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NeuralSpark posted:Isn't 500 and 4500 UDP IPSec VPN? What are they doing with those? 53 (DNS) and 80 (HTTP) as well. Really, what the fuck are they doing.
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Is there anything I should consider when buying a Synology 416 play off a buddy of mine for $250? I really want another FreeNAS ZFS box since I tossed my old one but I don't think I can justify the RAM purchase.
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I just got my Synology DS1817+ in today from an SAMart purchase and I need to fill this thing up! Is shucking the WD 8TB Easystore's still the go to method for filling up your NAS? Does it even really matter if you get the 256Mb drives vs the 128Mb drives? Currently I only have about ~15TB of data to backup so I don't exactly need 8x8TB drives currently, I would probably be fine with 8x4TB drives if it would be a better idea to go that route now and just upgrade later down the line when drive prices are cheaper. It's just hard to justify $125-140 for a Red/Deskstar/Ironwolf 4TB when the WD Easystores are $169.99+tax at bestbuy.
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Nulldevice posted:Well the cryptolocker will likely use your own saved network credentials to also fuck up your backups. That's pretty common these days, so the use of a network share isn't all that safe. This is why you make a backup account user on your machine that you dont log into and match that login on the NAS. Windows file history is too brain dead to do that but something like Acronis or Macrium can.
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FancyMike posted:If you're going to install Plex on your Synology make sure to download it from the Plex website to get the latest version rather than through the package center. I've got a ds918+ and with hardware acceleration enabled for transcoding Plex performs great, but I'm usually only running one stream at a time. The only performance problem I have is that it can't burn in blu-ray (PGS) subtitles. Decairn posted:I too run 918+ with Plex and view video or listen to music remotely (phone and work notebook). It works great. Use the .spk from Plex website, there's no delay on new versions as they get released. Are you guys using a Plex Pass as well? From my understanding, that's the only way to get support for hardware transcoding. D. Ebdrup posted:
How concerned do I need to be about people accessing my network without permission if I'm using Plex? I know little about cyber security but obviously want my network to be at least somewhat secure.
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Incessant Excess posted:How concerned do I need to be about people accessing my network without permission if I'm using Plex? I know little about cyber security but obviously want my network to be at least somewhat secure. All software, no matter who it's written by, has exploits. Fuzzing by the developers (ie. automated software testing for invalid or unexpected user-input or random data) can go quite a ways towards helping find potential issues (because doing it manually requires a lot of work-hours, and compute is cheap). At the end of the day everything that listens on your networks public interface(s) that you can't control the connectivity to should be assumed to be an attack surface that can and eventually will be subject to attacks (if it isn't already). Same applies if you're self-hosting stuff that doesn't do proper whitelisting of access, or where whitelisting can't be implemented by a firewall (it usually can, it's just that it doesn't often happen because ACLs aren't exactly easy). As an example, I have some self-hosted services (each running in a separate jail with its own netstack and sysvipc separation) but all except OpenSSH requires that the IP I'm accessing it from is on a whitelist or that I successfully login through OpenSSH (which, in turn, requires multi-authentication through Google Authenticator) and whitelist the IP temporarily (default is 24 hours). Additionally, 'pkg audit' and 'freebsd-update IDS' are in the systems' crontab and are run regularily. And I still worry about the attack surface and a bunch of other things, because I know my system isn't fool-proof, and if I could think of a way to improve it, I'd do it. EDIT: As an aside, I just realized, and enjoy the fact, that my avatar works quite well for a certain paranoid mindset that I sometimes find myself going along - even if it's just meant to reflect how much I enjoy some silly light-hearted romance stories. D. Ebdrup fucked around with this message at 18:38 on Feb 11, 2018 |
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Methylethylaldehyde posted:Whitebox a Freenas setup from here. Pick up some 8 TB easystore HDDs from best buy when they're on sale and laugh your way to the bank. Making sure I understand this right, by white box I basically build a real cheap computer that I put NAS software stuff on vs buying a NAS bay enclosure which does everything for me? I'm basically in the same situation, I have several external HDD's where I just want to collect everything into a central storage and back it up with RAID5/6. The data totals to about 8 TB with some duplicates but I figure when I migrate over by organizing and categorizing I'll handle the duplicates. Is building/buying a NAS right for me? and how does PLEX figure into this would it matter?
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Chillyrabbit posted:Making sure I understand this right, by white box I basically build a real cheap computer that I put NAS software stuff on vs buying a NAS bay enclosure which does everything for me? White-box just means "roll your own' basically, something you build yourself vs something that comes pre-assembled. Buying something like a ThinkServer and configuring it for NAS usage also falls into the white-box category. It's up to you whether to buy or build. You'll pay a premium for something that's plug-and-play (or settle for less performance/expandability at a given price point). But you won't have to deal with fiddling around with shit either. I find fiddling around with computers to be fun, so ![]() PLEX is software that runs on your NAS. You can serve pre-rendered files on very minimal hardware but if you intend to do transcoding you will either need pretty beefy hardware, which gets expensive with the prebuilts (eg one of the Synology models with a + on the end). This is the build I'm piecing together. I bought 8x8 TB EasyStore drives for it, and I have the SSD sitting around. The RAM is a placeholder, I found another option for I think $375 for 32 GB. Cooler is optional, you can use the stock cooler if you want (it's just noisy). You may want some 120mm fans to cool the drives too. PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel - Core i3-7100 3.9GHz Dual-Core Processor ($106.69 @ OutletPC) CPU Cooler: Noctua - NH-L9i 33.8 CFM CPU Cooler ($38.69 @ OutletPC) Motherboard: Supermicro - MBD-X11SSH-LN4F Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($211.98 @ Newegg) Memory: Kingston - ValueRAM 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($420.09 @ Newegg Marketplace) Storage: Samsung - 830 Series 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (Purchased For $0.00) Power Supply: SeaSonic - 300W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular Flex ATX Power Supply ($62.99 @ SuperBiiz) Other: Rosewill RCUC-16001 USB 3.0 to 2.5" SATA III Hard Drive Adapter Cable ($8.95 @ Newegg) Other: U-NAS NSC-810A Server Chassis ($219.99) Total: $1069.38 It would help to know how many drives you're looking for, and what form-factor you're looking for (tower, synology-lookalike, etc). Paul MaudDib fucked around with this message at 19:53 on Feb 12, 2018 |
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Incessant Excess posted:Are you guys using a Plex Pass as well? From my understanding, that's the only way to get support for hardware transcoding. Didn't realize that since I already had a Plex pass. Not sure how well it does at software transcoding you'd probably want to make sure all your media can direct play on whatever client if you plan on using it without the hardware enabled.
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Paul MaudDib posted:White-box just means "roll your own' basically, something you build yourself vs something that comes pre-assembled. Buying something like a ThinkServer and configuring it for NAS usage also falls into the white-box category. I think I would be aiming for 4x 8 for a drive storage of 32 TB. That should give me enough drives and space for "future proofing" and for using some sort of RAID. Form factor, I think synology lookalike size would be ideal but I might be open to a mini tower. What kind of RAID should I be looking at rolling to keep most of my data safe?
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Chillyrabbit posted:I think I would be aiming for 4x 8 for a drive storage of 32 TB. That should give me enough drives and space for "future proofing" and for using some sort of RAID. Form factor, I think synology lookalike size would be ideal but I might be open to a mini tower. I like the look of the U-NAS chassis line for a synology-lookalike. They have a couple 4-drive variants as well. There are also some mini-tower lookalikes like the Silverstone DS380B. For a mini-tower, the usual recommendation is an off-lease Lenovo TS120. Be aware that mini towers often have more limited expansion room than dedicated NAS chassis given their size. You can get adapters that fit into your 5.25" bays and let you mount a couple extra drives. Generally you will want to be running one-disk redundancy (RAIDZ1/RAID-5) with 4 drives, and 2-disk redundancy (RAIDZ2/RAID-6) with 8 drives. So with RAID-5 on a 4x8TB array, you would get 24 TB of usable space. Remember that important stuff still needs to be backed up somewhere else, too.
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FancyMike posted:Didn't realize that since I already had a Plex pass. Not sure how well it does at software transcoding you'd probably want to make sure all your media can direct play on whatever client if you plan on using it without the hardware enabled. I actually installed it Plex yesterday and from that I can tell you that I can just about transcode a 1080p video at at or close to 100% CPU utilization, which works well enough for me. I was pleasantly surprised how easy and hassle-free setting up Plex was.
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Chillyrabbit posted:Making sure I understand this right, by white box I basically build a real cheap computer that I put NAS software stuff on vs buying a NAS bay enclosure which does everything for me? If you're technically inclined, and have a decent understanding of how to turn a pile of boxes into a usable computer, then you can save some substantial money doing it yourself vs. buying a similar system with the features you want from a vendor. If you want something that works out of the box, and has a support number to call vs. spelunking through forums for answers, then it might not be the best choice. It's all about cost vs. time vs. features vs. support.
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Yes I have Plex Pass. I have no problem paying for good, wife-friendly software on top of a $1000 server box. It mostly direct plays though, there's very little transcode unless it wants to burn in subtitles the odd time. If you're not sure, try the monthly pass to check out the difference if you find it cannot keep up with software.
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Methylethylaldehyde posted:If you're technically inclined, and have a decent understanding of how to turn a pile of boxes into a usable computer, then you can save some substantial money doing it yourself vs. buying a similar system with the features you want from a vendor. If you want something that works out of the box, and has a support number to call vs. spelunking through forums for answers, then it might not be the best choice. It's all about cost vs. time vs. features vs. support. Ah just checking that getting a NAS is right for me in my situation. Basically centralizing my mix of 1,2,4, and 8 TB drives I have an External HDD being a crashplan local backup, but I think I can hear it clicking or making odd noises so I'm basically retiring it until I buy a new HDD or set up a NAS. Thanks for the explanation and info links!
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I've just picked up a Synology DS216SE and have installed the VPN and Cloud Station Server applications. I see my NAS showing up in my Network drives within the File Explorer. How do I map this drive so that when I connect with VPN, the network drive shows up just as it does when I'm on the local area network? I'd like for myself and a friend to be able to access the NAS this way but cannot figure it out.
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Chillyrabbit posted:Ah just checking that getting a NAS is right for me in my situation. Basically centralizing my mix of 1,2,4, and 8 TB drives I have an External HDD being a crashplan local backup, but I think I can hear it clicking or making odd noises so I'm basically retiring it until I buy a new HDD or set up a NAS. If you have more than 8 TB worth of crap to back up, then a NAS is absolutely right for you. Drives fail, and 8 TB of crap is a LOT of data to try to magic back out of the ether.
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Decairn posted:Yes I have Plex Pass. I have no problem paying for good, wife-friendly software on top of a $1000 server box. It mostly direct plays though, there's very little transcode unless it wants to burn in subtitles the odd time. If you're not sure, try the monthly pass to check out the difference if you find it cannot keep up with software. with plex plass, can you set the other accounts up to access different/specific tv shows? I am thinking about purchasing it for some family members to access my plex remotely.
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Even without Plex Pass you can share your library with others and said others will get their own Watched tracking so their viewing does not interfere with anyone else's. Being able to share only specific shows/movies with Plex Pass / Home is pretty simple, since you can tag specific items to share or not share. That makes it easy to edit out a few specific shows or movies from your collection that you'd rather not let your parents know you have, for example. If you're a penny-pincher, you can do the same thing without Plex Pass, but it requires you taking all your objectionable content and stuffing it into a different Library and then simply not sharing that Library with the others, which is functional, but obnoxious to manage/maintain.
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DrDork posted:Even without Plex Pass you can share your library with others and said others will get their own Watched tracking so their viewing does not interfere with anyone else's. Thank you for that, I am not a penny pincher, their price is fair for lifetime sub, so I will just buy it and set it up that way. The discretion of certain items is what I was hoping for, so they can just see what shows they are going to be watching is perfect and not see the rest of my library.
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Yeah, it's all set up through Plex Home. You do have to go through and tag your stuff, so like wandering through your shows and tagging half of them as "Parents" and the other half as "Kids" or whatever, but once you do so it's functional enough, and you can default-not-share, so if you've got 500 movies and only want the kids to be able to see their approved 10 or whatever, you only have to actually tag those 10.
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Let me know how it goes with this case (or do a build log) please. I have been slowly planning a replacement for my home server, and this case fits the bill. I have read it is tough to build in, and I really would like to shove an E5 v3 CPU in there with this cooler. https://www.dynatron.co/product-page/r25 Its going to be shoved into a shallow network rack in a utility/storage room, so I'll take the jet engine noise of that fan.
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Just had one of these turn up![]() Got a secondhand dual xeon server motherboard with CPU's and ram coming from natex.us Looking forward to getting rid of the three ML10V2 tower servers I have in the rack at the moment and replacing with one actual rackmount server.
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Moey posted:Let me know how it goes with this case (or do a build log) please. From a cooling perspective, an E5 with 85+ TDP (I have a i3-4130 still in mine that gets a toasty 55c even at idle because theres so little airflow - but thats not the same airflow as in the NSC-810A) would probably warrant a 1U style HSF but airflow is awkward here due to no channels and air going to the sides for outflow meaning youd have to position the HSF to go side to side and I doubt that the case manufacturer remembered to rotate the mount points to make it possible to do this. I dont think theres a more space efficient NAS case though honestly. I think theyre from the factories that make those SOHO NASes like QNAP, Thecus and its a tight, sturdy case unlike a lot of options out there. Unlike buying some random used servers off eBay at least this case will accept standard parts and wont require splicing wires and resistors to quiet down a jet engine in your closet.
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And for anyone wondering what that case up there is, it's http://www.chenbro.com/en-global/pr...Chassis/NR40700 and you can find it on Ebay for $450 with... $113 shipping ![]()
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Moey posted:Let me know how it goes with this case (or do a build log) please. I actually specced out a similar build with the X99M WS before this. The thing that turned me off is that X99's idle power is much, much higher than LGA1151, let alone under load. And all that heat is dumped right into your hard drives (which don't like heat). The build I specced out will idle at 1/3 the power or so, and unless I really splash out on accessories LGA1151 isn't actually going to constrain me that much. Lanes are the big difference and you need to start looking at quad-M.2 carriers or multiple PCIe NICs before x8x8x4 lanes becomes a problem. What I decided is that if I end up needing more compute horsepower for Plex/etc, I can always connect another small chassis like a Mini-box M350 running a non-ECC build and it will let me have more performance/expandability, while also not dumping all the heat right into my drives. If gangable quad-GbE isn't enough (eg for databases/etc) I can do InfiniBand QDR (40 gbps), cards run about $40 a pop (I have a couple already). Not gonna lie though, that Asrock X399M board looks pretty fucking awesome too now. I've already got most of the parts for this build but if you want a high-powered rig that's an option too. If you do go with the X99 build, I found a L9i clone with a vapor chamber that supports LGA2011, the VC-45. That looks like the best option that will fit in that space - ideally swap in a 15mm Noctua static-pressure fan as well. I promise you that Dynatron is going to be a leafblower - but whatever. (edit: also note that Dynatron is for a narrow 2011 ILM - be sure that's what your desired board has. Most consumer 2011 boards have a square 2011 ILM, except for the Asrock X99 ITX-ac) (for anyone's reference: LGA1155/1150/1151 all share an ILM specification, as does LGA2011/2011v3/2066 as long as you obey square-ILM and narrow-ILM variations) I'll definitely let you know how it goes though. I'm planning on getting the case real soon here, and I tracked down some 16GB unbuffered DDR4-2400 ECC sticks for $175 a pop that are looking good. (one of my selection criteria for boards for this build is having >=8 SATA ports so I don't need to waste a PCIe slot on a RAID/SAS card. The build I laid out uses a USB-SATA adapter for the boot drive - that's actually important since it only has 8 SATA slots and there are 8 bays in that chassis, but you also need a USB 3.0 slot directly on the board. Bear that in mind when you're looking at boards. What I found is that there are multiple points on the triangle of "lots of SATA", "lots of PCIe lanes", and "fast 10G NIC onboard", but most of them equate to the same thing but with different things onboard - the X99M and LN4F were the best combination of NAS features that I found for their respective platforms that would fit into a mATX profile.) If you are willing to spend $800 on your board, Supermicro also has a real nice Denverton 16C board that is roughly twice as fast as a Kaby i5, with quad 10 GbE NICs and 12 SATA ports. Ideally you would want to replace the passive cooler with an active fan cooler, but I don't know if they are using a standard mounting pattern. You can stick an absurd amount of memory on it though - the X99M and the LGA1151 boards both max out at 64 GB. Paul MaudDib fucked around with this message at 05:35 on Feb 14, 2018 |
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necrobobsledder posted:And for anyone wondering what that case up there is, it's http://www.chenbro.com/en-global/pr...Chassis/NR40700 and you can find it on Ebay for $450 with... $113 shipping How noisy is it? It looks noisy, those 8 little
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That guy accepts offers of 400 immediately. I had to pay 250 in postage to get it to Australia but its significantly cheaper than any other option for a shitload of drives. No idea as to noise, some say its quiet and some say its not so Ill let you know when I find out. I can do a build log if anyone is interested ?
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StealthBus posted:That guy accepts offers of 400 immediately. I had to pay 250 in postage to get it to Australia but its significantly cheaper than any other option for a shitload of drives. Yup.
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Anyone else hoping the Broadwell-DE boards drop in price once the Skylake Xeon-Ds start showing up? ![]() I want an X10SDV so bad.
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necrobobsledder posted:I have the UNAS NSC-800, the mini ITX version and its one of the toughest builds Ive done due to the lack of clearance for a heat sink combined with the awkward mounting of the motherboard along the side. The 810A will undoubtedly be easier since theres far more room and is mounted horizontally. What I think probably hasnt changed is how bad the machining was in some parts. For example, a screw hole was so close to the edge of the cover that the dangling little bit of metal fell off as I screwed the cover on. The hole on the other side was far in and didnt have this problem. The high res photos they take are basically perfect show room samples. Also see the horizontal PCI slots - the way the bracket is supposed to mount on the case is just jamming it in awkwardly rather than cut to hold the bottom edge firmly. Yeah, I have been eyeing the NSC-800 (as well as the 380b) for a while, but figured mATX would give me a little more flexibility. That is a shame about the build quality, you figure for the price tag, they would refine it a little bit, but I know its a super limited market. I'm really hoping I can make a small case like that work for my next build, as I would like to get it hidden away in the limited space I have. Paul MaudDib posted:I actually specced out a similar build with the X99M WS before this. The thing that turned me off is that X99's idle power is much, much higher than LGA1151, let alone under load. And all that heat is dumped right into your hard drives (which don't like heat). The build I specced out will idle at 1/3 the power or so, and unless I really splash out on accessories LGA1151 isn't actually going to constrain me that much. Lanes are the big difference and you need to start looking at quad-M.2 carriers or multiple PCIe NICs before x8x8x4 lanes becomes a problem. My needs are pretty straightfoward. Currently just running a single whitebox ESXi host with about 8 VMs (i7-3770, 32gb ram, 4x8tb media, 1x1tb Veeam, 2 SSD VM datastores). Heaviest CPU hitter is Plex doing transcoding. I currently have about a 9k passmark score, and am doing fine, but I know 4k will start killing me with transcoding (once I get into that). No need for 10gbe. I have been leaning towards a server mobo vs workstation for IPMI, as I want to shove this in a wall mounted network cabinet and rarely go near it. The mobo I was looking at requires the Narrow ILM cooler (http://www.asrockrack.com/general/p...#Specifications). I don't think the Xeon D-1500 series really have enough processing power to justify the upgrade currently, wondering if the 2100 series will. My option of last resort would be a small build and ignore the 3.5" bays, then use an external sas card to two of those (probably unreliable) drive chassis. https://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod...1-477-_-Product Moey fucked around with this message at 17:38 on Feb 14, 2018 |
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The Xeon D series below 8 cores is actually slower than my E3-1230 in benchmarks for media transcoding so I cant imagine how a D-1521 could reliably transcode 4K h.264 base profile. The D-2100 series may be faster but I suspect that the impact for raw media performance will be a letdown. This is why Im mostly looking at a Skull Canyon NUC connected to my SAN / NAS for raw files and letting a Xeon D (or my i3-4130) sit sipping power like afternoon tea.
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Has anyone here experimented with using a high-performance single board computer with a multiple drive USB 3.0-SATA enclosure as a NAS? It seems like 4-drive enclosures with fans are available around $100 from multiple brands and something like a $65 Odroid-XU4 would be more than capable of running mdadm RAID 5 calculations while using a lot less power than a full x86 desktop, but I'm not sure if there would be any hidden bottlenecks from using USB or reliability concerns with the enclosure.
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Eletriarnation posted:Has anyone here experimented with using a high-performance single board computer with a multiple drive USB 3.0-SATA enclosure as a NAS? It seems like 4-drive enclosures with fans are available around $100 from multiple brands and something like a $65 Odroid-XU4 would be more than capable of running mdadm RAID 5 calculations while using a lot less power than a full x86 desktop, but I'm not sure if there would be any hidden bottlenecks from using USB or reliability concerns with the enclosure. USB blows for this sort of sustained stuff. Expect to suffer 30%+ slower speeds than you'd think. I just wish there was a decent SBC with SATA built-in, but I haven't found much.
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sharkytm posted:USB blows for this sort of sustained stuff. Expect to suffer 30%+ slower speeds than you'd think. I had an old buffalo linkstation that crapped out on me last summer, and thank god I started playing around with rPi's well before that so when it did die I knew enough on how to get the data off the drive that was working since the mainboard died and took one of the drives with it, i was able to recover my data! if these people ever get around to doing a second batch: https://shop.kobol.io/ I just received mine last week and it's been pretty sweet and I've got 4x4TB running in RAID 10. I don't have anything to compare it to since it's really babbys first NAS but it was easy to put together and get up and running in less than an hour with Open Media Vault and so far it has been fast serving my files and problem free. also had been using this guy since last summer: https://www.udoo.org/udoo-x86/ as my NAS until I got the helios. only a single SATA port and power for a 2.5" drive, but i macgyver'd a second one in with an m.2 board with hardware RAID with 2 SATA ports but I could only ever get a single SATA port to show up from the board since I'm an absolute linux noob. Rigged power by splicing a USB cable into a SATA power connector. But I'm sure someone who is well versed in what they're doing might get both ports detected in JBOD mode to prove it could work as a RAID board. It's a very nice piece of hardware with a little bit of heft behind it. possibly a bit expensive or overkill for what you were looking at but figured I'd throw those out there...
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Yeah, those are both interesting. I'd definitely want to have support for at least 4 3.5" drives but the Helios looks almost exactly like what I have in mind, basically something that would allow me to play around with different OSes and configurations more on my x86 server without having downtime on my network storage. I also noticed this 6-drive unit which has some nice features but I'm concerned that the router SoC running it wouldn't be quick enough to keep up with software RAID 5. The description even mentions RAID 0 and 1 specifically but no others.
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Just a quick sanity check, I have just upgraded my qnap nas to the latest firmware(4.3.4.0483) and the shiny new license management panel in control panel doesn't work for shit. Does anybody else have this issue or is it just me?
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Ordered tonight, unsurprisingly they aren't going to ship until after Chinese New Year. Ordered 2x16 GB of DDR4 ECC from Superbiiz as well. I can't tell you what to buy but if you think can't do it on the LGA1151 E3 platform I'd look for proof that you can do it on the E5 platform on the processor of your choice. The difference between processing 1080p sources and 4K sources could potentially be a lot, and you should pin down exactly how much you need. You could potentially do 4X of an E3 build on an E5 platform... maybe 8x if you really splash out on a $3k+ chip... not really 16x+. You need a realistic estimate of what you need to process your source files vs what you are willing to spend. The Skylake-X chips are actually fast as fuck because they can do AVX-512, which is very fast at video processing. At 4K that stuff does matter, even on x264. With 4K sources, you probably do need serious hardware especially if you expect multiple streams running at the same time. Paul MaudDib fucked around with this message at 18:14 on Feb 16, 2018 |
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Going to finally bite the bullet and switch from FreeNAS Corral to 11.1 this weekend. Corral is finally starting to give up the ghost and randomly decides that my VMs don't exist (actual errors saying that the UUIDs for them aren't found), and it's never played nice with calendar-based scrubbing for me. Anybody gone through this recently and care to comment on their findings? Any gotchas I should be aware of or steps I should take to prepare for it would be wonderful. My game plan right now is to dump the config of all my Docker containers to my desktop by hand, rip out my current boot drive, put in an entirely separate drive, and do a fresh install of 11.1, and then rebuild all my stuff as either jails or containers on Rancher. More likely than not, I'll keep Deluge on the host in a jail, because I've found that it's extremely CPU hungry with a large list of torrents, and then put the rest of the apps in the Rancher VM. If I can't get it fully up and running by the end of the weekend, I can always just roll back to Corral by swapping back to the old drive, so this seems like the safest bet.
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