Hello Everyone.
I'm really hoping someone here will have the knowledge I need and the time to edumacate me in the world of servers. I'm brand new to it and only just starting out with it, and there's all of a sudden a world of new features and limitations, that I'm not used to having to consider or even have been a problem before.
I do apologize in advanced, this might be a lengthy thread, but I hope you'll bare with me.
I've set my heart on making a server, and I've got only a couple of things I want it to be able to do:
My current living arrangements doesn't include a closet, attic, or basement, so it will have to be situated in my living room, thus noise is a concern. Because of this, aesthetics and noise matters, thus I've set my heart on a SilverStone Technology SST-RM400 with a low noise ATX power supply and Noctua fans. Next limitation I have a concern for is the power consumption, I'm a student, so I cannot afford a large power bill. And here's where it's starting to become complicated for me.
Because of my economy, I want to use an iGPU for Plex Media Server for hardware accelerated transcoding, firstly because I have no room to spare in my economy to buy a dedicated GPU, but also because of the additional power it'll consume, even idling.
The RM400 support up to 10 hot-swap bays and the SilverStone Technology SST-FS305B-12G Hot-Swap tray comes with 5x 7pin SATA connections, giving me a total need for 10x SATA3 ports on the motherboard or 2 SAS2/SAS3 ports with an onboard LSI controller (other SAS controllers apparently don't play nice in unraid). I found a few options I thought would work, but on the unraid forum, they explained to me, that the C-series chipsets from Intel wouldn't allow iGPU passthrough to Plex Media Server and Handshake. So here comes my first question:
Which chipset would I need for this feature?
I got my heart set on a Xeon E-series APU, either 4 or 6 core, but which would be the better option and why?
I'd like to run WD NAS drives, and 2 NVMe WD NAS drives for OS (UnRaid) and Plex Media Server cache drive.
I'm really hoping someone here will take the time and advice me in this matter.
Best regards
I'm really hoping someone here will have the knowledge I need and the time to edumacate me in the world of servers. I'm brand new to it and only just starting out with it, and there's all of a sudden a world of new features and limitations, that I'm not used to having to consider or even have been a problem before.
I do apologize in advanced, this might be a lengthy thread, but I hope you'll bare with me.
I've set my heart on making a server, and I've got only a couple of things I want it to be able to do:
- Function as a NAS with a shared network folder to my Win10 Pro laptop (if possible cloud access)
- Run a Plex Media Server
My current living arrangements doesn't include a closet, attic, or basement, so it will have to be situated in my living room, thus noise is a concern. Because of this, aesthetics and noise matters, thus I've set my heart on a SilverStone Technology SST-RM400 with a low noise ATX power supply and Noctua fans. Next limitation I have a concern for is the power consumption, I'm a student, so I cannot afford a large power bill. And here's where it's starting to become complicated for me.
Because of my economy, I want to use an iGPU for Plex Media Server for hardware accelerated transcoding, firstly because I have no room to spare in my economy to buy a dedicated GPU, but also because of the additional power it'll consume, even idling.
The RM400 support up to 10 hot-swap bays and the SilverStone Technology SST-FS305B-12G Hot-Swap tray comes with 5x 7pin SATA connections, giving me a total need for 10x SATA3 ports on the motherboard or 2 SAS2/SAS3 ports with an onboard LSI controller (other SAS controllers apparently don't play nice in unraid). I found a few options I thought would work, but on the unraid forum, they explained to me, that the C-series chipsets from Intel wouldn't allow iGPU passthrough to Plex Media Server and Handshake. So here comes my first question:
Which chipset would I need for this feature?
I got my heart set on a Xeon E-series APU, either 4 or 6 core, but which would be the better option and why?
I'd like to run WD NAS drives, and 2 NVMe WD NAS drives for OS (UnRaid) and Plex Media Server cache drive.
I'm really hoping someone here will take the time and advice me in this matter.
Best regards