The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/de4thr4sher on 2024-06-11 19:24:40.
Hello everyone! I've been lurking around here for quite some time and all I'll say is that I've been inspired by your posts so much that I've decided to dive into the realm of building my first NAS and be a data hoarder myself. But I'll need your help with that as I've been very confused with a lot of things and obviously, I don't want to screw everything up.
So, first things first. My intention with the setup is purely just hoarding data on a separate machine other than my main PC while i keep everything safe and secure as much as possible. I don't need it to be accessible from anywhere or anything like that, just locally from my main PC. Like an enormous external HDD to put it simply. I don't need crazy speeds either as I won't be using it for work or anything similar. It's main use will be storing and playing my audio/video files from there and ofc, store a lot of other files and having backups of my main system and other devices.
I'll be starting with the hardware I already own and the ones I plan on buying (suggestions are welcome ofc)
*Already owned hardware*
Option 1 for mobo/CPU/RAM would be my old setup:
A Z390-E paired with a 9700k (8C/8T) and 32GB (DDR4-3000) of RAM
Option 2 would be a setup I got recently for free:
An Asus ROG Maximus VII paired with a 4790k (4C/8T) and 16GB (DDR3-1600).
A 700W Coolermaster PSU that I also got with the free setup, an old spare Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB and if I manage to finally build this NAS, I'll be getting rid of a 4TB WD drive and an 8TB Ironwolf drive.
Will I have to use the 9700k setup in this case or even the 4790k will be enough?
*Hardware I plan on buying*
The goal for now is to get 4 drives so I can have 2 of them for redundancy and add another 4 next year and hopefully I won't have a storage issue for a long time.
I've locked my eyes on Exos X16 14TB and on X18 16TB drives and a Define 7 XL R2 case for this whole setup as all these are in a fairly good price right now where I'm from. Seagate lists these drives as CMR so I guess shouldn't be concerned...? Later on I know I'll also have to get a Pci-e to 4x sata or something like that.
That's about it as far as hardware goes. Let's dive into software now, shall we?
The most confusing part for me and where I need your advice the most. What should I go for?
I see a lot of people recommending unRAID for basic setups like this. I got very confused when I was trying to decide between that or TrueNAS and eventually I gave it up and decided to ask the experts here. What would you do? Is it worth spending extra for an unRAID licence?
I know this post is stupid for 99.8% of you but it's obviously not my field of expertise and I'm trying to not spend anywhere else right now, except mainly for HDDs and a case.
Suggestions AND roasts are welcome! :) Thanks in advance!