Here is a possible Windows Pro 10 Server setup. Please let me know what you think and any changes you would suggest. I am open to any suggestions for improvements or changes. I want to start out with two WD Red 8TB drives and add more as needed. I would run Drive Pool and have two pools.
I selected the motherboard to have six Sata 6Gb’s ports, one for each potential drive. The Fractal Design Define R4 case is selected for quiet, cool and to have enough room for the ATX motherboard and six hard drives.
I will shop prices and may find better deals. I would appreciate thoughts and comments. I want to start with data and photos. May move to HTMS but not sure what else, but I need reliability and lots of storage. If I can achieve these goals with less expensive options that would be great.
If this is connected to my Wi-Fi by a cat 6 line, can I then access all the data on the drives by Wi-Fi on my computers? Any benefit to having Wi-Fi in the server?
Thanks.
Asus Z170-PRO ATX DDR4 NA Motherboard $149
Intel i5 6500 3.2mghz $189
Fractal Design Define R4 Cases, Black Pearl (FD-CA-DEF-R4-BL) $140
Corsair RMx Series™ RM550x — 550 Watt 80 PLUS® Gold Certified Fully Modular PSU $110
Crucial 16GB Single DDR4 2133 MT/s (PC4-17000) DIMM 288-Pin Memory - CT16G4DFD8213 $126
Samsung 850 EVO - 250GB - M.2 SATA III Internal SSD (MZ-N5E250BW) $108
2-WD Red 8TB $295 each $590
Windows 10 Pro $199
Total $1611