[TriLUG] Home server recommendations

[Reginald Reed]

I'm not sure about handling Plex transcoding, but I've been very happy
with my HP Proliant N40L Microserver.  It can use ECC DIMMs and
doesn't have much issue with my super basic ZFS config (2 320GB drives
mirrored and 2 1.5TB drives striped).  I paid just under $200 a couple
of years ago and it's been a tank running mostly Nexenta but currently
FreeNAS.

On Fri, Feb 7, 2014 at 11:20 AM, Igor Partola <igor at igorpartola.com> wrote:
> Ideally I am looking for a used, already built tower, minus the hard-drives
> and the RAM. I was not considering Atom's because I thought they wouldn't
> be able to handle the fairly CPU-hungry ZFS. I don't have Plex transcode
> video on the fly, but usually just use avconv or mencoder to get it in the
> right format first. And yes, power consumption is a concern, though not the
> primary one. Ideally, I'd like something that's not sucking out 12 amps
> idling, but I realize that I am not looking at a Raspberry Pi here, so
> maybe something in the range of 80-120 Watts idling would be great.
>
> My alternative is to forgo ECC RAM and just look for any old "economy" or
> "media" PC tower and build on top of that. There are plenty of those going
> around, but before I go that route I really wanted to see if someone found
> a good server class box they use for a NAS.
>
> Thanks,
> Igor
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 7, 2014 at 11:09 AM, bak <bak at picklefactory.org> wrote:
>
>> Are you looking for the whole package, CPU and memory and case?
>>
>> New, it'd be impossible to get. Used, maybe. Do you care about power
>> consumption?
>>
>> You could get an Atom system -- I have one that runs Plex just fine, though
>> I don't think it could handle transcoding 720p content. Low-power and
>> cheap. Probably $130 a couple years ago without hard drives, though the
>> case I got could only fit two x 3.5".
>>
>> Getting an Atom system that supports ECC is going to be harder. The only
>> one I've found is Avoton-based and $350+.
>>
>>
>> http://www.amazon.com/A1SAi-2750F-Desktop-Motherboard-Chipset-BGA-1283/dp/B00F0YROSC
>>
>> --bak
>>
>>
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