My 265k build

[Mobius]

Thankfully its not the cost that is 265k but just the name of the cpu. I originally planned on waiting for some bargain bin discounts on a 245k but Microcenter had a decent enough deal on a 265k+mobo
 

• Cpu - Core Ultra 265k
• Mobo - Asus Z890M-Plus Prime WiFi
  • Realtek RTL8125 2.5gb
• Ram - 4 x Gskill Ripjaws m5 48gb 5200mhz cl 40 
• Storage 
  • 2 x 16 tb Seagate skyhawk ai hdd
  • 3 x 14 tb Seagate exos hdd
  • 1 x 2 tb Samsung 980 pro ssd
  • 1 x 256 gb Samsung 960 evo ssd (boot drive)
• PSU - Super flower leadex se 1000w 80+ platinum
• Case - Phanteks p500a

 

Cpu/mobo/ram were new but everything else were parts i had lying around at home thats why it seems like such a weird build.

 

Things i had to do to get things to work

• Set secure boot to custom and other os because of shim error
• use a usb nic because the Realtek RTL8125 was disabled by truenas because it causes issues with iscusi
  • afaik i'm not planning on using iscusi so im trying to turn it back on either via tunable or driver installation (neither of which i know how to do)
• Since my drives are of different sizes and i just want one big pool i had to create the drive via the truenas interface
• I actually created a 2nd "stripe" pool of just my 2tb 980 pro for an app dedicated ssd via truenas but as of now hexos interface goes crazy when it sees a single drive pool

 

Plans for the future

• move everything to a jonsbo n5 whenever the prices goes down a bit
• maybe swap psu with something more efficient
• wait for hexos to support single drive pools after which i will start adding apps.
• install arr stack, jellyfin, nextcloud and immich

[WhyCheese]

Congrats for working setup!

You have WiFi mobo but you use lan cable to connect to router?

[Mobius]

26 minutes ago, WhyCheese said:

Congrats for working setup!

You have WiFi mobo but you use lan cable to connect to router?

thanks
truenas/hexos does not support wifi so i have to use lan. For a casual user like myself i would be plenty happy if wifi worked and i could stick the server in a corner that is out of they way.
hopefully its a feature thatll be implemented in a few years.

[frantiseksram]

What's the idle power draw?

[Mobius]

25 minutes ago, frantiseksram said:

What's the idle power draw?

i don't have a kill a watt for me to test. if there is a way to test in software i'd be more than happy to check

edit: found a kill a watt for a reasonable price online, i will use it if i can get it. That said still curious about any software method

Edited December 7, 2024 by Mobius

[Mobius]

I forgot to post in this thread but the idle power was somehwere around 60-80w i forget

but that aside im super excited, i finally found some deals on the parts i was looking for and will finally be (almost) completing my nas

I ordered my jonsbo n5 yesterday and the a few more hdds
i will also be trying to push the jonsbo n5 to the limit by modifying it to hold more hdds. Im not confident but im hoping itll work.
new parts list below

• Cpu - Core Ultra 265k
• Cpu Cooler- Thermalright Frost Spirit 140
• Mobo - Asus Z890M-Plus Prime WiFi
  • Realtek RTL8125 2.5gb
• Ram - 4 x Gskill Ripjaws m5 48gb 5200mhz cl 40 
• Storage 
  • 3 x 16 tb Seagate skyhawk ai hdd
  • 7 x 14 tb Seagate exos hdd
  • 5 x 14tb Western Digital ultra star hdd
  • 2 x 2 tb Samsung 980 pro ssd (looking for one more so i can do a 3 way mirror special drive for my main storage pool for fun)
  • 2 x Intel Pro 5400s 240 GB (boot drive)
  • 2 x Intel Pro 5400s 240 GB (apps pool)
• PSU - Super Flower LEADEX VII Platinum PRO 850 W
• case fans - 5x Arctic P12 Pro

 

The plan is to drill some holes into the case so that these phanteks drive caddies will fit.

I've been using my Hexos server as a test server but i think its finally time i set it up as my main machine.

im going to be doing
1 pool of 2 z2 vdevs that are 6 wide and made of 14tb drives for main storage pool (later i will add triple mirror ssd for special drive)
1 z1 pool of 3x16tb drives for 2nd storage pool
1 mirror pool of 2x 240gb for my apps pool

 

[PsychoWards]

Seeing the drives and components, the 265k build title could also be understood as the price for the server. 😉 🙂 😛

So, did I understood correctly that you want to do a 3 drive mirror with the 980 Pros ?

Why not do a Z1 instead ? You really want the double redundancy? 🙂 

[Mobius]

33 minutes ago, PsychoWards said:

Seeing the drives and components, the 265k build title could also be understood as the price for the server. 😉 🙂 😛

you are not wrong😅
my poor bank account has been beat up by this server

33 minutes ago, PsychoWards said:

So, did I understood correctly that you want to do a 3 drive mirror with the 980 Pros ?

Why not do a Z1 instead ? You really want the double redundancy? 🙂 

you are correct i am planning on doing a 3 way mirror.
i don't think i will need the extra storage space on it and i don't think special/metadata vdev can be set to z1.
I just don't want to risk 100tb+ of data getting lost because my ssd failed from my screwing around hence the high level of redundancy.
 

At this time i don't even have a back up for most of the data because a 2nd one of these monsters is just too damn expensive
but one day ill probably make a "low" cost backup server
itll probably be made with the absolute cheapest hardware i can find and filled with refurb hdds


i also forgot to mention i put off purchasing a intel x550 nic at this time. it will be added eventually but im in no rush.
at this time nothing else at home has anything higher than 1gb ethernet and my main computer is a laptop of wifi so no point getting 10gb ethernet for that either.

[PsychoWards]

Ah, I see that makes a lot of sense. Better safe then sorry and in comparison it's only a minor investment.

Upgrading the network to 10Gbps isn't cheap, I understand that you don't want to buy it yet, especially if you cannot profit from it yet. 

If you eventually upgrade, will you be going the RJ45 path or go for SFP+ ? I've not found many affordable RJ45 10Gbps switches or at least not with many 10Gbps ports, but found some really affordable 8port SFP+ 10Gbps switches.

I got myself SFP+ switches and Intel X540 NICs and I'm just using SFP+ to RJ45 for the connection to the 2.5Gbps switch (which is full RJ45). 

You probably haven't thought about that yet I imagine 🙂 

[Mobius]

one of my many hobbies includes massively overthinking my homelab so i have thought about if i am going to go rj45 or sfp 😅

I think up until i can save up enough money to purchase my own home i will be going rj45 because of slightly higher ease with less permanent setups such as running it outside uncovered.

part of my homelab upgrades includes switching over every part of my network to ubiquiti devices.
its not cheap but i was looking at the unifi flex 10gbe or unifi flex 2.5g
 

[Sonic]

38 minutes ago, Mobius said:

one of my many hobbies includes massively overthinking my homelab

I have the same hobby 🙂. But the good news is, a homelab is never finished. There always will be new hardware.

[Mobius]

It really is always evolving.

I'm sure it's only a matter of time till i decide i need hardware strong enough to run video generation ai or something else silly that i don't truly need. 

 

Any plans for your next upgrades?