup anyway
 
Ncble said:
Cool, I'm gonna put the server on a timer so it shuts down at night when not in use, am i better off getting enterprise/NAS drive or do you think standard
drive would be okay?
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its a server you leave it on 24/7 cpu will go to low power state drives will spin down .
You can't afford enterprise class drives, ideally you want wd red/red pros for the first 2 drives (1 parity 1 data, assuming going unraid route) you install.

How much data do you have, what is future requirements?
 
Oh okay, right now i probably have like 4tb of data and obviously that’s only going to up as constantly updating movie/music collection.
 
Rather than starting my own thread. What's the best windows based storage setup one could deploy for a homebrew?
I'd happily use one of the NAS OS's but I definitely need it to be windows for a host of other reasons.
Could go the whole hypervisor, i-SCSI and a client adapter in the windows VM but.... that complicates things significantly, I'd rather avoid.

I've got an old perc 5i but... that's then a load of drives eating power rather than fewer, bigger drives along with the draw from the raid card itself. (and issues with size being a problem pretty much from day 1).
 
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Rather than starting my own thread. What's the best windows based storage setup one could deploy for a homebrew?
I'd happily use one of the NAS OS's but I definitely need it to be windows for a host of other reasons.
Could go the whole hypervisor, i-SCSI and a client adapter in the windows VM but.... that complicates things significantly, I'd rather avoid.

I've got an old perc 5i but... that's then a load of drives eating power rather than fewer, bigger drives along with the draw from the raid card itself. (and issues with size being a problem pretty much from day 1).
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Stablebit Drivepool is what you want. Just add drives as required and let Drivepool know what data you wish to duplicate for safety and away you go. You need to pay for it but it's worth it as there's no messing around with RAID or weird drive formats.
 
Bluecube said:
Stablebit Drivepool is what you want. Just add drives as required and let Drivepool know what data you wish to duplicate for safety and away you go. You need to pay for it but it's worth it as there's no messing around with RAID or weird drive formats.
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Perfect, ty :)
 
If you’re using UnRAID then use the SSD for cache (as you’ve already said you would) and unRAID will deal with the four storage disks. If you’re not worried about losing data then use all four disks for storage. If you want some data resilience then use one for a parity drive. You won’t need to (nor get a say!) select a RAID type as unRAID handles that side of things.
 
okay great thanks for advise will probably use 1 parity drive, i have a 3tb external drive is there a good way to utilise that with the server or is it a bad idea to keep an external drive running 24/7
 
You could see if you can take the drive apart and fit the disk in the server... Double check that it’s possible first!

Having said, that I had an external drive connected to my unRAID server for several months with no issues. I wasn’t aware of it being in continual use though and was separate from the internal drive array. I used it for backup of really important documents.
 
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