Need to build a NAS that can also host S3 object store. Want to balance the price, performance and power usage. Will be used as storage for personal files and also randomly accessed for a hobby to read/write ~10-20TBs of data.
Here are the components I picked, please roast and provide feedback:
Already purchased the Case and the PSU:
Case: JONSBO N3 case
PSU: CORSAIR SF750 (2024) PSU
The challenge is with the CPU/Mobo selection. I don’t want it to be underpowered, but also don’t want it to consume to much power, produce too much heat and noise. What do you think about the N355 board?
Mobo+CPU: N355 NAS Motherboard 8 Bay NAS Mobo 8SATA & 2X M.2 (goes for $357 on amazon now)
As another option was considering AMD Ryzen. Which was supposed to give me ECC, more PCIe lanes and a little bit more compute, at the expense of power & heat.
CPU: Ryzen 5 PRO 5650GE (used ~$200), supports ECC
Any thoughts on the CPU/Motherboard? I also found some old Xeon CPUs that use up to 35W, perfect for my use-case, but I have hard time finding any mini-ITX motherboards for those FCBGA1440 sockets…
I remember reading a few times that they aren’t 5400rpm & it was standard WD ‘marketing’. I can’t find the posts, but someone confirmed it by recording the frequency the drives operate at & using that to confirm it is 7200rpm.
If noise & power are a concern, then helium drives may be a better solution. I’d recommend not keeping it in your bedroom either way.
Otherwise; love both the builds.
Not the best source, but first one I found using a quick google search:
If this is maybe developing into a business, and not to just store some Linux ISOs, I seriously recommend you buy server grade gear. Recently there have been alot of new threads about hardware recommendations. Have a look around the forum. These Aliexpress Nxx boards just dont have a proven track record and I have a personal distaste for them anyway.
There are plenty of options that offer great scalability for the future: X10SDV-4C-TLN2F, E3C246D4U-2L2T or 256 are just 2 examples.
Also the TDP of a CPU is less relevant than you think, since the CPU will mostly be idle. So idle power draw is more important. Newer CPUs tend to have lower numbers.
X10SDV come with the SoC soldered on. Uses DDR4 RDIMM.
C246 uses Xeon E-2100/2200, or Core i3-8100/9100 (with ECC!).
C256 requires Xeon E-2300. And DDR4 UDIMM (which could be a financial liability right now…).
If you’re going to set up the device in the garage anyway, I wonder why you want to use the relatively small JONSBO N3.
You have space, so why not take a look at the Fractal Node 804? It offers space for at least 10 3.5“ HDDs and at least 2 additional 2.5” SSDs. What’s more, you can install all boards from Mini-ITX to ATX without any major problems. The only disadvantage is that the case does not have a backplane.
Yesterday, I got a really sweet deal on 14TB drives directly from Seagate, they went for whopping 50% off. Looks like they are now out of stock, but there are still good deals on other sizes as well.
