DIY NAS Update - $1050 for 16 TB (RAW)

. Monday, November 15, 2010

$1050 for 16tb NAS


I been a bad boy and hasn’t posted anything useful for quite a while but I promised someone I’d do it and since hard drives prices recent prices reduction it seems  good time to post an update and some explanations.
First on additional SATA controller – To function correctly it’ll probably need firmware upgrade as described in Newegg customer feedback.
Second Regarding : Hard drives – Unfortunately these amazing mammoths of  storage aren’t really designed for any serious Raid usage, however their power savings could still used as an advantage in home media server, where performance isn’t main concern.
UnRaid – Is relatively new technology which could be perfect to be utilized in combination with green drives and it writes data without stripping to single drive and one more drive for parity. As advantage you get signle drive failure redundant and power savings (drives not used in write/read aren’t spinned-up. Cons are slower performance and slow array rebuild.
Software isn’t free and you’d need to get Pro version which costs now $110 (provide your own flash drive)
If you feel you still want to use regular Raid-5/Raid-Z arrays – FreeNAS (Free), however you’d want to extend the disk park idle time to hour or so by using WDIDLE3 tool. TLER couldn’t be anymore, however there are plenty of positive reviews of Tler-less drives working in software raid arrays.
Good luck.
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1 HEC Blitz Black Steel Edition ATX Mid Tower Computer Chassis Gaming Case w/ Front Blue LED 120mm Fan & Top 120mm Fan
HEC Blitz Black Steel Edition ATX Mid Tower Computer Chassis Gaming Case w/ Front Blue LED 120mm Fan & Top 120mm Fan
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Item #:N82E16811121096
Return Policy:Standard Return Policy
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$64.99 -$25.00 Instant $39.99
8 Western Digital Caviar Green WD20EARS 2TB SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
Western Digital Caviar Green WD20EARS 2TB SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
Model #:WD20EARS
Item #:N82E16822136514
Return Policy:Standard Return Policy
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$99.99   $799.92
1 ECS A780GM-M3 AM2+/AM3 AMD 780G Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
ECS A780GM-M3 AM2+/AM3 AMD 780G Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
Model #:A780GM-M3
Item #:N82E16813135233
Return Policy:Standard Return Policy
In Stock
Mail in Rebate
$64.99 -$15.00 Instant $49.99
1 hec Zephyr MX-750 750W Continuous @ 40°C ATX12V V2.2 / EPS12V V2.91 SLI Certified CrossFire Certified  Active PFC HYBRID-SLI Power Supply
hec Zephyr MX-750 750W Continuous @ 40°C ATX12V V2.2 / EPS12V V2.91 SLI Certified CrossFire Certified Active PFC HYBRID-SLI ...
Model #:Zephyr MX-750
Item #:N82E16817339002
Return Policy:Standard Return Policy
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$99.99 -$30.00 Instant $69.99
1 Crucial 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model CT2KIT12864AA800
Crucial 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model CT2KIT12864AA800
Model #:CT2KIT12864AA800
Item #:N82E16820148163
Return Policy:Memory Standard Return Policy
In Stock
$39.99 -$5.00 Instant $34.99
1 AMD Sempron 140 Sargas 2.7GHz Socket AM3 45W Single-Core Processor SDX140HBGQBOX
AMD Sempron 140 Sargas 2.7GHz Socket AM3 45W Single-Core Processor SDX140HBGQBOX
Model #:SDX140HBGQBOX
Item #:N82E16819103698
Return Policy:CPU Replacement Only Return Policy
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$32.99   $32.99
1 SYBA SD-LP-PEX2IR PCI Express Low Profile SATA II (3.0Gb/s) Controller Card
SYBA SD-LP-PEX2IR PCI Express Low Profile SATA II (3.0Gb/s) Controller Card
Model #:SD-LP-PEX2IR
Item #:N82E16816124017
Return Policy:Standard Return Policy
In Stock
$21.99   $21.99
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