Hi,
So after I read NAS Killer 6.0 Guide ([Guide] NAS Killer 6.0 - DDR4 is finally cheap - #2 by neldonado), It’s really make me sense.
Before that I stuck at the PC Case/motherboard parts, didn’t know which to choose.
To be honest, I wanted to go with Xpenology, because I hear that they have really much softwares/add-ons to almost everything, but let me know if Unraid will be better.
Here is what I want to make with my NAS.
(Let me know if I can do it with this software)
- RAID1 with HDD discs
- Automatic backup of images/videos of iPhones (if the program know not to copy duplicate it will be great)
- Torrent server - currently I run on my computer qbittorrent download content and transfer to external SSD that connects to NVIDIA Streamer via USB, what I want to do is, torrent server will always run on the NAS when I download something it, after finish it will copy to other directory so I can watch from NVIDIA. It’s the best way to do it? or maybe other way? (in this way there duplicate content on 2 different directories)
- VOD server - from the torrent server there will be a directory that there will be all the content so I can play from the NVIDIA streamer (from VLC)
As I’m live in Israel, the prices are different and more expensive then the US.
So here is my list of parts for the NAS, I like to hear you thoughts about it.
NAS1 -
Part | Price |
---|---|
Cooler Master N400 | 108 USD |
ASRock b365 Phantom Gaming | 160 USD |
Intel i5 8500 | 53 USD |
CPU Cooler SST-NT07-115X-USA | 42 USD |
RAM Corsair 32G (16x2) 3200Mhz CL16 | 65 USD |
Total | 428 USD |
- PC Case, RAM, CPU cooler are new, the rest are second hand.
** Motherboard comes with bundle with i5 9400f cpu that I can sell later and return some money (but currently the seller of this bundle not answer me)
NAS2 -
Part | Price |
---|---|
Case Cooler Master N400 | 108 USD |
ASUS Z370 Pro | 50 USD |
Intel i5 8400 | 50 USD |
CPU Cooler Arctic Freezer 7 X | 6 USD |
RAM Corsair 32GB (16x2) 3200Mhz CL16 | 65 USD |
Total | 279 USD |
- PC Case, RAM are new, the rest are second hand.
** Motherboard, CPU and CPU cooler comes in bundle and they second hand.
I know that for both specifications I need also to add PSU, from what I saw new PSU costs 48 USD depends on the WATT and brand, which PSU needed for this types of systems?
Some questions,
- How to create some cache with SSDs? need 2?
- For NAS2 configuration how I can be sure that the Motherboard will be good for NAS?
- Just curoius, Plex server transcoding is prefer then just stream from HDD?
Regards.