Hello!
I am trying to build a new nas server and have a tentative build (PCPartPicker). I am considering running TrueNAS Scale with Plex, Nextcloud, and Gitea.
However, I have a Lenovo Legion 5 gaming laptop I don’t use often which has better specs (Ryzen 7 4800H, 64 GB Ram, 1660ti). Does it make sense to buy a drive enclosure use my current laptop or will the the 3.1 USB-C 5 gbps connection throttle the drives too much?
I am also open to changes and any suggestions. Thank you in advance!
That totally depends on the number and type of drives.
The latest generation of HDDs reach over 200MB/s. If you have more than 2 of those the USB port will start to throttle.
Otoh, I have a bunch of 1TB drives that max out at 90 MB/s and run typically around 60MB/s. A raidz5 with 5-8 of those drives can make sense over USB 3.1.
The USB protocol will add overhead and reduce the performance somewhat, but it’s probably ok for a couple of drives.
That is helpful, thank you!
I am looking at 4 x 4 TB WD Red plus drives, which sounds like it will throttle.
I suspect your network connection will be gigabit which corresponds to 100 megabytes per second, so that will bottleneck it anyway.
But realistically that is still plenty fast for almost anything you need a home NAS to do.
I’d suggest starting with the laptop and going from there, if the laptop is good condition might be worth selling now while it still has some value though.
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