ExNova

hello everyone. I am assembling a new build for Unraid with the new Ryzen 7000 series. I was looking around for some ECC DDR5 RAM (32GB) and bought these: Kingston KSM48E40BD8KM-32HM. I've only just noticed that these Rams are "ECC-on-Die" and would therefore not be true ECCs. Since I'm going to use the server as a data storage server (more than 100TB of data), I'm afraid that not using ECC ram will lead to corruption of some data. In your opinion would these ram's still be OK or is it better to replace them with 100% ECC ram's? Do you know any specific model of ECC DDR5 ram? My motherboard: TUF GAMING X670E-PLUS Thank you!

Hello everyone! in the next few weeks i'm going to assemble my new unraid server. Until now I have only ever dealt with Windows 7-10-11 so it will be my "first time" with an operating system other than Windows. That is why I have several doubts/questions I will mainly use the system for 3 purposes: 1- Storage of photos/videos and memories of the whole family 2- Plex Media Server (with tens of TB of Anime) 3- Delegating operations to the NAS that were previously done on the PC such as creating virtual machines, home automation, video surveillance, etc.. The build I am thinking of, is as follows: CPU: Ryzen 9 7900 (not X) GPU: / MOBO: ASUS TUF GAMING X670E-PLUS AM5 ATX RAM: Kingston Server Premier 32GB 4800MT/s DDR5 ECC CL40 DIMM 2Rx8 (KSM48E40BD8KM-32HM). PSU: SILVERSTONE SST-ST65F-PT V1.1 650W 80 PLUS PLATINUM HeatSink: ARCTIC Liquid Freezer II 420mm SSD Cache: Samsung 980 PRO 2TB HDD: 2x Seagate Exos X20 20TB (SATA) CASE: Fractal Meshify 2 XL – Full Tower I plan to start with 2 HDD but will definitely add more in the future (the case supports 18HDD) What do you think of this build? Would you make changes or is it OK? I was initially aiming for an i5-13500 but then I found out that Intel motherboards don't get along very well with ECC ram, so I switched to AMD. I decided to go with the ryzen 9 for the simple fact that in terms of power efficiency it is much better than its smaller siblings and compared to Intel (I have no idea if I'm actually going to use the 12c/24t but I think it's better to have it than not). is it true that in idle intel processors consume less power than AMD processors? Is UnRaid optimised to use the E-Cores of 12th/13th gen processors? I am trying to create a build that is energy efficient but at the same time can offer great performance should I need it. Regarding HDDs, I have heard some people recommend SAS drives when dealing with very large drives because, according to them, they are much safer. is this true? In my country, a 20TB SAS disk costs 50% more than its SATA counterpart. I am very sensitive on this subject since I am going to use 20TB disks and therefore, in the future, when they break, UnRaid will have to manage DATA-Rebuilt of tens of TB As I gradually add disks, I don't think I will use ZFS (I have read that XFS is better in these cases). A friend of mine who uses TrueNas told me that it is recommended to have 1GB of ram per TB of data. Does this advice also apply to UnRaid or is the SSD enough for the cache? Currently, is 32GB of ram enough? (with 2 HDDs one for data parity and the other actually usable) Thank you very much for your patience.

But what if I got a SATA PCIe card instead? (the motherboard has 4 sata ports in total) Wouldn't that still solve the problem of few sata ports? If so, which card would you recommend?

Thank you for your reply! Seeing various reviews on youtube, I think I'll keep the Fractal Design Define XL R2, which: - has sound absorbing panels - supports up to 8hdd - has better airflow being a full tower case - also supports internal 4k burners (in the last few weeks I changed my decision several times so bear with me hahahh). Being a full tower case I can put any motherboard in it and the assembly is much easier. Are there motherboards that support 8hdd and 2ssd m.2 by default? I would also like to buy a 10gbps card to be able to transfer files from my pc to the nas very quickly. (So I need a motherboard that has more than one PCIe slot) Do you think an i5-13500 (14C/20T | 6P-8E) is overkill for Plex and some apps? (The cpu will be announced in January at CES 2023) More than anything else, I am concerned about the idle consumption of this nas Thank you very much for your patience

Thank you very much for your help. In the end, I think I will opt for the Fractal Design NODE 804 which supports up to 8 HDDs. I wanted to ask you, is the motherboard I chose able to 'hold' that CPU? Or should I buy a more expensive motherboard? Will all the components I have chosen fit into that case without any problems? Does the case include the cages where you insert the HDDs, or are they to be bought separately?

Yes, at most I will need 6 hdds. The case I put in the build can hold 8. Do you know of any smaller cases suitable for holding 6 hdds? (that do not have airflow problems)

Hello everyone, I'm ExNova and I've just joined this forum. (MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!) I would like to assemble my first NAS and i'm looking for advice/opinions on the various components I will need to purchase. The NAS will be entirely used for photo/video storage (memories) and as a PLEX media server (Movies/TV series also in 4K). As HDDs I was thinking (to start with) 2x Seagate Exos 18TB (one of the 2 for parity). In addition, 1TB SSD as Cache Here is the configuration I was thinking of: CPU: i5-12500 (maybe i5-13500 to be unveiled at CES in January 2023) With UHD 770 (same iGpu as the 12th gen) RAM: Corsair VENGEANCE LPX 16GB (2x8)DDR4 3600 MOBO: MSI PRO B660M-B DDR4 micro ATX PSU: Cooler Master XG650 (650w) 80 PLUS Platinum HS: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO V2 CASE: Fractal Design Define XL R2 What do you think of this configuration? Do you think it's overkill for the use I'm going to make of it? I'm afraid this configuration will consume a lot of power in idle. (I'm not very experienced in this area) Also, I think it's very bulky as a NAS, I wouldn't mind, if possible, assembling a smaller build. Thank you all for your patience and any suggestions (Sorry for my English)