(Part 3) Top products from r/HomeServer

Thank you. :) Since my Ethernet card is 100mbps (About 12 MB/s ? ) and I have 100 mbps internet connection as well, I guess 10-12 MB/s is maximum speed I will read/write at, and even running two simultaneous connection, disk would't be a bottleneck. Plus, getting 10MB/s download from internet is extremely rare.

 
In regards to home networking, I am getting iperf3 result about 94 mbps in both LAN, and around 30-50 mbps with server in LAN, client in wifi. I am using Netgear N600 WNDR3400v2 , and while it have good review (4 start over 1500+ reviews), I feel like it is not doing justice to my internet speed. I pay for 100mbps, but get only 20-25 mbps in speedtest while on wifi and its not GBit LAN as will. Do you have any suggestion on good GBit (and possibly wireless ac router) that doesn't break the bank?

 
And I will look into VNC, I have heard good things about it. I have to have gnome desktop installed for me to use VNC, right? I am guessing only option to control with GUI disabled is ssh?

 
I appreciate all the suggestions.Thanks :)

Hello m8,
I am trying to do something similar because I have several USB Hard Drives that I have been using and I want to get rid of them slowly. Right now I have to carry them around and use them on the computer directly, and it became a pain. What I ended up doing was getting a USB drive "toaster" and plugging them into my Asus Router. I have an Asus RT-AC68U as an access point running Asus Merlin. And I got a toaster from Thermaltake. It's a https://www.amazon.com/Thermaltake-Drives-Docking-Station-ST0014U/dp/B002MUYOLW. Then the router can setup a shared drive from the USB port. Like this. https://www.asus.com/us/support/FAQ/1011279/ . They also have a Synology router that would probably work too. I eventually want to get a NAS and been thinking about a Synology but still on the edge because I want to do Plex streaming. To get the Plex streaming, i would need the "big" expensive one from Synology. I'm actually thinking of trying to use my own NAS. Like OpenNAS or something similar. I want to run OwnCloud when I am all done and have big streaming from Plex I will probably have to roll my own. Ugh. Stuck between time and money, vs. more money and time. What do I do? Good luck m8. Good luck.

That one will work, but I got this one: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004IMKTX4/

It's running the following. The PSU is old as dirt, but the rest I got last year and it seems to be running fine. Temps are pretty low too.
OCZ ModXstream-Pro 500 Watt Power Supply
Supermicro X10SLL-F-O
Intel i3-4170 3.7GHz
4 x Crucial 8GB UDIMM DDR3 PC3-12800 Unbuffered ECC
8 x WD 3TB Red HDD
1 x WD Blue for the OS.

I was torn on it too, but I also liked I could have 8 3.5" drives and 4 2.5" drives if I wanted. All I'd need is a HBA card like the LSI Logic
SAS9211-8I (amazon.com) to run 8 HDD's plus onboard SATA ports. I also liked I could use the m-ATX and not be limited by the m-ITX as well. Most everything in my case is around 25-30c at any given time.

I run that same board, it's awesome. I'm virtualizing FreeNAS (just moved off of Omni/Napp-it) have the onboard SAS passed through for ZFS purposes check this post

I also have a "physicalized" windows 7 VM with GPU and USB passed through, so my ESX host is also a desktop similar to this setup It runs very well considering. I boot that VM from a SSD in ESX, here's the GPU I'm using I pull audio from the GPU's HDMI. My only issue is I've yet to successfully attach anything to my VMs at USB 3.0, they always connect at 2.0 speeds. Oh and after installing ESXi 6 update1 patches my USB passthrough was completely broke, so I needed to roll back to 6.0GA

Edit: typo

You can use Dynamat or some other soundproofing material.
Something like this.

Used to use that at a car stereo place I worked at for a bit. It's been like 20 years though so there's probably something newer these days. Try finding a car audio subreddit and asking in there. They would be on top of the state of the art I would guess.

I'm not sure what kind of RAID card you're going to end up with but if it's the norm around here you'll likely want one of these and then 3 of these little guys.

You could probably find those cheaper somewhere else but that would work fine. Then you'd just need one SATA power connector from your PSU and it looks like it would power all 3.

Yes! As long as the BIOS will support booting from USB. Some older machines might not.

You could maybe use an adapter to put a thumb drive inside the case: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000IV6S9S

Heck, it might also have an IDE controller, so you could run the OS off IDE and storage off SATA.

Depends what you decided to do.

That 9260 is twice the price because it supports RAID 6 which if you are doing hardware RAID is what you will want.

If you are going to do software RAID like ZFS then you can either use 3 of the cheapest 8port SAS cards (doesnt matter what RAID they support) or 1 card and a 24port expander, which ever comes out cheaper for you.

If you are going with that case with 20 bays (5 backplanes) and using ZFS you could get this sas card:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/LSI-MegaRAID-9211-4i-Storage-Controller/dp/B002RL8IUO/ref=sr_1_5?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1420825179&sr=1-5&keywords=lsi+9211

And then that Intel 24 port expander. Which would be just enough for 20 disks.

If you go with a 24 bay case (6 backplanes) then you need that 9240 card with 2 ports.

Ryzen 5 3600 is pretty much neck and neck with the Ryzen 7 1700 in multithreaded applications, even with 2 cores and 4 threads less.

£190 gets you a brand new one from Amazon.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/AMD-Ryzen-3600-Processor-Cache/dp/B07STGGQ18

>these bad boys

I was looking at the 16-port 9201 along with one of those 9211 you suggested. Is it worth getting a 9201? I'm not sure what the advantage is if any to grab one. do you? Maybe one less PCI-E to use? Is the 9211 a better model?

Something like this will work

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002QJZLCA/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Hmm, pure sine wave rules out the models I can get locally (just simulated sine wave) so I turned to Amazon. CyberPower CP850PFCLCD PFC Sinewave UPS 850VA 510W PFC Compatible Mini-Tower indicates having both pure sine wave and line interactive covered. What say you?

No 1u case can fit a standard ATX IO shield, because a standard IO shield is taller than 1U. I usually use a universal IO shield that then gets trimmed around the ports. PLINK 1U cases work with them.

https://www.amazon.com/Universal-PLINKUSA-RACKBUY-chassis-cutting/dp/B01L0D7JMC

They are just plastic mesh. You could actually get generic mesh and do the same thing...

https://www.amazon.com/Amaco-WireForm-coated-aluminum-modelers/dp/B004BN6D4Y

Cyber Monday deal... CyberPower CP1500PFCLCD PFC Sinewave UPS 1500VA 900W PFC Compatible Mini-Tower https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00429N19W

HGST Deskstar NAS

http://www.amazon.com/HGST-Deskstar-3-5-Inch-Internal-0F12115/dp/B004AM6TKY

You can connect a 16 port raid card such as the LSI Logic LSI00137 to fill out the node.

Might I suggest this? Alot of smaller studios use the CR-H458 so it seems suitable for your needs in a business environment.

https://www.amazon.com/CineRAID-CR-H458-Enclosure-capacity-Supported/dp/B00517N8HY

Only problem is that it is driveless. You can add your own depending on what application you're using it for (we might be able to help).

This might also be what you're looking for but I'm not quite sure;

https://www.amazon.com/CineRAID-CR-H232-SuperSpeed-Duplicator-supported/dp/B00KB5W2PU

That's odd, I'd open up a case with them ASAP and see what they say.

Both the picture has sleds, and it's listed in the auction "TRAYS INCLUDED"

I would open up a case to get some money back or trays.

These caddies will work, and are only $11.50 each

Although I think you can get them off ebay cheaper for $7.80 each:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Details-about-New-3-5-SAS-Drive-Tray-Caddy-for-Dell-Sled-G302D-T710-F238F-R710-/182112584474?hash=item2a66c1831a:g:boUAAOSw6oBXEpoO

Buy a pure sine-wave UPS, avoid using any Molex to SATA cables (ESPECIALLY cheap ones) and you'll be fine. The point of circuit breakers is to prevent fires, and UPSes prevent electrical issues from harming your components. The point of power supplies (at least good ones) is to prevent the rest of the components in your computer from being harmed.

Some people actually use these cheap Molex cables in their servers: https://www.reddit.com/r/techsupportgore/comments/3hy8ep/this_is_why_molex_to_sata_cables_are_bad/

https://www.reddit.com/r/techsupportgore/comments/2fgjon/every_other_month_someone_tries_to_claim_our_ssd/

Here's an example of a great pure sine-wave UPS: https://www.amazon.com/CyberPower-CP1000PFCLCD-Sinewave-Compatible-Mini-Tower/dp/B00429N192

TL;DR: Get a pure sine-wave UPS, and don't use Molex to SATA cables.