First time poster, looking for some advice if TrueNAS will work for my current hardware.
I am long overdue for a NAS but due to my HTPC/Plex server that is currently running Windows 10 with a CPU not compatible to upgrade to Windows 11, I am retiring that PC. It is very robust for what I will ever need, so I hate to see it go to waste not being used, so I figure what better time to finally build my NAS, than now. Unfortunately, it appears my motherboards RAM type (Non-ECC) is not supported by TrueNAS, can anyone confirm, or is there a work around?
ECC is recommended, but not strictly required.
That said your old AMD CPU from the DDR3 era is really old, and may give rise to support issues because it is… old and AMD. If you’re serious about TrueNAS, I’d suggest getting something more recent (but not current).
Thank you for the swift response. My needs are a NAS that is long overdue, my wants are to keep cost down which is why I hope to reuse my hardware as it has a liquid cooled CPU and my case a CoolMaster, was built around it and can house all the HDD’s I would ever need.
Mainly my NAS will be a Plex server but I may also use it (assuming I can build partitions) for backup of my new NUC mini PC that will be replacing my current HTPC that is where my Plex server runs. I haven’t decided if I will run the Plex server on the NUC, or the NAS. Currently my media collection is about 2.3TB, and I don’t intend to go too much bigger, but will need to upgrade the drives as right now I have two 2TB drives in a striped configuration, hench why I am long over due for a NAS, mainly for redundancy. I found two 8TB NAS drives at a great price for Prime Days and want to run a mirrored configuration. If I ever go beyond 6TB total for my Plex media, I would be shocked as I am selective on what I watch/keep and I already suffer from options paralysis. I also don’t really don’t share out my Plex to anyone.
You dont have to and you should not anyways partition your drives.
Your 2 drives will form one pool and in this pool you can create datasets. They are kind of like folders. Each dataset you can share over smb, for e.g. plex media or a backup target.
I would not trust my data to a nas with a watercooler. These things are not meant to run 24/7.
I won’t be playing much beyond 1080p and my current settings with that same MB/CPU handle al my media fine. I should add it does also have a GTX 1050 GPU.
Yes, I always try to sell old equipment if it’s worth it, but that means I still have to front the cost to get hardware for a NAS, and I was hoping to build it this weekend as I have some free time.
Thank you. As long as I have a 2nd backup, the 1st being the mirrored 8TB in a raid 1 and the 2nd being my existing external UBS 3.0 drive I am currently using as my primary backup drive, can I swap the drives to another NAS system running the same raid configuration if I do change my mind later? Or will I have to format if I go to a different system?
