PixieDust1975

unRAID Plex Server Parts Used. unRAID -> unraid.net/pricing Intel Dual E5-2620 -> ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/64594/intel-xeon-processor-e5-2620-15m-cache-2-00-ghz-7-20-gt-s-intel-qpi.html Cooler master Hyper H412R -> www.coolermaster.com/catalog/coolers/cpu-air-coolers/hyper-h412r/ Asus Z9PA-D8 - > www.asus.com/Commercial-Servers-Workstations/Z9PAD8/ DDR3 64GB 1866Mhz ECC -> www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HP-16GB-1x16GB-PC3-14900R-2Rx4-RDIMM-1866MHz-DDR3-ECC-REG-708641-B21/324236588512?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649 Logic Case SC-4550MG-2 -> www.logic-case.com/products/rackmount-chassis/4u/4u-gpu-enhanced-standard-chassis-4x-35-hdd-+-6x-525-bays---8x-full-height-slots-for-4x-double-width-gpu-sc-4550mg-2/ Rivo PCIe SATA Card -> www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0828FY1B2/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o07_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 SilverStone 2x FS305-12G -> www.silverstonetek.com/product.php?pid=885&area=en EVGA 600 W1 600W PSU -> www.evga.com/products/specs/psu.aspx?pn=94de5174-74e7-4aac-876b-62db540ec176 PNY P2000 -> www.pny.com/nvidia-quadro-p2000 APC Backup-UPS 1400VA -> www.apc.com/shop/my/en/products/APC-Back-UPS-1400VA-230V-AVR-Universal-and-IEC-Sockets/P-BX1400U-MS Mellanox MCX312B-XCCT -> store.mellanox.com/products/mellanox-mcx312b-xcct-connectx-3-pro-en-network-interface-card-10gbe-dual-port-sfp-pcie3-0-x8-8gt-s-rohs-r6.html Samsung 960 EVO (500GB Cache) -> www.samsung.com/semiconductor/minisite/ssd/product/consumer/960evo/ WD Blue M.2 SATA (1TB) -> shop.westerndigital.com/en-gb/products/internal-drives/wd-blue-sata-m-2-ssd#WDS100T2B0B MG07ACA14TE (1x14TB parity) -> toshiba.semicon-storage.com/eu/storage/product/data-center-enterprise/cloud-scale-capacity/articles/mg07acaxxx.html MG06ACA10TE (1x10TB) -> toshiba.semicon-storage.com/eu/storage/product/data-center-enterprise/enterprise-capacity/articles/mg06acaxxxx.html Seagate ST8000DM004 (6x8TB)-> www.seagate.com/gb/en/internal-hard-drives/hdd/barracuda/

I think I used this guide for getting the raid card into IT mode (HBA) Then decided not to use one of my DL380p for unraid as I would have to buy another licence but instead I made it into proxmox then truenas scale (x4 times so far) just can't get any to run how I want. But my asus server with LSI 2008 (IT mode) has been working flawlessly for about 12 months.

So this question is for an advanced user. Every month I do a parity check on 4TB x11 AND 6TB x1 (SMR) 8TB x2 (parity). It say it will take upto 2 days ish, then ends up taking approx. 1 day and 9 hours and as soon as it gets past the 6TB mark it wizzes by, is it because there is no other parity to check on the last 2TB's ? ? ?

So personally with parity drives i would firmly stick with NON-SMR and the rest I am guessing can be anything else with the only constraint being your budget. If you want to look at what the best drives are I tend to look at Back Blaze stats https://www.backblaze.com/blog/backblaze-hard-drive-stats-q2-2020/ because they work with many venders in there data centres and it is a good indicator of what is good and what is bad but you will need to look a previous ones due to when the put drive into production and when they have been running a while. The only thing I can personally suggest is if you can, use enterprise drives as much as possible. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Toshiba-Enterprise-6Gbit-7200RPM-MG05ACA800E/dp/B074LK3XHJ/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=toshiba+8Tb&qid=1600526529&sr=8-2 And as for M.2 drives maybe stick with Samsung for Intel systems (PCIe v3) https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07CGGP7SV/ref=twister_B08FZ1G5QL?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1 And for PCIe v4 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sabrent-Internal-Maximum-Performance-SB-ROCKET-NVMe4-500/dp/B07XFGPFZK/ref=sr_1_25?crid=3HF304H73GBSL&dchild=1&keywords=m.2%2Bssd%2Bnvme&qid=1600526777&sprefix=m.2%2Bssd%2Caps%2C735&sr=8-25&th=1

This set seems to work well with not many issues unRAID Plex Server Parts Used. unRAID -> unraid.net/pricing Intel 4790k -> ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/80807/intel-core-i7-4790k-processor-8m-cache-up-to-4-40-ghz.html Asus z97 Pro Gamer - > www.asus.com/uk/Motherboards/Z97PRO_GAMER/ Corsair Vengenance LP -> www.corsair.com/uk/en/Categories/Products/Memory/High-Performance-Memory/Vengeance%C2%AE-Low-Profile-%E2%80%94-8GB-Dual-Channel-DDR3-Memory-Kit/p/CML8GX3M2A1600C9 Logic Case SC-4550MG-2 -> www.logic-case.com/products/rackmount-chassis/4u/4u-gpu-enhanced-standard-chassis-4x-35-hdd-+-6x-525-bays---8x-full-height-slots-for-4x-double-width-gpu-sc-4550mg-2/ Crucial MX500 (Cache/program drive) -> uk.crucial.com/products/ssd/crucial-mx500-ssd Rivo PCIe SATA Card -> www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0828FY1B2/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o07_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 SilverStone FS305-12G -> www.silverstonetek.com/product.php?pid=885&area=en EVGA 600 W1 600W PSU -> www.evga.com/products/specs/psu.aspx?pn=94de5174-74e7-4aac-876b-62db540ec176 PNY P2000 -> www.pny.com/nvidia-quadro-p2000 APC Bacu-UPS 1400VA -> www.apc.com/shop/my/en/products/APC-Back-UPS-1400VA-230V-AVR-Universal-and-IEC-Sockets/P-BX1400U-MS Mellanox MCX312B-XCCT -> store.mellanox.com/products/mellanox-mcx312b-xcct-connectx-3-pro-en-network-interface-card-10gbe-dual-port-sfp-pcie3-0-x8-8gt-s-rohs-r6.html WD4002FFWX 4TB -> www.amazon.co.uk/Red-Pro-NAS-Hard-Drive/dp/B01CL6R7QU MG05ACA800E -> toshiba.semicon-storage.com/eu/storage/product/data-center-enterprise/enterprise-capacity/articles/mg05aca800x.html WD60EZAZ -> shop.westerndigital.com/en-gb/products/internal-drives/wd-blue-desktop-sata-hdd#WD60EZAZ HGST 7K4000 -> www.scan.co.uk/products/4tb-hgst-0s03356-deskstar-7k4000-35-hdd-sata-iii-6gb-s-7200rpm-64mb-cache-8ms-ncq-retail This build is mainly parts from my old gaming PC and NAS so it really did not cost that much to build. The new parts were essential to the build were:- PSU, CASE, HD cadies, GPU and SATA card. With these new parts the unRaid OS allows for a single drive with the data/movie and the cache/program SSD to be running to watch plex at approx. 84 Watts but when all drives spin-up 280 Watts and settles at 189 Watts so using an 600 Watt PSU will handle with the initial spin-up load and the PSU fan turns off when not needed.