New NAS Build

Thanks for taking the time to read my post. I have been reading a lot on a NAS setup and getting lost in the details as there is so much information available. I have an old Dell XPS 8900 that had a bad motherboard (since replaced), that I would like to use as a NAS. In the time I’ve had it, I’ve replaced the Power Supply, Intel i3 (thought the chip was bad) and added an Nvidia Graphics card. I recently purchased 2 HGST Ultrastar 12TB drives for my RAID storage (is this enough?). I want to use it as a media server (Plex, Jellyfin), to store photos and documents and sync our phones and laptops too via a cloud service. Right now, my system is Windows 10 Home. With it going EOL next year, I’m leaning towards something else and TrueNas keeps popping up. Is this something my system can handle? Is there anything I’m missing for setup? Just want to make sure before biting the bullet. I’ve got an old laptop hard drive that I was planning on using to put the OS on.

Any and all input is greatly appreciated.

Thanks for reading!

Yes. A mirror. If is enough ?, never ! :stuck_out_tongue:
It depends on how much you’re gonna use :thinking:

I would get Win11 pro (23H2) and use that. That’s my best advise.
a mirror in storage spaces

If you’d like to jump into a NAS because, … yes, you want it, then you’re in the right place.
Get the ISO from iX and, go at it. Is very easy to install.

Ok, another post: solved. Am getting good at this :slight_smile:

PS: …you know that TrueNAS OS goes into a drive of its own so, is those 2(ea.) 12 TB and, 1 more ( small SSD is enough ) for the OS.

yes you did. :+1:

Thanks!

I plan on getting more later, but the two twelves are to start. I will get two more when those are full.

I can’t do windows 11 as my processor isn’t compatible. And the setup for our phones to backup over the cloud doesn’t seem as easy as a docker on truenas.

Do I need to make sure there is nothing on the drives? They are NTFS now.

TrueNAS will tell you that it will obliterate them drives to make a pool. It should not be a problem. But if you know how to delete the volume to clean the drive, it wouldn’t hurt.

Perfect, I’m moving everything to an external for now until I get true as installed and going. Thanks for the responses!

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Syncthing for mobiles.