Building a Server with Brian Moses

In this weeks episode we are joined by Brian Moses to discuss all things server development. We start off the show by highlighting how he got into computers and what drew him to blogging about DIY NAS builds. From here we touch upon the key areas of consideration when deciding on hardware (Motherboard, CPU, RAM, Storage) for a server. Finally, we discuss the concept of RAID, the FreeNAS operating system and how he performs burn-in testing on recently built systems.

Note: apologies for some of the audio quality during the show.

Show Links

• Brian’s Blog
• DIY NAS 2017 Edition
• Building a Homelab Server
• Passive cooling
• Liquid cooling
• Intelligent Platform Management Interface
• ECC memory
• Advantages of ECC Memory
• Why I Chose Non-ECC RAM for my FreeNAS
• Transcoding Media - Plex
• What kind of CPU do I need for my Server? - Plex
• PassMark Software - PC Benchmark and Test Software
• RAID
• Standard RAID levels
• Examining RAID levels - RAID 0 through RAID 6
• Drobo - BeyondRAID
• ZFS
• FreeNAS Storage Operating System
• Building a Cost-Conscious, Faster-Than-Gigabit Network
• MemTest86
• Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search
• Nitrogenated Cold-Brew Coffee