36TB Budget NAS Server Build Unraid Build Guide

36TB Budget NAS Server Build Unraid Build Guide
Today we go on a bit of an adventure and explore building a 36TB Unraid NAS storage server!!!
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I am building this server because as a content creator I am running out of reliable storage space and need a good / reliable option. I did my research on Unraid and found this would meet my needs perfectly! This video focuses mainly on the building aspect of the hardware components and not so much focus oriented on a tutorial for getting started with Unraid.
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** PARTS LIST: Recreate this build !!! **
- Motherboard: Supermicro X9SCL LGA 1155
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- CPU: Xeon E3 1230 V2
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- RAM: DDR3 ECC Unbuffered
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- CPU Cooler: Intel Stock Cooler
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- SAS Card: LSI SAS9207-8i
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- SAS-to-SATA Breakout Cable:
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- Flash Drive: SanDisk Cruzer 32GB (OS Drive)
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- PSU: EVGA 500w 80+ BR
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- Case: SilverStone CS380B
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- Storage (Recommended / Similar to build spec):
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** Video Time Codes **
00:00 Introduction
2:07 Parts Discussion
3:10 Motherboard Discussion
4:52 CPU Discussion
5:52 Memory Discussion
6:25 SAS Card Discussion
7:26 SAS Breakout Cables Discussion
8:09 Flash Drive Discussion
8:41 Drives Discussion
11:57 PSU Discussion
13:13 Case Discussion
15:31 Build Montage
20:36 Build Operational Check
22:35 Conclusion
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[@PCTechHustle]

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[@ReaperOperator]

Did you have any problems with the Supermicro MB not accepting the cpu?

[@valid9068]

Enough space for my homework folder

[@PCTechHustle]

Hah! I feel sorry for you then! Sheesh!!!

[@johnjohnson6142]

@valid what did you get your PhD in?

[@KillerRaspberry]

Yeah “homework”

[@HentaiNat]

36TB? That'd only last you a week.

[@swaggylovesme6853]

@@PCTechHustle you didn’t get the joke

[@ZiemsRyan]

Good content! I love working with my unRAID server. I'm constantly learning something new! One reason I went with an unRAID server after running a freeNAS machine for over a year was the unRAID community, and being able to get questions answered when you need help!

[@PCTechHustle]

Absolutely! There is an awesome community surrounding unraid! Thanks for watching!

[@Macho_Man_Randy_Savage]

Wow, I'm barely 10 minutes in and this is already so informative! I have recently retired a mini ITX gaming rig and I have a B660I, 12100, 16GB DDR4, 750W SFX PSU, a nice ITX case and almost 30TB of HDDs lying around so I might as well put them to good use! Unraid seems like just what I need 🤔

[@PCTechHustle]

I love it! This system is still going strong to this day! I’m likely about to upgrade it and retire this one to just a backup server

[@Macho_Man_Randy_Savage]

​@@PCTechHustle I did a trial build in my ITX case and while it would work, I decided to just get a Jonsbo N1 as my solution will make it VERY hard to access drives once they are in and the space is poorly optimized too. In the long run the N1 makes far more sense and has 5xHDDs+1xSSD which should be enough for me. As my broad only has 4xSATA ports I'll need to expand to 6xSATA ports. There are M.2 SYBA SI-ADA40149 and SI-ADA40141 to get up to 2 or 5 extra SATA ports. Will these solution be okay for unRAID too and not cause an issue with the other SATA ports? I mainly want to use it for plex or jellyfin and just have a lot of data storage...considering surveillance but too early to say.

[@SirJeffreyKramer]

This was great, I'm doing a similar build and found this was a great checklist for everything I need. Thank you!

[@PCTechHustle]

Glad you found it helpful! Thanks for watching!

[@geofreypejsa54]

Thank you for this video even this long ago. I built the system largely like you did...it worked very well. THANKS!

[@PCTechHustle]

Thanks for watching!!!

[@akhilleusuggo]

You're misunderstand the parity drive ( misconception ) , but good video . Even if the parity drive fails ( the Seagate ) , the system will be able to rebuild . The data is not stored on that particular drive , but on every drive . What you did is just giving your self the chance to upgrade disks up to 8TB without having re-install the entire system . Even the Seagate will store normal data , as any other drive , not only the data required to rebuild the parity in case of failure . All drives are required to rebuild the drive . The drives you're giving up , is basically the amount of space you're giving up so the mathematical algorithm could start the rebuild . There's more information on unraid wiki .

[@PCTechHustle]

Thanks for the good input!

[@akhilleusuggo]

@@PCTechHustle Well , I have to correct something a bit . The parity drive does store most of the data to rebuild ( and probably doesn't store other files then the rebuild ) . But still , all drives are required on the rebuild functions .

[@ChickenMeister84]

Glad i found your channel. The editing is just the right combination of information without boring the viewer. Great job on the editing and slight music in the background too. The only thing I'd recommend is getting a sound guy (or talking to one) and getting a better microphone when record. Your voice sounds a tad muffled at times.

[@PCTechHustle]

Thanks for watching and the feedback!!

[@aceravi10]

I liked you chose server grade MBD/CPU and even got it cheap.

[@bmw325ia]

Very nice if I ever wanted to build NAS in future, you gave great idea about SAS card to attach multiple drives. You also gave good reasons for choosing each part such as motherboard and 8TB parity drives, thank you!

[@PCTechHustle]

Glad you found helpful!

[@ErkkiMattila]

Those jump cuts make ma crazy.

[@PCTechHustle]

Hah sorry! I think it’s better than hearing me say “umm” or hear me breath though right?

[@meathead919]

Excellent explanation and pace through the video. Thank you, this was great value!

[@PCTechHustle]

Thanks! Stay tuned! I’m doing a follow up video soon!

[@jonathaneberlein5650]

great build, i appreciate the budget approach, earned a sub! keep it up.

[@PCTechHustle]

Thanks for watching!

[@jonathaneberlein5650]

@@PCTechHustle question, would this being a budget build run plex decently at 1080 or 2k? im pricing out parts now to build one very similar to yours. love it

[@TechGamerRomance]

excellent guide for the unraid server part pick and build!

[@PCTechHustle]

Thanks! Glad you found it helpful!

[@alphabanks]

This was a fantastic video nice to see a build that did not cost thousands of dollars.

[@PCTechHustle]

Thanks!!!

[@jongp3794]

Hey! You inspired me to build my first NAS. keep up the good work!

[@PCTechHustle]

Awesome! Good luck with your build! Thanks for watching!

[@cinemaipswich4636]

Cache drives are ok, but having as much RAM as possible is way more efficient and faster than an SSD, or even an NVMe. In a domestic setting you probably are only dealing with a small amount of data at any one time. RAM is still the best to "pre-fetch" your read and write.

[@amberhenry4393]

Really awesome content, thank you...keep creating.👍

[@PCTechHustle]

Thanks for watching!

[@xeress]

Very good explanations and pacing, I will be checking out your other videos.

[@PCTechHustle]

Sweet! Thanks for stopping by!

[@Arokhantos]

getting this case tonight i dont have many drives to put in yet but im just figuring stuff out to run home server, i dont know yet where i am gonna place this home server yet, i will figure this out eventually, i mainly wanna run lancache and other stuff on it maybe game server and when gpu prices go down put in a nvidia gpu into it for hardware transcoding maybe will see.

[@PCTechHustle]

Nice! I really like this case! And you can expand the 5.25in bays into 3x more 3.5s too which is really cool if you ask me!

[@HalNordlin]

One of the best intro Unraid videos I have seen! The only thing that drives me crazy about this build is having your power supply blowing into your case. That is one of hottest parts of a computer build and you'd be much better turning it around. The 2 fans you have blowing in from the side are plenty to create your positive air flow.

[@PCTechHustle]

Actually towards the end (21:08) I explain this. The PSU is not blowing into the case it’s actually in-taking air from inside the case and Exhaust out the rear. I left the intake fan facing the inside to try to introduce additional positive air movement across the motherboard, instead of isolating the PSU into its own intake/exhaust ecosystem if it were mounted face down. Thanks for watching though!

[@ikkuranus]

The only downside of that chassis is it doesn't have any airflow directed at the PCIe slots. I'd consider strapping a fan onto that HBA.

[@PCTechHustle]

Right, not a ton of intake. I actually did do just that! I had a 40mm fan I was able to screw to the heat sink of the card. So far so good!

[@chrishasley5614]

I just stumbled upon your awesome video! There aren't many that show the setup like you did. Subscribed! (BTW, if you see this message, may I ask what model keyboard you're using? The lights look cool!)

[@PCTechHustle]

Thanks! Much appreciated! It’s the Corsair k95 platinum.

[@soulfinderz]

Have you considered heving a extra cache drive in raid 1? Because your data is not protected before it's moved to the array

[@PCTechHustle]

I have and I plan to make some upgrade to this server soon actually. I actually don't delete the data I copy to the server until after it has been moved to the array a day later.

[@giessse]

Can you please explain why you left the 24 pin and 8 pin cables in the case instead of passing them by the back, like everyone does?

[@PCTechHustle]

Due to the layout of the motherboard connections they would not reach without unfortunately passing in front of the board. I was bummed by that but it’s a server… so the inside is never visible. Didn’t bother me.

[@danwlan0]

How has this been performing since it's been in service now for a few months? I'm contemplating ordering some used server grade hardware but I get worried that it's already been running 24/7 for a long time and I might be getting something near the end of its life. Thanks for your time and for making this video!

[@PCTechHustle]

Running like a champ! It runs 24/7 and I’ve only shut it done once during a big storm. No issues what is ever! I am loving it still!

[@The-Wise-One]

Brilliant video, looking at building a NAS, learnt alot from your video. CURIOUS, what's the cooling ventilation been like, i see there's no top vents or vents on the right side panel, im alittle concerned with that? I'm looking at this case or the new DS382 Case.

[@alvihn4508]

You deserve 1 million subs

[@PCTechHustle]

Thanks!!! I’m trying!!! Tell your friends!! 😉😉😉

[@JasonPVermeulen]

After a year of running this server, how are you now still feeling about it? Is it still up to its task, and if I may ask, what is the power draw of it when in Idle and "full at work"?

[@PCTechHustle]

It’s doing well though I did have a recent small issue that I’ll have a video out on this coming Wednesday. Aside from that no major issues and as for power draw is very low, about 120-140w according to my UPS.

[@turkeyphant]

How many extra HDD can you fit apart from the 8 hot swaps?

[@QuantumXL]

Can you use a consumer grade CPU in that motherboard? Aka i wanted the integrated graphics for transcoding.

[@beastyshout]

that's a pretty awesome build!

[@PCTechHustle]

Thanks!

[@KoolCreation]

Cool video learned some new things

[@PCTechHustle]

Thanks for watching!!! ❤️❤️❤️

[@ReaperOperator]

Good video exactly what I was looking for.

[@PCTechHustle]

Sweet! Glad you found it helpful!

[@chazzer666]

Personally I would have mounted the power supply the other way round so the intake is at the bottom. That would let you route the mobo lead behind the motherboard rather than having it hanging like that

[@PCTechHustle]

Yeah I could have done that. I wanted to promote more positive air pressure inside the case + where I had the system sitting it sits pretty low to the ground so dust accumulates quickly.

[@adamkharrat9987]

i really like ur videos u explain everything in the pc and i love the videos like this i hope u can do more videos in this content in the future

[@PCTechHustle]

Thanks!!

[@RussellMoran]

Just purchased the parts you listed in your description. I’m super excited!!! A couple questions? This MB has 2x RJ45 on it. Are these both 10/100/1000 Ethernet? Also, I noticed the front of the case has USB 3.0 connections, but MB seems to only support USB 2.0. Is there a card recommended to support usb3? Thanks for the video!

[@PCTechHustle]

Hi there! Glad you found the video helpful! The two network ports on the back of the motherboard are 2x 1gbps ports. Can be used for redundancy / teaming. I am just just using 1 for now though. Correct, the motherboard is a bit older so do not support usb3.0 however you can buy an expansion card like this to plug into of of the 3x pci-e slots on the board. amzn.to/3covgSA. I also used the same card to give an older dell optiplex case swap front and rear USB3.0, works well!! Check out that video if you would like to: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nXbLc4qQeZ52etk Hope that helps and thanks for watching!

[@RussellMoran]

@@PCTechHustle that’s awesome! I have another question just thought of. The SAS to SATA card looks to be only for internal connections. Is there a way or another card I’d have to use if I want to have a connection externally as well? I’m wanting to add more drive bays in the future. Thanks again!

[@PCTechHustle]

Not sure what you mean by connections external. External drives?

[@RussellMoran]

@@PCTechHustle I just received all the parts and put it all together. I have NO power. The green light is lit on the motherboard. The fans will start for a split second when you turn the power supply on. I am not sure what I did wrong or if I have a bad part? Did you use risers on the motherboard to separate it from direct contact with the case? (I did not) In the video I couldn’t tell where the green, Orange, gray and blue wires went but I believe I followed the motherboards setting. (Doesn’t it matter what side the white wires connect?) The power supply is hooked up to the motherboard with the 20+4 Pin and the CPU power to the motherboard. The only thing I have added is the USB3.0 card you referred me to. Any thoughts?

[@robcortese]

@@RussellMoran I have the exact same issue! What did you do to get your setup to load into BIOS?

[@AidenPryde3025]

FYI, on that board, it's not the chipset that has onboard video, it's actually the BMC/IPMI chip. It allows video out as well as remote management. Its the square black chip in the lower right of the motherboard.

[@PCTechHustle]

Oh nice! Thanks for the clarification!

[@AidenPryde3025]

@@PCTechHustle No problem. You should look into using IPMI. It allows for all sorts of management. Fan control, BIOS updates, KVM where you can remotely control the server, etc.

[@Q0318]

Hey! Thanks for the great video! What Power supply can I use as a replacement for the EVGA 500 BA - Power supply you used in this video..

[@PCTechHustle]

At a minimum I would look for something at least bronze certified. The amount of power you need is dependent on your build. If you end up using this as a guide or template you don’t need anymore than 400-500w.

[@ragavansuresh5035]

Great video, thank you for putting me onto the server components. These are much better bang for the buck! I have a quick question regarding your SAS card, I see that there's an IT mode and and IR mode,depending on firmware. What did you use on your card? Did you have any problems down the line?

[@PCTechHustle]

Hey sorry for the late reply. Umm actually it just worked right out of the box as is. I would have to research more what you are referring to

[@ragavansuresh5035]

@@PCTechHustle thanks, no problem on the delay. I've looked it up in the meantime. So apparently the card can be in a legacy firmware which just presents the drives to the operating system (which is what we want). That's IT mode. And apparently if the firmware is IR mode, the host system will see the HBA as an extra layer on top of the hard drives and it can get in the way of setting things up in unRAID. This is my rough understanding. Thanks for the response either way, cheers!

[@BigDaveJacket]

Have you had any problems with your disks getting hot in that case? I've seen some complaints that the disk chassis itself blocks most of the intake air so the disks themselves don't get much airflow. Some people have had to make mods to keep the disks from getting hot.

[@PCTechHustle]

Not at all. 40c ish when spun up

[@joeysantana6467]

Hello! It's been 3 years since this video came out. How do you like the SilverStone CS380B now that you have some mileage on it? Would you recommend it? Thanks!

[@PCTechHustle]

I’m still using it! Everything is running well! I do recommend. However I’m not sure really they even make the case anymore.

[@joeysantana6467]

@@PCTechHustle Thanks! It's still available on Amazon. I heard a few people having issues with the quality of the case. Specifically the backplane for the sata drives. But I think most people have good luck with it so I'm gonna buy one. Appreciate the response!

[@rohannatarajan6048]

Great video, thanks! I’m looking at the same case, and seeing what you did with the SAS card was super helpful - I’ve currently been looking at mobos with 8 Sata ports, and a PSU with 8x sata power outs, just for this - now I don’t have to so saving $$$!! Could you please help me understand this though - you only had 1x cable out from the LSI card - you had a 1x4 splitter from SAS to SATA, so shouldn’t you have used both ports on the card for 8 hdds? Did you use 4 from your motherboard? Also, from what I understand, SAS is 12gbps, and sata is 6gbps, so wouldn’t anything more than plaiting a SAS into 2x SATAs throttle your r/w speeds? Wouldn’t what you’ve done effectively make them 3gbps sata?

[@scotthoang3341]

Im learning a lot i hope to build one soon also does the size for the cache drive matter? keep up the great work.

[@PCTechHustle]

Alway keep the cache drive at minimum the size of your biggest drive! Thanks for watching!

[@scotthoang3341]

@@PCTechHustle so your drive being the 8tb the 240gb sdd is just fine ? Thanks for replying

[@PCTechHustle]

Yep! It’s been working very well for me since the build / date of this video. I love it!

[@stephendavis3710]

If you wanted a cpu with more cores and threads for this motherboard what would u recommend

[@PCTechHustle]

I do believe this motherboard will support higher core count CPUs, I just don’t know off top my head. You should be able to look that up on Super Micro’s website that has the full data sheet on this board

[@CarlFurrow]

I love unraid, and am looking to upgrade my current setup. This is a great video to get me down that path. I'm curious what you've done with it since your build? Run an VMs? Try to stream any games from it (from a VM)? Plex or other media streaming at 1080p/4k? Thanks!

[@PCTechHustle]

Hey thanks for watching. I haven’t done too too much. I’ve added a couple dockers, one to run my Unifi controller and a splice server to ingest logging from my PfSense firewall. No plex or gaming services mainly because I personally really don’t have the need / interest in that.

[@cody113400]

I really liked this case. I was gonna get one I really liked of Aliexpress but they wanted like $130 for shipping. For now I'm starting off with 12TB. I have another Unraid system that I use for 2 person gaming, but I couldn't get my bearmetal boot nvme to pass through without having constant problems. I had an old 7600K, a motherboard for it, and memory for it just lying around so its nice to put it to work again. Fun thing is that Gigabyte put a U.2 mini-sas on that motherboard for some fucking reason lmao, so for now I don't need an HBA.

[@solverz4078]

The molex connector is only to power the fan headers on the back plane so you don't need to plug it in if you don't use the fan headers

[@PCTechHustle]

Yep and that’s what I ended up doing. Saved me some motherboard fan headers!

[@solverz4078]

@@PCTechHustle awesome! Can I ask what are your hard drive temps like?

[@PCTechHustle]

I doing them down when not in use. Parity check they are low 30s. The cache drive sees 40s to mid 50s during a large file transfer.

[@solverz4078]

@@PCTechHustle awesome thank you

[@Whitlockitup]

Do you have amotherboard recommendation if we want the graphics card? I saw another comment that said get one in the same family, but Idk what that means. Do you have a specific one you can recommend?

[@dcefola]

Thanks for the great info! I am looking at the DS1520+ and I am also thinking about...Storage Tiering. Since there are 5 drive bays and 1 NVME Cache I am thinking of creating 2 storage tiers, SSD (Hot) and HDD (Cold) Then I want to tier them together. Cach Tier Hot Tier Cold Tier 1. is this possible? 2. Is this a supported / recommended solution 3. Is this a terrible idea because I clearly don't understand NAS because if I did then I would know to NEVER ask this and I should crawl away into a corner and cry 🤣 Thanks!

[@wskinnyodden]

If you're going to use ZFS or BTRFS (or any decent NAS filesystem for that matter) you should have 32Gb of RAM and if using ZFS specifically also having a few SSDs (3+) as read and write caching storage areas which themselves should be in a raid 1 volume/pool to ensure the systems remains up and running regardless. For the HDD section you should have ""RAID 6"" volumes (I know, using this name just to specify at least 2 redundant live disks per volume) and on top of it having at least another 2 "off-line" spares to come up when a live disk dies and automatically replace it. If you can do that as well for the SSD caches even better. This is the real reason to have hot-swappable caddies, with a setup like the one I've just covered you won't ever need to power it off to swap a dead storage device.

[@wskinnyodden]

Yea, you need more disks and SSDs

[@wskinnyodden]

Cheaping out on your main storage is a BAD idea, really bad. Don't forget, RAID is not a backup. It can help you prevent data loss but not without significant investment if you want that to be reliable and trustworthy which requires the setup I've just covered, otherwise the likelihood you'll end up in a scenario you will need your backup to be a recent one is quite likely. Don't forget, the more complex a system the more likely something will fail, the only situation where you can come out ahead in complex systems is when the added complexity is there to add resilience etc (yeah, the added cost in storage devices and hot swappable drive bays). Also, having a redundant power supply solution is a very good idea, making sure not to cheap out on the PSU is also crucial, you don't want one of those cheap ones that when they die they take the motherboard and disks with them with a power surge.

[@ditasoft]

The only thing i would have done diffrent is a better efficency PSU. Probably a 80+ Gold or Paltinum because it's running 24/7 after all.

[@PCTechHustle]

Agreed!

[@drewpix]

What’s the idle power consumption like? kWh’s are expensive around my area. Thanks for this video! Edit: nm (100watts idle). So would there be a significant reduction of watts if a Gold vs Bronze PS is used?

[@Clearedsole]

hey! love you videos and I am very interested in building my own NAS server. one thing i noticed about your components in the description, the processor you have installed says it doesn't have any integrated graphics, im just trying to figure this out when i buy the same processor if i need to get like a x570 or something. Thanks!

[@PCTechHustle]

If you get the same motherboard I did it has a dedicated chip on it that gives video out so you can have that for management. If you are looking for plex capabilities I would upgrade to the same family of motherboard where you have a pci-e 3.0 16x slot so you can install a GPU.

[@Clearedsole]

@@PCTechHustle ok thank you so much! i was very confused and that is good to know. i have such a beefy main computer but i need a NAS for videos and other things but thats cool that motherboard has that. Thank you!

[@ellisz5972]

As an unraid man myself (My server's been running non-stop since 2014/2015) there are a few things I really like about your build. 1) The SAS card makes life much simpler and 2) Your case with the backplane. Perhaps when I can justify upgrading mine I'll go the same route. (I think I'm at the point where I need to start upgrading drives ... mine are all 4TB, and the box is nearly full). I'd like to upgrade the processor at some point, but that's a harder justification as it does the job just fine.

[@PCTechHustle]

Awesome glad you found the video useful! I absolutely love this case! It was pricey but I’m in love. Thanks for watching!

[@whitebeartigtig]

I’ll be watching this one soon. I’ve been wanting to build a NAS recently also

[@PCTechHustle]

whitebear awesome! So far I am loving it!! Soo many cool plugins to check out too!

[@whitebeartigtig]

PC Tech Hustle I’m stuck with a single 2TB HDD rn. It’s now full. Who would have known this KZbin thing could take so much storage. I’ve got about 1.1TB of KZbin videos.

[@PCTechHustle]

I totally can relate to that!

[@whitebeartigtig]

PC Tech Hustle I used to use a 120GB SSD as my only drive. I always ran out of storage after making one video. So I uploaded all my stuff to mega.nz. Somehow I managed to upload 80GB+. Basically over the limit. And very much so over the 15GB limit on new accounts.

[@PCTechHustle]

Dang!! Yeah you need a NAS! The great things about Unraid is you can get started small and just continue to expand. You obviously don’t have to start with 8 drives like I did. I just got kinda lucky with my situation being able to snag some free drives.

[@yannickpar]

A critical point too often forgetten on a NAS build : The power consumption ! How many watt for you build ?

[@PCTechHustle]

It's very very low power consumption. About 100-125w total from the wall even with all drives spinning.

[@pippin665]

Is there a Supermicro board you would recommend that has at least one PCIe x16 slot for a graphics card to support Plex hardware transcoding?

[@PCTechHustle]

I don't know a TON about server motherboards. I ended up doing quite a bit of research just to find the one that would work in my case. However you might want to check into SuperMicro X11SSH boards. This is also the board that the Illuminated Nerd used in his build which I reference in this video. That one though does appear very pricey so it might be due to part availability volatility right now or there could be a cheaper option out there.

[@mkdtc]

What position off power supply its that.? And interio cable management..? Ahh

[@undagroundproductions8158]

I have a sas card as well and unraid did you connect the ssd drive to your motherboard or your sas card

[@PCTechHustle]

I connected the spinning drives to the SAS and SSD to the motherboard

[@shidposter6994]

Nice vid

[@PCTechHustle]

Thanks!!!

[@Thewickedjon]

so , long term, do you think this case is still worth it?? I have an existnig unraid build , that I would love to transfer to this case. How are the drive temps?? do you feel they are properly cooled?? Please respond and I'll subscribe, thank you!

[@PCTechHustle]

For the most part I like it still to this day. I think one of the drive bay’s backplane is faulty for me. I just don’t use that bay now. Might just be my own individual isolated situation. Aside from that it’s doing well.

[@ReaperOperator]

Have you watched gamers nexus Nas build if so what are your thoughts? What are the advantages and disadvantages between the boards other than ipmi.

[@PCTechHustle]

I have not seen his video. I’ll have to go take a look. I’m sure Steve’s build is way more bad ass than mine though! Hah!

[@ReaperOperator]

@@PCTechHustle yes and no. His MB is AM4 with DDR4 and some other features. But he has a lot of components available that we do not or might not have funds for. I'm currently build my NAS off your design. I'll only be using 24tb atm thats still a large chunk of funds. Steve's build is one that is geared for his channel and needs not the small channels like us. Your build is good for the content creators on the low side of tge spectrum. Maybe thats a new series that you could start tech for new KZbin channels. Budget parts, systems and management of them.

[@obxjeepguy]

Ugh. I wish I had seen this when I built my Blue Iris server. With some differences.

[@kite2036]

If there's no RBG on your network server it makes the drives 40% slower

[@PCTechHustle]

Hah! Of course!

[@torkgems]

Lmaooo fax

[@someguy9321]

if you wanted to, is it possible to install a 10 gig network card on this?

[@PCTechHustle]

Absolutely! I likely will be doing this in the near future too! I’ll probably be making a follow up video

[@robcortese]

How did you get it to post & boot if you don't have a GPU? Does this CPU have integrated graphics?

[@PCTechHustle]

There is an integrated on board video chip for administration purposes.

[@robcortese]

@@PCTechHustle I think I have a bad motherboard, after fiddling with the PCU fan I got it to post a couple times but now it won’t post no matter what. Thank you for the video, I got same MB, PCU, and RAM. Hopefully I can get it working with the replacement MB!

[@floriankapfenberger]

Thanks for the Video! Can you share what drive temperatures you get with that case when Unraid is doing a parity check? I am interested in that case, I am currently having the "Inter-Tech IPC Storage 88887191 Case 4U 4408" case and the airflow is just bad. My drives are constantly overheating and reaching 50 degrees celsius. I don't own a server rack, so that case is just sitting on top of a table. The initial goal was to find a good/cheap server rack, but there are not many options in Europe that would fit my budget. So now I am thinking of ditching my current case, but find an alternative that still offers hot-swap bays.

[@PCTechHustle]

Thanks for watching! I don’t absolutely recall the temps under a parity check. I run that once a month but I want to say the temps are around 30-40c during use. The warmest drive is actually my cache drive and when under load can hit around 50c. I also have my system to spin down the drives when not under use to save power consumption and reduce temps. However 50c isn’t exactly overheating temps but I do agree with you I would prefer to see lower operating temps as well. The chassis I am using seems to do the trick. As you can see I have it fully populated. Hope that helps! Cheers!

[@floriankapfenberger]

​@@PCTechHustle Thanks for the quick answer! I am using 8 HDD and 1 cache SSD too, so 30-40c would be great! Where did you put the SSD, I think I did not see it in the video. Is it in the back of the case? Would make sense that it gets hot there without having enough airflow.

[@PCTechHustle]

Yeah I just shoved it in the rear of the case. No it really doesn’t get any airflow but still seems to keep reasonable temps. My theory behind it being that I it’s a cheap drive so if it fails I’ll replace it. I have my mover scheduled to run once per day so there is low likelihood of it failing while also containing data. You can always raid 1 your change drives if you are concerned with that, which I guess for a better use case example I could have done that here. I nah still go back and do that

[@justindobner1823]

Across the 36TB that’s you installed physically what did the array turn that into? I understand raid but not sure how unraid allocates drives.

[@PCTechHustle]

28TB in the pool with the parity drive excluded.

[@TheBallisticSerb]

There is no raid hence the name unRaid. It's better than a traditional "raid"

[@rrodriguesv2]

Hi one question if we add to this setup instead of doing the unraid we add a megaraid card such as the sas 9361 - 8i what are the advantages ?

[@PCTechHustle]

Not sure I fully understand the question here but the reason I uses a SAS card was the ability to break out 8 drives connections in an organized way and utilize the pci-e lanes for data transfer. Hope that helps.

[@KarlHaferJr]

Anyone go with a Quick Sync-capable processor for this particular motherboard (E.g., the E3-1235)? I mean, if you are going to run Plex, you might as well for easier transcoding. Anyone actually doing this on this motherboard?

[@PCTechHustle]

I haven’t tried using quick sync but that would be my only option since I don’t have a real capability of using a GPU for transcoding with this motherboard. I might have to give it a try.

[@eduardosabo]

hi! will a p2000 gpu fit in there?

[@PCTechHustle]

It will fit in the case but the motherboard doesn’t support pci-e 16x

[@zedawing]

where did he install the ssd?

[@PCTechHustle]

I actually just tossed it in the back of the case, didn't feel that part was super entertaining to cover.

[@sixposeidon]

A QUESTION: Whats better ...a good hd (es.ironwolf PRO ) to store data and normal hd (es. ironwolf) for parity, or otherwise?

[@PCTechHustle]

The pro series drives have slightly higher read/write speeds and longer rated life durations but both will make for perfectly good drives for a NAS

[@chaya2851]

excuse me what should i do if i want to SAS HDD to the system?

[@chaya2851]

What card or device should I add to make it work?

[@PCTechHustle]

All you need is the correct controller and cables. This controller I used will do SAS or Sata

[@chaya2851]

@@PCTechHustle thanks, I have few sas drive and sata drive, I want to add it all to nas

[@abbasfd0569]

Noice builder

[@KyoouN]

Hey, I was actually looking up the case you are using, and found this video as a result. Good video, I especially liked the sections of the components picked, so I could easily go to the case-part of the video. Incidentally, I also want to use this case for my unraid server (which is currently inside my old main PC case), mainly because of the hot-swappable aspect and the relatively OK price (especially compared to the IMO heavily overpriced CS381). My main concern is about the temperature, many people said the drives are not cooled properly. I've read that flexing away a little thing at the bottom and putting a 120mm fan there pretty much fixes the issue, so I was wondering what your experiences are with the temps on this case. I would appreciate a reply :)

[@PCTechHustle]

Hey cool! Glad you found my video! Actually I have no drive temperature issues. Most of the time the drives are actually spun down when not in operation, so they are very cool most all the time. Even under load they do not exceed ~50c. My system in general is also very low power draw, under 150w from the wall. So it runs very cool all the time, usually under 40c when I am not utilizing and that was my aim. Granted my server purpose was just for storage. So I am not running a GPU for encoding for plex or anything like that. Hope that helps. By the way the fans that operate as intake blow directly on the drives, I would imagine even under full load or a parity sync its the coolest area of the enclosure still.

[@KyoouN]

@@PCTechHustle Thanks for the elaborate reply, I might just buy that case soon. I am also not doing any plex transcoding, either - hopefully temps are gonna be OK.

[@PCTechHustle]

I think you will be fine!

[@johngessner]

A year later are you still good with a the parts you picked? And with using unRAID over TrueNas? I have been testing Scale, but unRaid looks like something I might be more in step with, as I just need it for redundancy for stills and video. Is there a processor and or MB a bit more expensive you would suggest? Or does that combo you chose work fine?

[@PCTechHustle]

Still going strong! Only 1 very minor issue with a parity sync that rendered the drive for a bit I was able to fix with zero data loss

[@badlilstang]

Lot of complaints about this case and wire management. Also the fans dont really blow on the drives but the slots they are in so not very effective.

[@PCTechHustle]

Thanks for the input. I can agree 100% about the cable management critique, it’s not the greatest for this case. For the HDD cooling you may also be right but my use case has done well so far. I set the drives to spin down when not in use which keeps them cool but even under load I haven’t seen any issues so far.

[@kaveesha11]

Do have the bios on UEFI on legacy bios cause I have a unraid build in legacy bios. What I need to know is I plan to upgrade my storage to 4TB will I be able to support 4TB on legacy bios please help in here.

[@PCTechHustle]

It’s ruing UEFI. If you need legacy you can just switch the mode

[@MikeHeldTheWorld]

Would this be good for a plex server build?

[@PCTechHustle]

It would minus likely the motherboard. I’d focus on getting a motherboard that has pci-e 16x slots or has at least one so you can seat in a GPU to run the plex video decoding functions. Other than that yes everything else will work well.

[@MikeHeldTheWorld]

@@PCTechHustle thanks for the reply. Could you point me towards a a similarly priced motherboard with a pci-e slot that's compatible with the rest of this build? I have a gtx 950 laying around. Thanks again for your help.

[@rbo350]

can you use the motherboard and cpu for gaming

[@PCTechHustle]

Could you? Yes. However not advisable. The motherboard only supports sever memory which is typically clocked low and expensive even being DDR3

[@clw1935]

But can it transcode 4K ?

[@PCTechHustle]

Not very easily without a dedicated GPU. This isn’t a plex build

[@douglasspores4651]

Where did you mount the SSD? I didn't see it in the build video but I see the red sata cable for it.

[@PCTechHustle]

Tucked behind the drive cage, I had nowhere to mount it. It’s plenty fine being there, stays cool and obviously doesn’t move being a server

[@jameslarusch2692]

What are the other sata ports used for on the back plane?

[@PCTechHustle]

Those are SAS ports for SAS drives.

[@jameslarusch2692]

@@PCTechHustle oh so it's capable of both SAS and sata? I might have to buy one of those cases now.

[@PCTechHustle]

Yes it is! Though you will need a mother board with a built in SAS controller or do what I did and purchase an expansion card. If you are planning to go SAS

[@MineCrafterCity]

why are there a total of 16 sata ports on that board? I really don't understand this. There are only 8 slots? Please explain.

[@PCTechHustle]

No there are not 16 sata ports otherwise I may not have used a SAS card. It is a server board though so it will be designed to support a lot of drive capacity

[@MineCrafterCity]

@@PCTechHustle Thanks for replying, not sure if I understand but I meant that there appear to be 16 sata ports on the thing that houses the harddrives.

[@rohannatarajan6048]

8x SATA and 8x SAS, in case you use SAS drives instead of sata.. only 1x in each row (either or) can be used

[@assada]

anyone else notice that this case has gone up in price over the past 2 years? I paid $130 AUD for it, now it is $240 AUD.

[@PCTechHustle]

Yeah I paid a big chunk of change for it!

[@mutasimrahman6833]

Is this for you or a client?

[@PCTechHustle]

Lol me. I mention that in about the first 30 seconds 😜😜😜

[@Tiwo1991]

How does the power usage compare to a regular NAS?

[@PCTechHustle]

Define “regular NAS”.... to speak for my system it consumed under 100w of power at idle and only ramps up a few dozen watts more when the drives spin up. The idea with my build was storage first. So I didn’t aim for a high wattage CPU and the only add in card is the SAS card.

[@Tiwo1991]

@@PCTechHustle With regular NAS I mean a 'comparable' Synology or QNAP.

[@PCTechHustle]

I’d say pretty equal power consumptions. When you go custom like this the options send you to the moon but I wasn’t after a high energy consumption system. I’d imagine the synology systems consume even less

[@pfunk5001]

This is great. Would this work as a plex server?

[@PCTechHustle]

Absolutely it would!

[@ChrisDecrease]

Except if you need hardware transcoding, I imagine you might need a dedicated GPU.

[@shajisolaman6154]

@@ChrisDecrease and Plex pass, well for hardware transcoding

[@chriswhitaker9720]

@@ChrisDecrease yes and no; all depends. intel quick sync CPUs do a great job so long as your arent transcoding for a bunch of users at the same time of course

[@ChrisDecrease]

@@chriswhitaker9720, how many would you deem a bunch? At the moment, I maybe have 2 people max watching at the same time, and that's usually only if the a Watch Together feature is being used (or if I'm watching on my local network, and my friend is watching something else in their home). I feel like aiming for something like 5 simultaneous streams seems fair, though idk if it'd ever get that kinda usage on a consistent basis. Just future-proofing ideas.

[@cherieann]

do you have the pcpartpicker link for this build; )

[@PCTechHustle]

I don’t because many of the components are not average consumer products. I do have links to everything in the description though

[@ShOookYx]

If this work 24/7. Will draw a lot of power mate not like Synology

[@PCTechHustle]

I draws about 100w of power under full load, not much at all.

[@BooneBluemel]

"Dont have to go with a cpu with integrated graphics cause the mobo has onboard video" What? Don't all mobos have onboard video? How else would they work? How would you output the video without a gpu?

[@PCTechHustle]

Before being negatively critical do your research! This is a SERVER board. I never mentioned “on board memory” allowing for video output. I actually did mention the chipset which a more knowledgeable viewer corrected me on. I can get video output on this board without a GPU OR Integrated graphics from a CPU due to the IPMI chip soldered to the board.

[@BooneBluemel]

@@PCTechHustle i actually meant to write onboard video

[@PCTechHustle]

Yep and in that case there is “onboard video” due to the IPMI chip 😉😉😉

[@pyrielrising4338]

Nice build...Although you really pay a premium for hot swap.

[@PCTechHustle]

That is true! Thanks for watching!

[@Lewis01Brown]

Flip your PSU and get those cables out the way

[@PCTechHustle]

Yeah good idea! I did want it facing up though to help with some negative pressure intake since the case has very little direct air flow to the interior of the cassis. Not sure though if it’s making a big difference other than helping accumulate dust as a faster pace.

[@AdamTheGuitarist]

Very weird that your company throws away 4tb drives without at least drilling them. Data hazard right there

[@PCTechHustle]

I work in the department. They are safe with me. I’m a network / infrastructure engineer. 😉

[@AdamTheGuitarist]

@@PCTechHustle That is good to know

[@user-gf8wd3hx7r]

Budget NAS: Silverstone Technology CS380B $250 🙈

[@PCTechHustle]

Yeah the case has gone way up. I’m not sure they make it anymore.

[@redmaurice73]

Hi Friends it's ok, a Intel I7 10700, and Matherboar Asus z490 pro, 1200watt EVGA, for media server PLEX, with 32gb of ram Ddr4 2900mhz, and My old pc case cooler master élite 300, with My 4 old hard disc???, i wait you a reply and helpi salute you to ITALY TAKE CARE Maurizio.( i subscribe Your channel).

[@PCTechHustle]

Sure that can work!! That’s a lot of hardware horsepower but if that is what you are after, go for it!

[@Le_Papa]

Dad

[@PCTechHustle]

Son?

[@shidposter6994]

It s he really your son ???¿¿¿

[@Le_Papa]

Robloxian Creations yes he adopt me about 1 day ago 😳😳

[@IEnjoyCreatingVideos]

Good video Friend! Unraid is a awesome OS :) You should also check out Ed over at "spaceinvader one" He makes great Unraid videos as well :) Thanks for sharing with us!💖👍👌😎JP

[@PCTechHustle]

I’ve already discovered him and done a lot of the recommended things he has produced content on! Thanks for the comment and helpful tip!

[@IEnjoyCreatingVideos]

@@PCTechHustle ok cool :) Have a great weekend!😎

[@playdoh1975]

Pretty much stopped watching this when he went with sata hard drives... omg

[@PCTechHustle]

Okay