Hi,
After spending the past few days over on the Motherboard forum, I'm getting close to finalizing the design for a DIY NAS w/ OMV. The NAS should be relatively future-proof (can add more drives, can handle 4K streaming), and it should handle up to 4+ Plex Media Server streams simultaneously. It should also serve Kodi clients and store a large library of pdf files accessed via WebDAV.
Here's what I've come up with. It's a bit more than I planned to spend, so if you see ways to save money, please say so. Also, advice on technical improvements, etc. with OMV in mind will be very appreciated.
Description | Vendor | Price | Qty. | Net Price (incl. s&h, rebates, & tax) |
CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1220 v5 | SuperBiiz | $197.99 | 1 | $204.98 |
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO | Newegg | $29.99 | 1 | $24.99 |
Motherboard: Super Micro MBD-X11SSH-LN4F (micro-ATX) w/ integrated graphics | Newegg | $239.99 | 1 | $228.98 |
Memory: Samsung DDR-2133 ECC 16GB | Amazon | $80.21 | 1 | $80.21 |
System Storage: 120 GB SSD, A-Data Premier SP550 | NCIXUS | $37.99 | 1 | $37.99 |
"Cold" Storage: WD Red 4TB 3.5" Drive | NCIXUS | $147.82 | 3 (for RAID 5) | $443.46 |
Case: Rosewill RSV-L4000-4U* | Newegg | $90.99 | 1 | $90.99 |
Intake Case Fans: Noctua NF-F12 PWM (120 mm)* | Amazon | $18.49 | 2 | $36.98 |
Exhaust Case Fans: Noctua NF-R8 Redux-1800 PWM (80mm)* | Newegg | $13.99 | 2 | $27.98 |
Hot Swap: Rosewill RSV-SATA-Cage-34 4-bay hot-swap cage | Amazon | $59.43 | 1 | $59.43 |
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNova 550W Gold Certified ATX | Newegg | $84.99 | 1 | $80.98 |
TOTAL: | $1,316.97 |
*The Rosewill case comes with 5x120mm and 2x80mm fans. But reviews have said they're noisy, and they're not PWM. Since this NAS will sit in my living room's media cabinet, I plan to replace them with quieter, more efficient fans, and sell the Rosewills. Rosewill makes a smaller version of this case, which comes with only 2x120mm and 2x80mm fans. Since I can't know ahead of time how hot this system will run, I plan to start out with only 2x120mm intake fans and 2x80mm exhaust fans. If the system runs hot with these, I'll add fans as necessary.
I already know I can eliminate the hot-swap cage, get the smaller Rosewill case for $10 less (but hopefully I can offset the additional cost by selling the 3 extra fans that come with the larger case), and maybe get away with using the Rosewill fans instead of the Noctuas. The X11SSH-LN4F motherboard has 4 network ports, but the system needs 2 at most. Nonetheless the version with two-fewer ports, the X11SSH-F, does not seem to be available on the Web, except at prices higher than that for the LN4F version.
Other thoughts?