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I'm relatively seasoned in shopping and building standard desktop-based machines (aka: i7) but I'm in the market to build my very first proper server and was hoping for a little help. I currently run a single machine that is both my daily workstation as well as my media+document storage/plex server/etc utilizing Windows Storage Spaces. I've multiple times now run into problems with storage spaces having "critical write failures" and becoming inaccessible so I figured it was time to move to a proper unraid server with ECC memory to help ensure this doesn't happen again.
That being said - I have no experience with Xeon/server-grade hardware so I'm looking for advice. I've looked at builds such as the NAS Killer 4.0 which are useful but I'm also not really interested in second-hand parts off Ebay if I can avoid it (even if that means spending a bit more).
At the end of the day I'm looking for a machine that can:
Anyone have an direction to share in terms of CPU/mobo combos I should be exploring? Also happy to answer any additional questions needed t help understand my use-cases.
For added context this is my current workstation which handles my needs just fine today (you know, except for the file corruption thing): https://pcpartpicker.com/list/9PqCxG
That being said - I have no experience with Xeon/server-grade hardware so I'm looking for advice. I've looked at builds such as the NAS Killer 4.0 which are useful but I'm also not really interested in second-hand parts off Ebay if I can avoid it (even if that means spending a bit more).
At the end of the day I'm looking for a machine that can:
- Serve as a NAS and backup solution for other machines in my house
- Power a Plex server with multiple users (5-ish)
- Be powerful enough to host various additional services and/or VMs over time as needed
Anyone have an direction to share in terms of CPU/mobo combos I should be exploring? Also happy to answer any additional questions needed t help understand my use-cases.
For added context this is my current workstation which handles my needs just fine today (you know, except for the file corruption thing): https://pcpartpicker.com/list/9PqCxG
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