The Perfect Home Server Build! 18TB, 10Gbit LAN, Quiet & Compact 

One small detail: it turns out that i3-6100 does not support Tone Mapping in Jellyfin, so you won't be able to watch HDR content on an SDR screen: jellyfin.org/docs/general/administration/hardware-acceleration.html#configuring-opencl-acceleratedvpp-tone-mapping However, Tone Mapping IS supported on i3-7100, which also works with the Asrock C236 WSI motherboard. Better yet - you can usually get an i3-7100 for about the same price as the i3-6100! So definitely keep that in mind.

My home server is a pi4 with an external usb drive attached. It runs pihole, hosts my git repo's and music/videos for streaming. Its enough for me and is very light on power with the energy prices soaring at the moment! Thanks for creating and sharing the video. Lots of hard work and editing. Good job!

"8Gb RAM more than enough". ZFS - hold my beer.

You're good at explaining things, funny and always teach me a lot! Thank you!

This is great quality content. You have put costs research, existing solutions comparison, benchmarks, and more. Also, your videos also have a good pace and progression, and better yet, you don't beg for likes and subscriptions.

The pi KVM looks pretty neat! I wish I would have gone with an Intel or AMD APU so I could try this. Overall looks like a pretty sweet build! Looking forward to the software video 🙂.

Love your homelab! This looks very good and i can't wait for the software side of this video

"I hope this is the last NAS I'll ever have to build" LOL

Wow that's a really cool setup, I am just repurposing my old laptops as a homelab 😂 and have been controlling it over SSH benifit being that it consumes very little power and has a baked in UPS. Really looking forward to that 10G home network video.

Very nice home server! Love the way you added your own "remote management" solution! 💯

For my home storage server i added a HBA card to get additional SATA ports. the DELL H310 running in IT mode. I see people recommend the LSI 9211-8i. But mine came pre-flashed with the right firmware and was cheaper, so no need.

Thanks for sharing this. I might just try to build this exact thing now! I find myself in need of separating my media streaming (Emby) and data storage from my gaming PC that sits in the living room. So this is exactly what I could set up and have a fun project too

I like the fact most people in the comments below are recycling used or older equipment to build home server systems. Less e-waste on the planet, happier wallets. I found a 10 year old PC in the garage the other day, i5-3470 with a decent amount of memory 24gb DDR3, I installed a small sata SSD. It ran Visual Studio and everything I threw at it without any problems, I enjoyed working with it.

Nice build! Really clever use of parts like the pi KVM!

Very cool appearance quiet with a very good connection what should be a home server ! Good job like always !

Btw. a cheaper and even more power efficient debugging option that doesn't require hooking up a keyboard and monitor would be serial console redirection that this board supports. Sure, it doesn't have a fancy web interface and still requires one cable. But if you're used to SSH anyway and your server is at a somewhat accessible location (which I assume because otherwise noise is probably not an issue), it's an option that still gives you access to the BIOS or visual output in case your OS doesn't boot anymore, for example. I use a similar workstation board for my NAS build as well, and the serial console redirection allows me to do BIOS updates, configuration changes or debugging without the need to actually hook up a monitor (which would be a hassle because my NAS runs without any GPU, neither dedicated nor integrated). Since I don't need that maintenance or debugging access often (maybe once or twice a year), the serial connection works just fine for me.

It's the first time I've seen a video from your channel, great content!

Hyped for the OS vid! Defently want a secrt 5g test

Looking forward to part 2

Famous last words: "Last NAS I ever have to build". Mine is currently running an 8 core EPYC Rome, 64Gb ECC with an upgrade path to 64 core Milan and 4Tb ECC. It does serve a dual-purpouse role of running my docker containers and CI, which takes up half of the resources. But as a NAS, it's able to congest the 10GbE network pretty easily with the workload it's been designed to handle.

Awesome little build.

I always love watching your videos. You have a soft voice and face. I can't resist

Great channel, great build. Not sure about the "last you will ever build bit" ..lol Subbed !!

Nice! I was just looking for something like this

Found your channel because of this video. I like the video and setup very much. PiKVM is something, I'm planning to use but I have to switch to an Intel APU first. Greetings from Würzburg

i swear when it comes to this topics your channel is the absolute best

Thanks for the PiKVM tip.

This video came up in my search for Homelabs and I like it! Also... you could totally pass for Daniel Bruhl's Baron Zemo. Keep up the good work!

the pi idea is brilliant. never occurred to me to do that!

Great build and good editing, I was hoping to see the software you use for the cmplete installation.

the J series CPUs are a great option at 15 watts! performance somewhat similar but lower than the i3-6100. i built my home server out of a J4195 on arock board. you can get almost any number of sata ports on a PCIe 1x card 3.0 speed. I've seen 10x sata and 8x sata. inc the MB ports that is plenty.

Good video. I just upgraded my home NAS. I went for a Synology DS1621+ with 16TB HDDs, 10Gbe network and upgraded it to 32GB ram so i can use docker and VMs with no worry. Not cheap. No NVME Cache drives yet though.

What a beast!

Can't wait for the software vid! Any plans for when you'll post it specifically? :)

Great content Wolfgang! About your NAS 2.0 build you are saying: "after around a year of use, one of the backplane connections on the case failed". This tells me spending 140 EUR (~30% of build costs) on an Eolize SVD-NC11-4 mini ITX case was probably money you could have spent better. The hot swap bays are something for which you pay extra and that can also break while it doesn't give you much benefit in a regular home environment. If you need to replace a drive, you can probably allow for some downtime and removing a few screws as it seems you've also chosen to do so with your NAS 3.0.

Amazing video !! liked and subscribed.

it really help lot of ways to built my own server

gutes video wolfgang ! 👌pikvm ist ja mal mega geil

Thank you RU-vid algorithms for this channel. Subbed!

Kudos for finding a motherboard with that many SATA ports. I was building my own but had to abandon because of low SATA count and bad HDD mounting on the case.

Thx. Looks like a nice build to copy

thank for the explanation, nice video.

You are amazingly talented and intelligent. I love your channel.

LOL. I got the same board with ECC and i3 running now for 4 years ;) Good choice!

I’ve just finished my version of this build, same case, love the case. Media server so went crazy and put an i7 12700k in there and barely fit a bequiet! Dark Rock TF2 cooler (replaced previous too loud, smaller fan, choice). ASROCK Z390-m ITX MB, 2x32GB DDR4 3600 (until the 2nd cooler wouldn’t fit so I removed one stick, RIP more RAM than I ever needed). 2xM.2 Drives, one 500GB cache drive and one 2TB drive as a faster drive for different apps running on UNRAID. Otherwise the same other than I flipped the fans on the CPU cooler to take away from the MB instead of sucking air over it and stuck the 2 case fans on the bottom sucking air in and up out the case. I have yet to buy the 2 planned 18TB drives to start me off (and replace previous still used 20TB setup) but I have decided to get an external drive thing that holds 5 drives and would keep the case a little cooler. Have set up a whole bunch on UNRAID already so I’m otherwise ready to move over but I’m not gunna lie, it’s running hot. Well in my opinion, but all I know is my gaming rig that doesn’t really go over 60c, this thing is running 70c-80c at 100% but oh my it runs fast, when idle 35c and 50c-60c under normal load (transcode a couple vids, background tasks). Don’t get at me for the odd airflow, it is mad but I’m used to bigger cases with better airflow and more space and heck, I wanted to try something out and it seems fine and I can’t be bothered to change it now 😆 So an almost finished build but thought I might share my build journey, so far cost around £1500. Planning on 5x18TB in the end but might end up adding 1-2 extra for parity drive, how ever many I need. It’s a slow background project but hope to finish it soon. Thanks for the video 🫡

Just out of curiosity: how many "Linux ISOs" you have stored on your NAS? 😃

Nice video, keep it up, thank you :)

Good video. I went with a Lenovo Thinkstation P510 with a Xeon E5-2680 V4 CPU, 4 GB ECC ram and 1TB SSD for just under $350. Mainly for its ability to support 4 3.5" drives and 4 2.5" drives for a total of 8 drives with a SAS backplane. I think the total cost was just over $650 with the WD Red Plus drives and a couple of 1TB SSDs but it's a beast.

Waiting for your 10gb network… Thanks for your work

I love how you explain everything, but I miss a little more about how to set up the OS and install the necessary software to run it properly!

The pi hidden is dope. Brilliant. Can even install vnc or rdp on it.

Nice NAS build i had done also in term of smilier size on your video.

Can't wait!

Thanks for your sharing

That was so inspired. I am wondering could you make another video for parts assembling? Thank you

When you mentioned the WAF (Wife Approval Rating) I spat out my drink (careful to avoid my expensive mech. keyboard that I'll probably not be allowed to replace), but that chimed so well with me. I always watch stuff like this, trying to think up how in the hell I'm gonna be able to convince my wife that I... we ... need it?

Have the same processor in my NAS 😅 I bought a Fujitso Esprimo P556 used on ebay. It cost me 100€ including 8 GB RAM but no SSD. It doesn´t have ECC memory and only 3 Sata Connectors but that´s all I need. Went with Seagate Iron Wolf for storage since they are CMR drives no matter the storage size. Have it running since 3 weeks and I´m happy. Hope it will last a few years.

Looks 🔥 Cant say that about the looks of my Homeserver 😂😂

Awesome! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

Great video

I went with an AMD Ryzen 2700 (about 2 years ago) for my NAS build. it doesn't quite have the transcode prowess of intel igpus made in the last 6 years, but it's got enough cores to do everything I want. I went matx as itx is too restrictive for AMD platforms unless you limit yourself to really niche boards. By doing that I was able to get 10g, an 8port SAS card, and a low-end GPU. I really hope AMD starts making regular desktop chips with an IGPU that A: aren't last gen cores, B: don't have the pcie16x cut in half. If that ever happens my NAS will get a very big upgrade.

For the remote management, Intel vpro was a perfect fit for me. The PiKVM looks more expensive and attachments to the board than going for a vpro enabled board. It was also super easy to get vpro working under Linux with Meshcommander and some basic MEBX settings. There are NUCs available with vpro, but unfortunately isn't that common with other PC/boards. My setup: Intel NUC (nuc11tnhv5) with external WD NAS. Fedora server with Libvirt/Qemu/KVM virtual machines. Remote management with vpro and Meshcommander. Thank you for the great video! ❤

I think ur very fair and very in my opinion " we r looking the same way " I'll subscribe u pal ! good luck, keep doing the good work! thanks 4 help!

You and I pretty much have the same build! I haven't met many folks using the C236. Not sure if you're aware, but the C200 chipsets have vPro capability. Meaning when you pair a supported intel CPU you're able to do KVM. That was one of my main draws to this platform. Intel AMT isn't as fleshed out as iLO, but it gets pretty close. Any Xeon series ending in "5" and some i7's have vPro. I've been searching for the last 6 years for something that would replace it. But no serious contenders seem to have come out. I refuse to get the C246 board... More expensive, and they moved the 4 SATA ports to a oculink... without including any cables.

Very nice build.My only remark is that instead of using a mainboard with 8 sata ports , I will probably go for an 8 port hbe sas card (from 20 to 70 euros depending on the model). In any case I separate my nas from my home server (that is just a lenovo m900 tiny with 32gb of ram , a 1tb ssd + 2tb hdd).

I've just built a personal home NAS server. I used an Asus P11C-I/ngff2280 motherboard which is a mini-itx server motherboard, with a BMC module slot (very cheap £30 module), 6 sata ports, and two M.2 slots (although I'm not sure whether they can be used at the same time or not). It costs about the same new as the second hand motherboard you bought did. Might be an option for others watching this video

ever consider a server rack with cooling in a closet? i would love to see your design for something like that

Looking forward to the software vid! Can you talk about how you secured your home server to make it safe enough to run important stuff like bitwarden server on it? I have refrained from doing stuff like that with my own home server because I do not want to expose any personal information to hackers.

Thx from Brazil

Nice work! What about the power consumption and fans noise?

I just recently built a kinda similar but way higher budget desktop server. It's built on a ryzen 5900X, asrock rack X570D4U-2L2T, 128GB of ECC RAM, and 8x 6TB exos enterprise drives over an HBA. Everything put into the fractal design node 804. Running proxmox with virtualized truenas scale for kubernetes, and linux mint for a couple other services I don't want in containers. I can do lots with it if I need to.

Great video and awesome editing. Thanks for mentioning ECC RAM, I feel like a lot of people don't talk about that when it comes to a NAS build. Is it required...no, but if you want to minimize the chance of data corruption you should probably use it (especially if you go with ZFS).

I recommend the ASUS P10S-I as well, it is a C232 ITX Mainboard. It has 2x SATA and SAS (4x SATA), M.2 NVMe 2242, PCIe x16, IPMI and an internal USB 3.0 port for operation systems like unRAID.

Also looking forward to software video. Especially as you said you weren't running any VMs

Nice!!!👍🏾

"Secret Corona 5G Test Site" hahaha nice detail, and very good video! Hope to hit your level one day. Just gotta practice a lot.

Is there a video on the ras pi solution for remote management, or is that going to be included in the next one?

I was looking at synology but will probably copy this build haha

Really neat build. Seems like a very cost effective 10Gbit NAS. What is the power draw like on this NAS?

Good vid, sub'd!

Hi, awesome Video! I am wanting to build something similar but run it as a type 1 hypervisor (bare metal) home lab. will the i3-7100 be enough or should I beef it up. And if so, what would you recommend? TIA

WOW! I had no idea that Noctua a.k.a. Team Brown made a fan that sucked!😮 Learn something new everyday.

good stuff

Bravo!

I would love to see a video on how you use the 10gig ethernet or the 10gig ethernet setup in general :)

"Im cheap, so thats what I went with" words to live by! lol

Analisando. Pode ser uma excelente alternativa. Obrigado. 🇧🇷

you posted this video at the right time i have an old i5-6600k i am remaking into a plex server to replace my 10 year old i5-2500. all i really need is that mother board and it should work with my ddr4 ram i have now. if not oh well only 2 items i will have to buy thanks again for a great video. im putting mine into a Fractal Design Define R5 case i got it for a steal from amazon at $75 in a damaged box the case was mint the box looked like it was thrown down 5 flights of stairs.

Excellent build especially with the custom KVM & 10 Gbps solutions. I believe an older server motherboard would've fit your needs better. More RAM for ZFS, built in IPMI for remote management and lower TDP server CPU like Avoton/Atom (Eg - Asrock C2550D4I). Also your hard drive choices were interesting, why not consider WD Gold enterprise drives ?

Back to the roots)

We are waiting for your Software video :) What kind of FS are you using, directories structure, samba, plex, playbooks etc.

Very nice build ! If you want to go with any other ITX motherboard, a pcie card to SATA could do the work.

Looks better than the ML 350 G8 I have showed in a closet

This is making me feel... things

Cracking up at the last nas I ever have to build comment at the end. Pretty sure that failure or obsolescence of gear, or the simple desire for better or faster will make that unrealistic. I am expanding my home lab now so will likely be building some truenas or unraid setup, to get iscsi support for VMs on the network.

HAve you looked into scrutiny? it's supposed to be a utility for HDD monitoring, mainly using SMART. Could be useful, haven't really used it myself tho.

I like it.

Im using c236 d2i ,thats one with ipmi and using 17 6700 32b ram and now connected with total 14 1tb ssd hardrive in case inwin-ms04 case. smalll and powerful nas and vm machine

Qualität wird hier groß geschrieben! ;) Gutes Video wie eigentlich immer. Just curious: Do you know a solution for a decentralised backup for the most important files? Like the Linux isos don't need to be backed up.

Everytime I watch your video I wanna buy new things 😂