Hi,

I am looking for building a NAS with used hardware, mostly for media, because my current Dell 7050 only has a 500gb hdd and I am tired of running low on space constantly.

I have a few questions:

  • I am currently running containers for Jellyfin, Radarr and Sonarr, if I buy a new machine for NAS, it makes sense to migrate every media-related container to the NAS drive, correct? The Dell machine I have has a 7th gen Intel CPU, that is able to transcode H265 perfectly, which is a big bonus. So if I end up moving it, the machine I buy needs to do the same, I suppose.
  • If so, then I guess using TrueNAS is not the way to go, and instead use a simple debian or ubuntu server distro for simple sharing?
  • If TrueNAS is the answer, then I should aim for ECC ram. If that’s the case, I am not aware of cheap/budget workstations that have ECC ram, but if you have recommendations for one, great;
  • If you think I should instead buy something with an i3/i5/i7 or Ryzen processor, what kind of machines would you recommend?
  • I was looking to find something for around 150/200€, excluding hard drives. Not sure if that is possible.

Thank you.

  • amniote@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Something I’m looking at myself is HP elitedesk 800 gen3 Tower. Mobo has 5 sata ports in addition to 1 nvme port. It takes 6/7th gen cpu so you could reuse your current cpu. 4 ram slots DDR4@2400.

    What is especially appealing is the 5.25 slot for which icydock has a powered bracket that takes and powers 4 SSD disks. (Edit: ejectable too). Sure the chassis has internal space to accomodate even more HDD.

    With Proxmox on the nvme + some raidz zfs action would make for a nice HCI setup. My next build and might inspire yours.

    • utubas@lemm.eeOP
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      11 months ago

      Yes, that’s what I am considering, at the moment. But I will go for Dell or Lenovo, don’t want anything HP. Maybe with a Xeon and ECC RAM, for about 150 euros.