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Small Office Server Build

Davidh373

Davidh373

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Hello all. I want to build a server for a few simultaneous users. I have a MacBook Pro which has bootcamp with Windows 7, a custom built i7 workstation running Windows 7, and an HP Pavilion that's 4-5 years old running Windows 7.
The main reason I want this server is because I help run a production company. We already have enough storage space for another year or so, but we need backups/ fast file sharing in a speedy fashion. From what I can figure, these are decent parts that will work and conserve energy. I would like to keep a minimum of 6 SATA (that includes mobo, psu, and 3.5" drive bays), and a reasonable amount of storage space to start (around 2 TB). I need a smallish mid tower to fit in my cabinet(the one I picked out does).
As far as OS, I am considering FreeNAS.

Parts:

-Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811147148

-PSU
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817139008

-Mobo
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-602-_-Product

-Processor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-039-_-Product

-Ram
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-751-_-Product

-Hard Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-514-_-Product

My math comes out to $422.91. What do you guys think of the build, and will this service our needs? What do you think transfer speeds will be?
 
Is this the same use case as your previous thread?

What you have would work fine, and would run very cool (35W TDP on the CPU). You don't need much number crunching power in one of those.

You might want to consider this Atom Mobo/CPU and some DDR2 RAM. It's cheaper, quieter (passive HSF), and has a couple of PCIe and a PCI slot for expandability. Not sure what kind of cases that the Newegg review was using, but from the pictures, the case you picked out should have no trouble wrt. reaching the front panel headers.

IIRC, you are using this as archival for video production. You will get good throughput for sequential access from this build.
 
The only problem is that only has 3 SATA connectors. I'd like to have as many as possible. 6 is what I mentioned, because to get 8 - 12 costs a lot more for everything (PSU, Mobo, case). 6 seemed the number at which everything remained relatively inexpensive.
 
Davidh373 said:
The only problem is that only has 3 SATA connectors. I'd like to have as many as possible. 6 is what I mentioned, because to get 8 - 12 costs a lot more for everything (PSU, Mobo, case). 6 seemed the number at which everything remained relatively inexpensive.
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Like I said, it has plenty of PCI and PCIe slots for expansion. When you need that 4th SATA port, just buy a cheap controller card.
 
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