Hello together
It's my first time here in the forum therefore I am not sure if my question belongs to the mainboard or to the HBA area.
My current old NAS consists of the following components:
I7 3770k, Asus Saberthooth Z78, 3x WD RED 4TB, 3x SSD, OS: OpenMediaVault
and has some software problems and is no longer available online.
Now I had the opportunity to benefit from a great deal.
7 brand new WD Red 4TB harddisk for the price of 35€ / disk. (YES per disc!)
So I have 7 new hard disks. (I have not yet checked them in detai, but I think they are SMR models but for the price I really do not care).
Since the effort to solve the software problems on my current NAS, (for me as a total noob), are very high, I decided to build a completely new NAS and use the old one as a backup.
The old NAS had relatively few hard drives, I did not think much about the data throughput of the chipset. But now it looks different with 7 disks. (possibly also 8)
I want to keep the costs as low as possible and try to buy used hardware wherever I see it as uncritical.
But with the motherboard it is difficult.
I have looked at the following motherboards:
AsRock x570 Pro4
AsRock x570 PG Velocita
AsRock x570 Steel Legend
All of them have 8 Sata ports which are directly connected to the chipset.
I know that in the past there were tests on platforms like Z87, where it was shown that the maximum data throughput was already reached with 2-3 SSD.
Of course, the new NAS only has hard drives, but I also intend to use 1 to 2 Nvme SSD as cache or OS.
In addition, there is probably also a video card in x8 Mode or maybe x4 (something very simple, in the old one is a 750ti in it, because it does not consume additional power. From time to time I run game server over the NAS, where some needed a graphics card e.g. ARK).
I will also upgrade my whole home network to 25Gbit next year. Since the NAS will also be used for downloads and home office, this will surely be one of the first systems to get a 25Gbit connection.
I want to use ZFS as my experience with it has always been positive.
What are your experiences?
Does anyone have a similar setup?
Does it make sense to connect everything to the chipset?
Do I need to install a controller card and if so, which one? (I don't want to install a RAID controller that costs $1000.-)
Are there other platforms that are better suited? (price/performance)
I don't want a rack server because the NAS is in the office. #Noise pollution.
Thank you in advance for your helpful inputs.
-Frownwarrior
ps. just for fun I made a poll...
It's my first time here in the forum therefore I am not sure if my question belongs to the mainboard or to the HBA area.
My current old NAS consists of the following components:
I7 3770k, Asus Saberthooth Z78, 3x WD RED 4TB, 3x SSD, OS: OpenMediaVault
and has some software problems and is no longer available online.
Now I had the opportunity to benefit from a great deal.
7 brand new WD Red 4TB harddisk for the price of 35€ / disk. (YES per disc!)
So I have 7 new hard disks. (I have not yet checked them in detai, but I think they are SMR models but for the price I really do not care).
Since the effort to solve the software problems on my current NAS, (for me as a total noob), are very high, I decided to build a completely new NAS and use the old one as a backup.
The old NAS had relatively few hard drives, I did not think much about the data throughput of the chipset. But now it looks different with 7 disks. (possibly also 8)
I want to keep the costs as low as possible and try to buy used hardware wherever I see it as uncritical.
But with the motherboard it is difficult.
I have looked at the following motherboards:
AsRock x570 Pro4
AsRock x570 PG Velocita
AsRock x570 Steel Legend
All of them have 8 Sata ports which are directly connected to the chipset.
I know that in the past there were tests on platforms like Z87, where it was shown that the maximum data throughput was already reached with 2-3 SSD.
Of course, the new NAS only has hard drives, but I also intend to use 1 to 2 Nvme SSD as cache or OS.
In addition, there is probably also a video card in x8 Mode or maybe x4 (something very simple, in the old one is a 750ti in it, because it does not consume additional power. From time to time I run game server over the NAS, where some needed a graphics card e.g. ARK).
I will also upgrade my whole home network to 25Gbit next year. Since the NAS will also be used for downloads and home office, this will surely be one of the first systems to get a 25Gbit connection.
I want to use ZFS as my experience with it has always been positive.
What are your experiences?
Does anyone have a similar setup?
Does it make sense to connect everything to the chipset?
Do I need to install a controller card and if so, which one? (I don't want to install a RAID controller that costs $1000.-)
Are there other platforms that are better suited? (price/performance)
I don't want a rack server because the NAS is in the office. #Noise pollution.
Thank you in advance for your helpful inputs.
-Frownwarrior
ps. just for fun I made a poll...