Hello,

 

I have decided to finally build an unRAID system.

 

This is my first NAS build and my first time posting to this forum, so if there is already a post on this subject please send me there. (And yes, I have tried finding an answer to my question by searching the existing forums)

 

 

Intended Setup:

 

My plan is to use this unRAID system primarily as a NAS for video editing.

My main rig is an X99 based Windows 10 desktop that I use to do most of my editing.

 

I have read all of the setup guides that I could find and am still not entirely sure if what I want to do is possible.

 

I need a very fast connection to my main editing workstation, so I have bought a pair of Mellanox ConnectX-2 10GbE cards to get a direct connection between my main editing machine and the NAS. (Planning on following this_tutorial:_https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHiucyRYX_w)

 

My goal is to also have the NAS accessible to the rest of the network over the motherboards dual gigabit NICS in teaming/link aggregation mode.

 

Is it possible to have the NAS connected to 2 networks in this way?

 

Also, is the below list of parts a good selection of parts for a NAS system that will do what I want?

 

 

Parts:

 

System

 

Lenovo D20 workstation PC http://www.ebay.com/itm/172232210279

 

- CPU: XEON X5550 2.66Ghz Quad Core

- RAM: 24GB ECC (Not sure what exact specs are)

- NETWORK: Integrated Dual Gigabit Ethernet

  Mellanox ConnectX-2 10GbE http://www.ebay.com/itm/182134018473

    - Cisco DAC 5-meter cable http://www.ebay.com/itm/182160652918

 

Hard Drives

 

Parity:

(1) 6TB NGST Deskstar NAS HDD

 

Storage:

(1) 1TB Lenovo HDD (Comes with system)

(2) 1TB Lenovo HDD (Comes with system)

(3) 1TB WD Caviar Black HDD (Have in a current system but am not using)

(4) 1TB WD Caviar Black HDD (Have in a current system but am not using)

(5) 6TB NGST Deskstar NAS HDD

(6) 6TB NGST Deskstar NAS HDD

 

Cache:

(1) Intel 180GB SSD (From old laptop, not sure which model)

 

I am now running unRAID 6.2 beta23 and am mostly happy with it.

 

Write speed is often lower than it should be with the SSD cache I have set up, but I will keep playing around with it until it works. (Or search/ ask for help elsewhere on the forum)

If you haven't yet install the Dynamix trim plugin or the ssd will be slower after some time.