Building a NAS....

[bar1]

If I have the power I will most definitely have some proper servers....will check out the i3-14100 also, ,thanks.

 

[bar1]

Currently I have an hp gen8 for NAS and an HP PRODESK G6 for dockers /vms I (will be selling it soon though...watch this space ;-).
Plan is to upgrade to 1 device and get a little more CPU power.

 

[ubercal]

just buy an intel nuc for the compute (cpu and memory) , and a NAS (QNAP or Synology) for the shared storage.I see you using proxmox.

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[bar1]

Currently I have an hp gen8 for NAS and an HP PRODESK G6 for dockers /vms I (will be selling it soon though...watch this space ;-).
Plan is to upgrade to 1 device and get a little more CPU power.

Thats what I currently have ....

 

[bar1]

 

[bar1]

Some questions regarding a power supply.....what is the recommended Watts for a set up like mine?
I think 450 should be enough but maybe a 650 just in case....I think it must be and SFX and something I just thought about, I should probably get a white one.

 

[ToxicBunny]

Some questions regarding a power supply.....what is the recommended Watts for a set up like mine?
I think 450 should be enough but maybe a 650 just in case....I think it must be and SFX and something I just thought about, I should probably get a white one.

Given that you're only running 2 HDDs and 1 NVME... I'd say that 450W gives you a crap ton of headroom in all honesty.

you're at about 50W for the 2 HDDs at most, which would leave you 400W for just the system itself.

 

[bar1]

Will be running more hard drives.
I still need to see, but it'll probably be 4 hard drives, 2 ssds, and 3 NVME's.

 

[ToxicBunny]

Will be running more hard drives.
I still need to see, but it'll probably be 4 hard drives, 2 ssds, and 3 NVME's.

Even at those sorts of numbers, I'd reckon the 450w is more than enough.

 

[Pho3nix]

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Link to order?

 

[bar1]

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006649365137.html?aff_fcid=11eafdb7469647c78420cd923d041341-1722606011032-03833-_DeD1psH&tt=CPS_NORMAL&aff_fsk=_DeD1psH&aff_platform=portals-tool&sk=_DeD1psH&aff_trace_key=11eafdb7469647c78420cd923d041341-1722606011032-03833-_DeD1psH&terminal_id=7f56938ca4ec4f11a27666679fe7e704&afSmartRedirect=y

and yes.
I did pay 125$ to get it delivered (I paid more to get it to south Africa then the price of the case).

 

[bar1]

I completed the build , however the server is flashing red.
I didn't connect the onboard front panel usb's, can that be the reason?
All fans are working fine.

 

[netstrider]

Here's another option.

ZimaBoard 2 – Fanless NAS & Home Server Board with PCIe and Dual 2.5GbE

ZimaBoard 2 is a fanless single-board server with Intel N150, dual 2.5GbE, PCIe, and SATA. Ideal for DIY NAS, home server, personal cloud, or homelab projects.

shop.zimaboard.com

 

[bar1]

 

[bar1]

 

[bar1]

 

[bar1]

Old NUC is up for sell forum.

 

[bar1]

So been thinking maybe I should add a low profile GPU and have a small gaming VM....
any recommendations ?

 

[PaulGherkin]

So been thinking maybe I should add a low profile GPU and have a small gaming VM....
any recommendations ?

Maybe use an embedded ARM system next time

 

[shadow_man]

Here's another option.

ZimaBoard 2 – Fanless NAS & Home Server Board with PCIe and Dual 2.5GbE

ZimaBoard 2 is a fanless single-board server with Intel N150, dual 2.5GbE, PCIe, and SATA. Ideal for DIY NAS, home server, personal cloud, or homelab projects.

shop.zimaboard.com

These are cool. I may grab one of the discounted one's in the US.

Specifically around a PFSense/OpenSense firewall.