Budget NAS build: 180TB on $800 in used server gear
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ZFSZealotOP
1d ago#1
Just finished my budget NAS build using a used HP DL380 Gen9 ($120 on eBay), 24x 8TB Seagate Exos drives ($560 total), and a used HBA in IT mode ($35). Running TrueNAS Scale with a 3-wide RAIDZ2 topology across 4 vdevs. Getting ~1.1GB/s sequential on a 10GbE link. Very happy for the price.
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StorageSteve
1d ago#2
That's an incredible price per TB. How's the power consumption? Gen9 DL380s are not exactly known for being efficient.
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ZFSZealot
1d ago#3
Drawing about 280W at idle with all drives spun up. Not ideal, but at $0.12/kWh it's acceptable. Drives spin down after 30min idle which helps.