Comment on Should I go with a prebuilt or custom built NAS to get into self hosting?
GottaRiskIt@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I went down the rabbit hole a while back, I have the space so I went with an old Dell R720 server rack with 24 cores/48 threads, and like 128 gigs of ram for 300 dollars off eBay.
I flashed the raid controller to IT mode using this guide
The perk of going this route is that I can run UnRaid which has an awesome web interface for creating docker containers and content servers.
At the same time you get the ability to add drives over time without having to rebuild your array. I started with a cache, parity, and storage. Over time I have added an additional parity drive and 6 more storage drives.
With this setup and similar you also can use SAS drives. Used helium filled enterprise drives are around 80 dollars for 10tb.
I run a plex server with mostly 4k content, game servers, Wordpress, pihole, media grabbers (aars), seedbox, home nas and countless other containers basically 24/7.
It works incredibly well especially for the price, but it is large. If you have space I highly recommend it. I run mine in an insulated crawlspace lol.
skybox@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Damn that R720 sounds like a great all-in-one solution. Is the power draw manageable?
Also woah! Helium filled drives? What’s the lifespan/risk on those if they’ve already gotten their lifespan cut short?
GottaRiskIt@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Average draw would be similar to the other person 200-300 watts under load. My server is really only super loud on boot. The noise levels are a none issue for me.
Most the drives I get I scan the smart data and most have nearly no usage on them. The drives are cheap enough and running parity I am not too worried about data loss. I have been running the server for 2.5 years now and I have yet to lose a drive.