Hey guys! I’ll just warn you, I’m a newbie when it comes to server stuff so bear with me.
So I’ve built lots of computers in the past, and so I’ve decided I need a storage server for all my various video/photo/music hobbies to live in peaceful redundancy.
I want to run FreeNAS because I’ve fooled around with that a little bit, but I’m still at a loss with what hardware I should get.
My initial reaction is to just to put a low spec Ryzen chip with a b450 motherboard and like 8GB of RAM in a case. Also I’ve got 2x 4TB WD Red drives with plans to expand in the future. But I honesty can’t come up with any answers if this is a good spec sheet or not.
USAGE:
Back up files safely.
Fool around with a VM.
Maybe mess with Plex? Not sure what this entails though.
Thanks for the help guys!
Also I’m running gigabit ethernet
So I’ve built lots of computers in the past, and so I’ve decided I need a storage server for all my various video/photo/music hobbies to live in peaceful redundancy.
I want to run FreeNAS because I’ve fooled around with that a little bit, but I’m still at a loss with what hardware I should get.
My initial reaction is to just to put a low spec Ryzen chip with a b450 motherboard and like 8GB of RAM in a case. Also I’ve got 2x 4TB WD Red drives with plans to expand in the future. But I honesty can’t come up with any answers if this is a good spec sheet or not.
USAGE:
Back up files safely.
Fool around with a VM.
Maybe mess with Plex? Not sure what this entails though.
Thanks for the help guys!
Also I’m running gigabit ethernet