Not as bothered about write penalties as the SLOG can help with that, and it allows me to build it fairly soon whilst offering capacity for more than double my current usage (and a bit extra for SteamCache). HDD: I’ve opted for 6圆TB in a RAIDZ2 as a nice balance. This drive seems to have good sustained write, and relatively decent performance for the price. I see iXSystems recommend Power Loss Protection, but I’d like to get this thing build soon as possible, so I’ll leave something like Optane for a future upgrade. I’ll be using NVMe for the boot drive (any that seems decent at low price), and the PNY as a SLOG/L2ARC. SSD: One of the PNY’s is set, the other is flexible. Motherboard only supports Unbuffered, and there aren’t many options are higher speeds (at least on Scan, haven’t checked elsewhere yet).
#Plex media server setup frenass upgrade#
I know the typical advise is “1GB per 1TB of storage”, but I’m going to monitor it first and upgrade if required. While ECC might not be necessary, I’d like to take any steps I can to keep all the data intact. Memory: 16GB should be enough to start with, and the speeds are okay enough for Ryzen to get decent performance. From what I gather, the onboard controller should be fine for general use, and I’d only need a HBA to add more ports down the line. Motherboard: I’ve so far heard mostly good things about ASRock, plus it has ECC memory support, 8 SATA ports, and an Intel NIC. (Cooler note: will be using stock until I can take the D15 out of my main rig) Some parts may change, but here’s the current reasoning I have for all the stuffs:ĬPU: Ryzen would offer me a good upgrade path should I need it, and the 3600 seems like a nice balance between performance and price, especially since at time of writing it’s only £50 more than the 3100x.
#Plex media server setup frenass 720p#
Plex server, using ripped media to stream for myself and friends (mostly remote, but would still need to service a few 720p streams (no higher since I don’t have the best upload speeds)).Storage server for myself, and potentially other family members if I can figure out the best way to do it.This thing is going to serve a few purposes: So, I’m planning on building one in the next few months, and here’s the current parts list I have set. Been a couple years since I last posted about this, and now that it’s finally feasible for me to actually build a FreeNAS server, figure I would run this by the forums once more for a final check.