Mini ITX Home Server build

Cybrnook · Apr 20, 2012

t_ski said:
Thanks for the info. I am pretty set on how I have things set up, but I'm sure someone else here might find the information useful. There's also FreeNAS, which is popular, too.

What I like about UnRaid over freenas, is Unraids spread of whole files over the drives (not striped). Formatting is the same as FreeNAS I believe with Reiserfs, meaning that if a drive falls off from unraid, chances are you can boot it up as a slave to any Linux OS and copy your whole files off. Not sure ZFS (FreeNAS) can do that.

Anyways, nice little clean build. Looks great

Have fun with it!

fasteddy2020 · Apr 21, 2012

I love this build. I have been watching it for some time now and today I ordered the parts for my machine. Some similar and some not. Some parts I got here in the B/S/T thread. Thanks t_ski for keeping us up to date. The research you have done makes me confident that this is the way to go.

t_ski · Apr 21, 2012

Make sure you check out www.WeGotServed.com for add-ins, advice and configuration tips.

fasteddy2020 · Apr 21, 2012

I go over to WeGotServed all the time trying to read up on the add-ins and advice to see what will work for me. Hopefully mine will turn out as well for me as yours did for you. I kinda wish I purchased WHS v1 instead of WHS 2011 but not having used either I can't really say which is better for me. I am just really anxious to get building. Hope 2TB hard drives come down in price soon.

Processor	i7 2600K \| Phenom II 840
Motherboard	ASUS P8Z68 Deluxe \| ASUS M4A88T-M
Cooling	Corsair H60 \| Scythe Samurai ZZ
Memory	4x4GB Samsung Green 1600 @ 1866 \| 2x2GB Corsair XMS3 1333
Video Card(s)	Evga GTX 670 FTW \| On Board AMD
Storage	2 x 64GB Samsung 830, Velociraptor 300GB,1TB Black,1.5TB Black \|10TB server
Display(s)	HP 2509m 25" 1080p
Case	Lian Li PC-V1020A \| Lian Li PC-V354A
Audio Device(s)	Azuntech Bravuria 7.1 \| On-Board (Disabled)
Power Supply	Seasonic X-series 760 , Seasonic X-series 760
Software	Windows 7 Ultimate X64 \| UnRaid (CentOS)

System Name	My last desktop build...maybe
Processor	i7 4790K
Motherboard	MSI Z97 Gaming 7
Cooling	Corsair H110
Memory	16 GB Corsair Vengence
Video Card(s)	EVGA 560
Storage	Samsung 840 EVO
Case	Corsair
Software	Win 8.1 Pro

System Name	My i7 Beast
Processor	Intel Core i7 6800K
Motherboard	Asus X99-A II
Cooling	Nickel-plated EK Supremacy EVO, D5 with XSPC Bayres & BIX Quad Radiator
Memory	4 x 8GB EVGA SuperSC DDR4-3200
Video Card(s)	EVGA 1080 SuperClocked
Storage	Samsung 950 Pro 256GB m.2 SSD + 480GB Sandisk storage SSD
Display(s)	Three Asus 24" VW246H LCD's
Case	Silverstone TJ07
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Corsair AX1200
Keyboard	Corsair K95
Software	Windows 10 x64 Pro

System Name	My last desktop build...maybe
Processor	i7 4790K
Motherboard	MSI Z97 Gaming 7
Cooling	Corsair H110
Memory	16 GB Corsair Vengence
Video Card(s)	EVGA 560
Storage	Samsung 840 EVO
Case	Corsair
Software	Win 8.1 Pro

Mini ITX Home Server build

Cybrnook

fasteddy2020

t_ski

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fasteddy2020