Hi, to everyone I'm rebuilding for the 11-th time my NAS, and VM host, but I have some serious HW limits and want some help!?
Goals:
NAS for SMB, NFS, FTP file sharing across a bunch of OS.
UPnP/iTunes Media Server/ala Plex
Torrent server
VM host for (MusicBrainz VM Server, pfSense or other router OS)
Multi-OS Computer Backup (1 Mac OS 9, 1 Mac OS X 10.4, 2 Win10 Machines)
Hardware at my disposal:
"NAS"
Supermicro SC836 Dual 1300W PSU, TQ backplane
Supermicro X8DTH-iF
1x Intel XEON E5540 2.53GHz
2x Kingston 1600MHz DDR3 4GB DIMM
1x LSI 1064 SAS 3Gb/s 4 port card
2x Gigabit ethernet Dual port cards
1x Sony slim-line BluRay/DVD
1x 4GB SATA SSD (Unused)
1x 500GB SATA OS-Drive
Storage-Spaces 4.5TB JBOD (1x WD Green 2.5TB + 2x WD Green 1TB)
Storage-Spaces 2TB JBOD (1x Seagate Constellation 2TB)
ElCheapo combo case, Thermaltake 650W PSU
Biostar G41
Goals:
NAS for SMB, NFS, FTP file sharing across a bunch of OS.
UPnP/iTunes Media Server/ala Plex
Torrent server
VM host for (MusicBrainz VM Server, pfSense or other router OS)
Multi-OS Computer Backup (1 Mac OS 9, 1 Mac OS X 10.4, 2 Win10 Machines)
Hardware at my disposal:
"NAS"
Supermicro SC836 Dual 1300W PSU, TQ backplane
Supermicro X8DTH-iF
1x Intel XEON E5540 2.53GHz
2x Kingston 1600MHz DDR3 4GB DIMM
1x LSI 1064 SAS 3Gb/s 4 port card
2x Gigabit ethernet Dual port cards
1x Sony slim-line BluRay/DVD
1x 4GB SATA SSD (Unused)
1x 500GB SATA OS-Drive
Storage-Spaces 4.5TB JBOD (1x WD Green 2.5TB + 2x WD Green 1TB)
Storage-Spaces 2TB JBOD (1x Seagate Constellation 2TB)
ElCheapo combo case, Thermaltake 650W PSU
Biostar G41
1x Intel Dual Core E5800 2.8GHz
1x Kingston 1333MHz DDR3 2GB DIMM
1x LG DVD-RW
2x Gigabit ethernet Dual port cards
1x 320GB SATA OS-Drive
1x 750GB SATA data drive
Finally the clients machines are:
Lenovo Y50-70 Intel i7, 16GB RAM, 2TB HDD -- Work & Game Laptop
Microsoft Surface Pro3 Intel i5, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD -- Media Consumption
Amazon FireTV Stick, connected to TV & audio system -- YouTube Player
Sony Xperia XZ1 64GB -- Mobile Media Consumption
1x Kingston 1333MHz DDR3 2GB DIMM
1x LG DVD-RW
2x Gigabit ethernet Dual port cards
1x 320GB SATA OS-Drive
1x 750GB SATA data drive
Finally the clients machines are:
Lenovo Y50-70 Intel i7, 16GB RAM, 2TB HDD -- Work & Game Laptop
Microsoft Surface Pro3 Intel i5, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD -- Media Consumption
Amazon FireTV Stick, connected to TV & audio system -- YouTube Player
Sony Xperia XZ1 64GB -- Mobile Media Consumption