I have edited this post since the time it was originally made. Because i realize many here use UnRaid as opposed to TrueNas?
I am in the process of procuring h/w. I already ordered the following
MoBo: Asrock Z370 Pro4
CPU: i5 8500T
I am planning to use this NAS build merely for storage purposes and not for gaming or media serving. I do intend to run either a VM or some docker containers which will run some python scripts for web scraping.
RAM:
is a 64GB Crucial Pro RAM an overkill for my needs?
SSD
The motherboard I ordered only supports Gen3 nvme m.2 SSD. however, it is hard to find a Gen3 SSD and they are expensive. Is it Ok to use a Gen4 SSD? [WD SN560 1TB NVMe Gen4x4 Internal M.2 2280 SSD] - these are less expensive than the Gen3 ones.
Storage:
I am looking at this from the NAS killer 6.0 as a reference.
- 1 SSD cache for docker containers and VMs
- 1 HDD cache for large file ingest
- 1 parity drive
- 6 data drives (48TB usable)
I have about 6-8 TB of data to be backed up.
I have no idea how many storage, parity, cache drives should i be using. Can someone provide some suggestions?