Internet says you need an i9/dual xeon/threadripper setup, because you probably need it to be realtime. Personally i always suggest have some flexibility, my server started with 8 drives, now im on 22 drives (100TB usable), and now im starting to build a second server (this one will be unraid), i was just waiting to see 4k take off, and the past month i seen multiple releases, so this is just the begging, im going to need a ton of storage over the next few years. But dont take this lightly, to transcode 4k x265 10bit to 720p x264 on the fly will require a lot of CPU, how much really depends on a lot of things, but PLEX forums should help you and so the unraid forums.Ĭase will depend on your needs, thinking on something not that big, maybe Fractal Design Define Mini will give you 6 hdd slots, or if you want 8 for the future the Define R5. I would try the intel cooler first and see how it works out, if you wish quiet operation you can upgrade to something like Noctua NH-C14. Be careful with the memory, it supports ECC but try to go with QVL List, as not all will run.įor CPU depends on how many parallel trasscoding and vms you want to implement, you can go with celeron/pentium or E3 1275v6 (be careful with Kaby lake cpus and the version of the bios as you need the latest to run kaby cpus). But even on mini itx it comes with 8 sata ports, enough for your current needs, and if you down the road you need more just add a LSI 9207-8i or 9211-8i. I would probably suggest you start with a good motherboard, with ECC support, so something like C236, to me Supermicro is one of the best on server hardware, but its bios fan control is very elemental and sensible to some fans, contrary to this, AsRock is very good in bios fan control, so i would suggest to check something like ASRock C236 WSI Mini ITX Server Motherboard there other models if you feel one suits your better. If i were to go with ZFS, i would probably build around FreeNas. Personally i find ZFS a little too much for a media server, specially if you are looking for quiet operation, RaidZ will use multiple drives for storing files, so playing them back will wake and use multiple drives, unraid you can make it so one file stays on one disk so you dont wake up the hole array. If you are interested, check the following video into how to setup and install unraid and plex media server, Tutorial: Install unRAID and Plex Media Server (Bootable USB) Its a very mature OS, it allows around 30 drives max, 2 parity, 1 cache and i believe 24 data (there are different paid versions depending on your needs), unraid can run plex and do the trans coding for your devices, it even can do VMs. Svarto wrote:I am planning to install Debian 9 on it, and potentially also ZFS file system (if no one has a better secure solution)? For pure media server, unraid is one of the best, have been one of the most used OS on AVSForums to have their Rips from their blu rays on demands for the network.
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