I am currently running 4x 8TB in a Dell Poweredge T30, 16GB ecc ram, baremetal, DSM 6.2.1 , jun's loader, DS3617xs
Want to go to DSM 7.? (whatever is current) plus upgrade HDs.
The western digital BF sales got me buying up enough drives to build a new 30TB SHR volume with 4 drives (2x14TB and 2x8TB)
Originally I was just going to change up what was in the server now (the current 4 drives are in two raid1 pairs), but the server is getting up there in age so I thought I might just build everything anew - especially since I need to upgrade to version 7 anyway, just makes sense to build a new server and do a migration00000 once complete.
I am not at all familiar with the world of servers, but I have seen some good deals on some hefty hardware on ebay. Just looking for some advice on specs to choose, perhaps a model name recommendation? I looked at the hardware FAQ and it looks pretty outdated, only mentioning what runs 6.x well.
Asks:
under $300 used
no OS needed
at least 16GB ram
at least 4 bays (hot swappable is a bonus but not necessary)
SATA compatible
relatively quiet (it will be in a music studio so typical workstation fan noise is about the tolerable level)
Several (maybe 6+) usb ports to connect peripherals
my main usage is as a plex server plus a radarr/sonarr/lidarr machine and general home NAS
I see a lot of ebay hits for the "real" poweredge servers like r710, 720 etc for pretty cheap.
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denmalley
Hey there,
I am currently running 4x 8TB in a Dell Poweredge T30, 16GB ecc ram, baremetal, DSM 6.2.1 , jun's loader, DS3617xs
Want to go to DSM 7.? (whatever is current) plus upgrade HDs.
The western digital BF sales got me buying up enough drives to build a new 30TB SHR volume with 4 drives (2x14TB and 2x8TB)
Originally I was just going to change up what was in the server now (the current 4 drives are in two raid1 pairs), but the server is getting up there in age so I thought I might just build everything anew - especially since I need to upgrade to version 7 anyway, just makes sense to build a new server and do a migration00000 once complete.
I am not at all familiar with the world of servers, but I have seen some good deals on some hefty hardware on ebay. Just looking for some advice on specs to choose, perhaps a model name recommendation? I looked at the hardware FAQ and it looks pretty outdated, only mentioning what runs 6.x well.
Asks:
under $300 used
no OS needed
at least 16GB ram
at least 4 bays (hot swappable is a bonus but not necessary)
SATA compatible
relatively quiet (it will be in a music studio so typical workstation fan noise is about the tolerable level)
Several (maybe 6+) usb ports to connect peripherals
my main usage is as a plex server plus a radarr/sonarr/lidarr machine and general home NAS
I see a lot of ebay hits for the "real" poweredge servers like r710, 720 etc for pretty cheap.
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