Hi,
I am looking for building a NAS with used hardware, mostly for media, because my current Dell 7050 only has a 500gb hdd and I am tired of running low on space constantly.
I have a few questions:
- I am currently running containers for Jellyfin, Radarr and Sonarr, if I buy a new machine for NAS, it makes sense to migrate every media-related container to the NAS drive, correct? The Dell machine I have has a 7th gen Intel CPU, that is able to transcode H265 perfectly, which is a big bonus. So if I end up moving it, the machine I buy needs to do the same, I suppose.
- If so, then I guess using TrueNAS is not the way to go, and instead use a simple debian or ubuntu server distro for simple sharing?
- If TrueNAS is the answer, then I should aim for ECC ram. If that's the case, I am not aware of cheap/budget workstations that have ECC ram, but if you have recommendations for one, great;
- If you think I should instead buy something with an i3/i5/i7 or Ryzen processor, what kind of machines would you recommend?
- I was looking to find something for around 150/200€, excluding hard drives. Not sure if that is possible.
Thank you.
If you have an old workstation and drives just around I would recommend looking into unraid.
Why Unraid in particular? I know it's a paid OS, which makes me wonder why go that route. I think I would rather have a simples SMB share in a linux environment, instead of paying for something like that.
Smolyeetcoverded most of it. Basically if you're using older Hardware it's going to meld better for just pick a parting.