Hello
Today I am running an 2 bay Qnap NAS which is horrible slow and very limited. My main computer is getting an upgrade, changing out an Ryzen 1800x with an 3900x. So I got some spare parts I want to use to build an Unraid server.
My goal is to build an Unraid Server which I can have under my living room TV. I am planning on running it as a NAS, router (PFSense), a Windows VM for the TV, Torrent client (with VPN), Plex server, OpenVPN Server for external connections).
The hardware I have:
AMD Ryzen 1800x
Corsair 1200w PSU
Corsair DDR4 3000mhz 32gb (2x16gb) RAM
Corsair H100i cooler
2x WD Red 3 tb from the Qnap NAS
2x WD Blue 500 gb
OCZ Vector 256gb SSD cache disk?
Samsung 960 EVO 500gb M.2 cache disk?
Nvidia GTX 580 (planning on changing out this later)
Hardware i plan to buy:
b350/x370/b450/x470 ATX motherboard (ITX board in my main build)
IBM ServeRaid M1015 46M0861 SAS/SATA PCI-e RAID Controller going to flash it-mode for future expansions
Intel Gigabit Ethernet Network Server Adapter I350-T4 V2 Quad Ports 1000Mbps QUAD NIC for more options later on
1x WD Red 4tb Parity drive
Still looking for a case. I would like to be able to expand storage later. Something that also fits besides my AV receiver. Any suggestions? (Kinda big PSU in size aswell)
I feel like I am taking water over my head to get the server to do all of this, but that's a problem for another time. All of this is new for me, I got some experience, watched a lot of spaceinvader one 's videos. What do you guys think about this build? Do I have enough PCI lanes for all of this HW? Anything I have forgotten?
Also I am not sure how I plan to share the resources between the VMs, the Windows VM, PFSense, the rest? The Windows VM will be used for in-home streaming from my main computer, maybe som emulators.
I don't have a budget, but I am trying to save some bucks here and there. Trying to find a secondhand motherboard, and refurbished NIC and raid card and using the hardware I have laying around. Going to start building in December and expecting to have everything I need around January.
Thanks