Hi guys,
I’m new to the forum, and I apologize in advance for my google translator English…
I would like to build a home nas-server with an old pc, but I need a MB Asus ws in atx format (I don’t look at other brands or pre-built nas), but I find myself stuck on the choice between some models.
From what I deduced reading here on the forum, it seems that ECC ram is almost mandatory like an intel xenon, so I have included these models:
Asus ws c246
Asus ws c422
Asus w480 pro ace
Asus ws x99 ipmi
While discarded for lack of xenon and ecc:
Asus ws w680 pro ace ipmi
Asus ws x299 pro se
Asus ws z390 pro
Could you recommend the most versatile of these?
Thank you very much
Why? You’re depriving yourself of valuable alternatives from Supermicro, Gigabyte, AsRock Rack, Tyan/Mitac, etc.
Not “mandatory”, but recommended. If you’re buying specifically to build the NAS, it is best to do it “by the texbook”, with ECC RAM.
Note that C246 boards with a Core i3 (not i5 or higher) can use ECC UDIMM.
Conversely, W680 boards can use ECC UDIMM with a Core i5 or higher (there’s no desktop Xeon W-1400 in this generation).
Also most Ryzen CPUs can unofficially use ECC UDIMM. There is now the EPYC 4004 line with full official support for ECC, and, contrary to Intel Xeon E/Xeon W-1000, EPYC 4004 is priced similarly to regular desktop Ryzen CPUs—there’s no “Xeon tax” with AMD.
This depens on what you intend to do. How many drives in the NAS? Do you also want to run apps or VMs on the NAS?
Si qualche app,
Vorrei principalmente tenere tutti i miei file documenti, foto, musica e video non arrivo a 8t massimo e avere una copia del sudetto hd.
Un hd per registrazione telecamere
E cloud dei vari device mac e windows + iphone e ipad
Plex per video al massimo
Nulla di piu
Nothing too demanding then.
Dropping the ECC requirements, you might use any old PC.
With ECC, I’d suggest looking into AM4 boards, or a AsRock Rack E3C246D4U4-2T from eBay (“new old stock” from China) with a Core i3-9100 or Xeon E-2100/2200 (does Plex involves transcoding?)
You can also post in the “International” section with the Italian language tag. There are some very active Italians in the forum.
I’m starting again after some time, I installed truenas scale on ssd and used my old hardware and I managed to start it (I still have to configure it), in the meantime I bought an asus x99 ws-ipmi that will arrive soon, to improve the server’s foundations.
then I will ask you for help on a simple way to configure ip and ssd backup, start or cache with apps on another 250gb ssd
given that I have to get an asus x99-ws/ipmi motherboard, I wanted to ask you which cpu do you recommend among these models: Moderate consumption (TDP ≤ 90W):
Core/Thread Base/Turbo TDP model
Xeon E5-2620 v3 6 / 12 2.4 / 3.2 85W
Xeon E5-2630 v3 8 / 16 2.4 / 3.2 85W
Xeon E5-2640 v4 10 / 20 2.4 / 3.4 90W
Xeon E5-2650L v3 12 / 24 1.8 / 2.9 65W
Honestly there’s not much of a difference…
A NAS is mostly idle, and idle power should be the same across the line. Serving SMB (single-threaded per client) would benefit from high clocks at the expense of low cores… but it’s pretty much similar 3.x GHz turbo across your selection. High compute VMs could, conversely, point to high cores at the expense of clocks.
Not to forget that these old E5 go by the old rule that maximal power is 150% TDP. That’s about 200 W, maybe 225 W for a 2696 under sustained full load, which looks puny compared with current Intel desktop CPUs (300-350 W), not to mention Xeon 6 (500 W).
so if I understood correctly it could be that at minimum they could consume only 50 W?
too bad they don’t have integrated video, and windows 11 support included choice on these 3
Moderate consumption (TDP ≤ 90W):
High performance (NAS, VM, Plex, AI):