I am in the process of creating a mid ranged unraid server that has the capacity to host more than 10 hard drives ( i will buy UNRAID PRO License from the start ), the main purpose of this build is data storage for pictures and videos (server user is a professional photographer), initial budget is around 1700$ and hard drives will be added quarterly, I new to servers and raids but not new to hardware and not afraid to get my hands dirty. initial build that I had in mind :
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 4750G Processor ( or better 5750G)
CPU cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE
MOTHERBOARD: ASRock AM4 X570 Steel
RAM: 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 ECC Server ram
Cache SSD: WD_BLACK 500GB SN770 NVMe
POWER SUPPLY: Thermaltake Toughpower GF1 850W
CASE: Cooler Master HAF X
hard drives I am thinking to buy ( I may start with 3 or 4 ) :
Western Digital 10TB WD Red Plus (WD101EFBX)
Seagate IronWolf 10TB NAS Internal (ST10000VN0008)
Toshiba N300 16TB NAS HDWG31GXZSTA
questions I have regarding unraid :
1- Lost a piece or all hardware ( what's the difference if we lost CPU, RAM, motherboard, raid card, Power supply) ?
2- Dead flash memory ( can we have a hot backup ?can I have 2 flash's at a time )
3- Are hard drive hot swappable ? with system up ?
4- What happens if we have a sudden shut down ( lose of power ), how easy is it to recover from that ? can it damage the whole thing?
5- What's the process for dead hard drives replacement ?
6- Safe temperature for device and idle temps ?
7- Will cache drive will be in the middle between drives and users ? lets say my cache drive is 500 gb and that my daily usage of data is 300-480 gb a day 80gb will be sent to the unraid server each 4 hours or so, how the cache work will be both stored in cache and in side the drives ? what if a pc needs a file that was sent to the server today will the cache be used for read and write ?
8- do we need ECC memory ? the whole idea of my build to have a Ryzen pro is for that ?
Use case is like the below picture, each editor will be connected to the Unraid server via a switch we will have multiple pc accessing the server at a time and coping and writing data from the server.
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Hi Unraiders,
I am in the process of creating a mid ranged unraid server that has the capacity to host more than 10 hard drives ( i will buy UNRAID PRO License from the start ), the main purpose of this build is data storage for pictures and videos (server user is a professional photographer), initial budget is around 1700$ and hard drives will be added quarterly, I new to servers and raids but not new to hardware and not afraid to get my hands dirty. initial build that I had in mind :
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 4750G Processor ( or better 5750G)
CPU cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE
MOTHERBOARD: ASRock AM4 X570 Steel
RAM: 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 ECC Server ram
Cache SSD: WD_BLACK 500GB SN770 NVMe
POWER SUPPLY: Thermaltake Toughpower GF1 850W
CASE: Cooler Master HAF X
hard drives I am thinking to buy ( I may start with 3 or 4 ) :
Western Digital 10TB WD Red Plus (WD101EFBX)
Seagate IronWolf 10TB NAS Internal (ST10000VN0008)
Toshiba N300 16TB NAS HDWG31GXZSTA
questions I have regarding unraid :
1- Lost a piece or all hardware ( what's the difference if we lost CPU, RAM, motherboard, raid card, Power supply) ?
2- Dead flash memory ( can we have a hot backup ?can I have 2 flash's at a time )
3- Are hard drive hot swappable ? with system up ?
4- What happens if we have a sudden shut down ( lose of power ), how easy is it to recover from that ? can it damage the whole thing?
5- What's the process for dead hard drives replacement ?
6- Safe temperature for device and idle temps ?
7- Will cache drive will be in the middle between drives and users ? lets say my cache drive is 500 gb and that my daily usage of data is 300-480 gb a day 80gb will be sent to the unraid server each 4 hours or so, how the cache work will be both stored in cache and in side the drives ? what if a pc needs a file that was sent to the server today will the cache be used for read and write ?
8- do we need ECC memory ? the whole idea of my build to have a Ryzen pro is for that ?
Use case is like the below picture, each editor will be connected to the Unraid server via a switch we will have multiple pc accessing the server at a time and coping and writing data from the server.