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What is wrong with my plan? (alien.top)

submitted 2 years ago by ImsoFNpetty@alien.top to c/datahoarder@selfhosted.forum

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My problem: CPU maxing out, have 15tb of Linux isos I would like to have in a raid setup, I have an addiction to collecting data.

My current budget setup:

i5 7500 32gb ram 35tb storage 1070 for hw transcoding Windows 10

Running Plex, Radarr, Sonarr, Lidarr, Qbit, various nodes for mining

My plan to upgrade:

Dell R720 (or R720XD 12 bay) Dual E5 2660 64gb ram? 8x 10tb drives?

I'm thinking of using truenas scale, running full servarr collection and qbit on it. Would like to run raid6? (i know its not a backup, but at least have some protection as some of my Linux isos were hard to find). I'd also like to set up an FTP on this server to make it easier to transfer files between remote locations. Will probably find more things to play with depending on unused resources.

Could upgrade storage further down the road with a md1200.

I would convert my old server to some undecided Linux and be dedicated to running plex and handling transcodes. Probably run a few low resource things on it as well such as nodes.

I want to play around with HA, but from my research, I'm probably better off setting it up on a dedicated machine so it isn't effected by other resource heavy applications (i have a thinkcentre tiny kicking around that would be perfect for this).

Is this a bad idea? I feel the price is good considering future expandability. Is there a reason not to run truenas scale?

I want something that is expandable, low maintenance (Windows has been... windows), and remote manageable (Don't want to sit beside my rack every time I want to make changes).

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[–] Party_9001@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Dell R720 (or R720XD 12 bay) Dual E5 2660 64gb ram? 8x 10tb drives?

E5 v1s today?

Would like to run raid6?

RAID z2

I'd also like to set up an FTP on this server to make it easier to transfer files between remote locations.

Might want to secure that

I want to play around with HA

You can play around with HA using VMs

Is this a bad idea?

Probably

I feel the price is good considering future expandability.

Doesn't mention a price in the post ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯ Although I probably wouldn't run it even if it was free

Is there a reason not to run truenas scale?

Not really. Just read up on ZFS before making your pool

remote manageable (Don't want to sit beside my rack every time I want to make changes).

RDP / VNC...?

[–] Malossi167@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Would like to run raid6?

RAID z2

For a Plex server I would almost always opt for something else than ZFS. The benefits are slim at best and being able to easily and quickly upgrade your capacity with some random drives is much more useful IMO.

I'd also like to set up an FTP on this server to make it easier to transfer files between remote locations.

Might want to secure that

Definitely. Just run your own VPN. And I would likely opt for Rsync or something similar.