Hi all,
I have been planning ot build a NAS for a while now. I was always goign to use FreeNAS, however, I want to keep my existing Hauppauge 2200 dual tuner (and it doesn't have BSD drivers). Fortunately, there are Linux drivers, so i can give OMV a go. I was also reading up on SnapRAID plugin as an option to try as well.
I'm in Australia, and so finding suitable parts at a reasonable price is difficult to say the least. Plus, to get ECC RAM support and dual Intel NIC's is not an easy feat. Then, I'd like adequate power to support all the plugins and probably transcoding to other devices, whilst keeping the system low on power usage as it'll be on 247.
So here's the build so far:
CPU - Intel i3 6100
MOBO - Supermicro X11SLL-F
RAM - Kingston 2x 8GB ECC ValueRAM
CASE - Fractal Design Define Mini
PSU - Seasonic G-450W or Antec TPC-450W
I'll probably get a small SSD for the OS, I have a 2TB WD Red NAS and will either get more or get some 4TB ones (taht's why SnapRAID is appealing, as I can build as I go).
Any thoughts on this build? Or my suggested OMV/SnapRAID option instead of ZFS? Is ECC necessary, as it's much easier/cheaper to get a basic Gigabyte B150M-D3H and standard DDR4 ram than source the Supermicro board and ECC RAM from overseas...plus the warranty issues? I'm probably not as worried about losing dual NIC capability.
This is for a home NAS to store family photos/videos, as well as streaming various media, FTA TV recordings, maybe surveillance camera recordings at some stage.
cheers,
gabs