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

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  @WolfgangsChannel · 4 years ago (edited) · pinned

  One small detail: it turns out that i3-6100 does not support Tone Mapping in Jellyfin, so you won&apos;t be able to watch HDR content on an SDR screen: <a href="https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/administration/hardware-acceleration.html#configuring-opencl-acceleratedvpp-tone-mapping">https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/administration/hardware-acceleration.html#configuring-opencl-acceleratedvpp-tone-mapping</a><br><br>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.

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• PA

  @pasan. · 4 years ago (edited)

  &quot;8Gb RAM more than enough&quot;. ZFS - hold my beer.

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  @aidanjt · 4 years ago

  &quot;I hope this is the last NAS I&apos;ll ever have to build&quot;<br>LOL

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  @diarmaidmac2149 · 4 years ago

  My home server is a pi4 with an external usb drive attached. It runs pihole, hosts my git repo&apos;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!

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  @Mr8perezm · 4 years ago

  I like the fact most people in the comments below are recycling used or older equipment to build home server systems. &nbsp;Less e-waste on the planet, happier wallets. &nbsp;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. &nbsp;It ran Visual Studio and everything I threw at it without any problems, I enjoyed working with it.

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• VI

  @vinkuu · 4 years ago (edited)

  Famous last words: &quot;Last NAS I ever have to build&quot;. 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&apos;s able to congest the 10GbE network pretty easily with the workload it&apos;s been designed to handle.

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  @MatthiasPitscher · 4 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qACTvCW_yDc&amp;t=90">1:30</a> Wolfgang: This video right here (here)<br>Me: Where?<br><br><br><br>Checks Description...<br>Checks Comments...<br>(Where?)

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• MT

  @mtk3668 · 4 years ago (edited)

  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.

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• RU

  @ruffleduffle · 4 years ago

  Can&apos;t wait for the software vid! Any plans for when you&apos;ll post it specifically? :)

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• OB

  @obiromaniankenobi1136 · 2 years ago

  I see Galaxus Website, I upvote from Switzerland 😁🙌

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• HO

  @homerobono · 4 years ago

  This is great quality content. You have put costs research, existing solutions comparison, benchmarks, and more. <br>Also, your videos also have a good pace and progression, and better yet, you don&apos;t beg for likes and subscriptions.

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  @timos.5960 · 4 years ago (edited)

  Btw. a cheaper and even more power efficient debugging option that doesn&apos;t require hooking up a keyboard and monitor would be serial console redirection that this board supports. Sure, it doesn&apos;t have a fancy web interface and still requires one cable. But if you&apos;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&apos;s an option that still gives you access to the BIOS or visual output in case your OS doesn&apos;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&apos;t need that maintenance or debugging access often (maybe once or twice a year), the serial connection works just fine for me.

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