media server

My current setup is TrueNAS Scale 22.12.3.3 Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-7500 CPU @ 3.40GHz Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard Crucial CT8G4DFS824A 8 GB (1 x 8 GB) DDR4-2400 CL17 Memory And for storage, I have 2 8tb Iron Wolf Pro and 2 6tb Iron Wolf Pro drives in a raidz. I know this...

Build’s Name: Friday (Proxmox cluster is named Jarvis so thinking of something related) Operating System/ Storage Platform: TrueNAS (core or scale, not sure which is best here) CPU: unknown Motherboard: unknown Chassis: Supermicro 847 24 or 36-bay Drives: 8-12x 16TB WD Gold HDDs + SSD pool +...

Background: I have a media server that's been offline for a while. It has several disks between 1TB-3TB (JBOD) and room to add more. I built it to simply store all my CD, DVD and BrD rips. I played the files on an HTPC so transcoding wasn't an issue - but I retired the HTPC some time ago and I...

Build’s Name: Lion Operating System/ Storage Platform: KVM (CentOS) or ESXi CPU: Intel - Xeon E3-1220 V5 3GHz Quad-Core CPU Cooler: Noctua - NH-L9i 33.8 CFM CPU Cooler Motherboard: SUPERMICRO MBD-X11SSH-F-O Micro ATX Server Motherboard LGA 1151 Intel C236 Chassis: U-NAS NSC- 810A Drives: 8x...

Hi, I'm building a Media Server and I'm finding the best CPU solution for the job. I'm interested in the AMD Ryzen 7 2700X, but it has 20 bus lanes. I need 2 PCIe slots x8 for the HBA controllers (2 because I have 12xHDD and 3 miniSAS ports, maybe 2 LSI 9211-8i) and 1 PCIe slot for a dedicated...