Hi all,
This is my first OMV build, and so far I'm loving the flexibility. I had all my storage in my HTPC, but I didn't like the noise of that always running in the lounge. I also had a web server and mumble server running on a Raspberry Pi, and L2TP VPN on my router, so I wanted to consolidate that. OMV fit the bill perfectly.
My specs are
i3 6100 Skylate 3.7ghz dual core with HT
8GB DDR4 RAM
Gigabyte H170 M-ATX motherboard
(Note on motherboard: I usually don't like Gigabyte, but it was one of the few locally available with 16x and 4x PCI-E slots, rather than 16x and two 1x, and had Intel NIC. I wanted two slots at least 2x for NIC and SATA controller)
HP Intel dual port server NIC (spare from work)
OCZ Trion 100 120GB SSD for boot (crap, but hopefully reliable enough)
3x 2TB WD Green in MDRAID5 - important stuff
1x 3TB Seagate and 1x 750GB Samsung in LVM span - not important stuff
Cheap Silverstone case with 5x 3.5 inch and Lian Li 2x 5.25 inch to 3x 3.5 inch bay adapter (total eight 3.5 inch bays)
OMV 2.0 with backport kernel
I am using it for file/media server to Windows clients, OpenVPN, video surveillance storage, torrenting (100/20 fibre torrenting directly to NAS
) and remote backups for my parents data.
I put structured cabling my house and am getting 113MB/s to/from my Windows 10 machines. This box lives in my linen cupboard next to my fibre ONT, router, switch etc. It used 41w idle with 4 drives spinning and the CPU idles at barely more than ambient temp.
The only issue I had with setup was the onboard NIC wouldn't work with the 3.16 kernel, so I put the server NIC in as a temporary measure but I think it is better than onboard anyway so it will stay.
Here's hoping for many years of trouble free service!