Evaluated systems:<\/p>\n
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- Synology DS216play<\/a> will have less CPU power, no custimization effort, just space for 2 HDDs<\/li>\n
- HP ProLine Gen8<\/a> less expensive, double energy consumption, I’ve also the customization effort, but the drawback of WOL of 1-2 min<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
So I order the components as described, but decided to use the ASRock N3700-ITX<\/b> board. I expect to keep same energy consumpts costs as the\u00a0ASRock N3150-ITX,<\/b> but more CPU power (check this post out<\/a>).<\/p>\n
Well I was surpised of the size of the minitower after I used several years my Synology NAS 209<\/strong>. Anyway it has enough space\u00a0to carry 4 HDD, so it’s worth to free some room\u00a0for this small beast:)<\/p>\n
… Put the pieces together<\/h1>\n
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<\/p>\nCompilation of the server is not described, so I post here some pictures. The compilation is pretty straight forward, all cables are marked and it’s pretty obvious where to connect them to the board.<\/p>\n
First the empty CoolMaster 120. Enought space add the components.<\/p>\n
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<\/p>\nFirst put the mainboard, of cause \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
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<\/p>\nThen connect the cables as per plan. Not such difficult, just study the available handbooks and it’s pretty obvious where to put the right cables.<\/p>\n
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<\/p>\nPut the HDDs in place and connect them.I used 2x 3.5 HDDs<\/a>.<\/p>\n
… Last step to drill a bit<\/h2>\n
Finally just to close the hole of the power supply. I use the External power supply <\/a>and PicoPSU-90<\/a> as mainboard connector.<\/p>\n
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<\/h2>\nNow all things are in place, just to drill a 8mm hole into the plate to put the external power connector plug.<\/p>\n
… Installing OMV<\/h2>\n
I follow the instructions <\/a>until I reboot the system and removed the boot USB. I hit the issue that the server didn’t start as I expect and hang with a blinking cursor.<\/p>\n
After some investigations I found out that the boot partition on the installation USB SLC stick miss the boot mark.<\/p>\n
So I login the system change with help of fdisk \/dev\/sdX<\/strong> (either on the console, or a ssh connection) command ‘a’ ‘1’ and toggle bootflag. Write the partiontable and reboot the system.<\/p>\n
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… The server disappear from the network?<\/h2>\n
Then you need to fixe the Kernel due to Gigabit lan issue in Kernel 3.2. Problem appears if you transfer more then 8GB to the server in one session by SMB\/Windows share. The network disappear, but the server is still running (check the console is still operatable).<\/p>\n
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That’s the Gigabit lan problem. To solve I’ve to apply the Kernal Backport<\/a> fix.<\/p>\n- \n
- Install -> Start<\/li>\n
- Reboot<\/li>\n
- Choose Kernel 3.16 and set as default<\/strong><\/li>\n
- Reboot<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
… then you are lucky and in my case I achieve 80mb\/s upload to the server \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
… Wakeup the server<\/h2>\n
For do some rsync backup between my NAS I added a autowakeup at 9am. See the screen below which describes all what need to be setup for this.<\/p>\n
.. if the server suport own wakeup in Bios<\/h3>\n
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- Reboot<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
- HP ProLine Gen8<\/a> less expensive, double energy consumption, I’ve also the customization effort, but the drawback of WOL of 1-2 min<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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<\/a>Use the rtcwake tool.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/_d_improd_\/Download_f_improf_309x198.png\")
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