Dear forum members,

 

thanks to all the information you are providing I (newbie to unraid) was able to make a hardware list for my first machine which will run unraid. As I am a beginner I would like to ask if you could review my setup and comment it.

 

These are my requirements:

- data backup (currently I have around 8 GB of data)

- run two virtual machines (webserver for testing purposes, some cron jobs, no "big" software, no image editing, no video and all that stuff) permanently and another (testing operating systems) one if required

- run "some docker containers". To be honest at the moment I don't know how many they will be and which ones I will use. Probably 3 or 4, so the hardware should be able to run like 8 or 10 (?).

- NO GAMING, NO INTENSIVE GRAPHIC USE, NO 3D APPLICATIONS

 

With these low requirements I decided for the following hardware:

- Processor: Intel Core i3-10105

- Motherboard: Gigabyte B560M DS3H V2

- RAM: G.Skill Aegis DIMM 16GB, DDR4-2666

- SSD: Lexar NM620 512GB, M.2

- 3x 10 TB harddisk, not defined yet, one of them as parity disk (this makes 20 TB storage - enough for now. Probably one more 10 TB disk will follow after years...)

- Power Supply: Kollink Core C300 300W ATX 2.3 (KL-C300)

- USB Stick: Sandisk Cruiser Fit 16 GB

 

CPU cooler and housing should not be topic of this thread.

 

I am glad about any thoughts and ideas. Thank you very much!

Jadakiss.

 

...yes, that's my name and I am not the rapper :-)

Should do the trick.

 

However - I'd recommend to go with a more modern CPU like the I5 11400 and PC3200 DDR4 memory. The additional cores allow for load separation between VMs, system and docker. 

And for memory I'd strongly recommend native 3200mhz memory, which has been tested by Gigabyte like the Kingston KVR32N22S6/8. Pick two of these, and you should be good to go if you should pick the 11400. 

Wouldnt buy the SSD, instead pick a PCIe4 SSD like the WD Black SN750.

 

The extra costs are "small" (yep, small is relative  ), however you get a more modern platform which supports PCIe 4. Your posted config above is a PCIe 4 board vs. PCIe 3 CPU, slow mem and cheap SSD. Works, but is a bit outdated. 

Edited December 15, 20214 yr by doesntaffect

Dear doesntaffect,

 

thank you very much for your suggestions! I am happy to have a more powerful system with just a little more extra costs.

 

J.

Get a better quality PSU, from a well-known brand, the very least.

Did you buy the server?

On 12/9/2021 at 1:50 PM, jkiss said:

These are my requirements:

- data backup (currently I have around 8 GB of data)

I suggest a couple different well respected name brand USB flash drives, if you get 32GB versions (dirt cheap) you could store multiple copies of your data on each drive, with plenty of extra room.