Massive 40TB of NAS Storage on a HP Z420 Workstation made easy!

Описание: How exactly are you meant to store your digital data in an ever modernizing world?

To name just a few sources of digital data :
Phone / Media Data,
1080p / 1440p Gaming / Streaming Footage,
4K Video from a Dash Cam,
Home Security Cameras,
DSLR Photos.

These add up collectively to a large sum of storage fairly quickly.

A dedicated Network Attached Storage device (NAS) can work great, but they come at a price.

What if you could create your own Home File Server using an affordable Workstation as the base machine?

Featuring the Versatile HP Z420 Workstation as an Over-Powered NAS!!!

Be sure to check out my related video where I transformed the HP Z440 from tame workstation into a powerful NAS with 10GbE Networking and over 60TB of HDD storage managed with TrueNAS Core:    • Guide : Z440 Case Swap into Define 7XL = U...  

Hardware Featured in this Tutorial (Ebay Pricing Oct 2022):

HP Z420 Workstation (Base Machine Worth ~$180 USD )
XEON e5-1620 V2 3.7GHz 4 Core CPU : Worth ~$30 USD
16GB PC3-12800E ECC RAM (DDR3) : Worth ~$15-25 USD (per 4GB)
Western Digital 4TB RED Plus NAS HDD : Worth ~$100 USD (each)
Western Digital 10TB RED Plus NAS HDD : Worth ~$300 USD (each)
AMD FIREPro V4900 (1GB GDDR5 with 480 CUDAs) : Worth $30 USD
HP H240 SAS / SATA Dual SFF Port HBA Controller for managing extra SAS, or HDDs, or SSDs : Worth ~$60 USD
Olmaster 5.25" Bay to 3.5" Bay Adapters (Fits 1x 3.5 HDD + 2x 2.5" Drives, or 6x 2.5" Drives) : Worth ~20USD
ITHOO USB 3.1 to 2x USB C PCIe Card : Worth ~$25 USD
NVMe PCIe Expansion Card with Fan and Thermally Conductive Silicone : Worth ~$25 USD
Apacer Panther AS340 240GB SSD : Worth ~$50 USD
Samsung 980 1TB NVMe : Worth ~$80 USD

NET Cost : ~$1680 USD (~Retail Price, could do it cheaper on Sale Prices. When's Black Friday Sales Again???)
ESTIMATE Cost of a 40TB NAS : ~$1600 - $2500 USD (or more, pending features)
NET Saving : Well... Maybe not saving much???

But We have So Many Added Server / NAS Perks like:

HP Z420 reliability and design features
Expandable NVMe Storage (e.g. Aorus Gen 4 PCIe adapter),
Dedicated GPU,
16GB of RAM which TrueNAS can utilize (general rule-of-thumb, 1GB of RAM per TB of Data - needs will vary based on load and # of users)
Versatile operating system - Windows or TrueNAS Operating System
Ability to load in at least 1x more HDD and at least 6x more SSDs or 2.5" HDDs.
2x USB-C Ports (plus you can expand!)
Option to run 10GBe network cards (like the Intel X540-T2 [Dual-Port RJ45's])
To Name a Selection of Perks...

VIDEO INDEX:
0:00 Intro - No Frills
0:23 Video Outline / Plan
0:27 HP Z420 Workstation Brief Overview
1:11 Z420 Specifications (Pause to View)
1:13 Z420 Value Proposal
1:26 File Server - Upgrading 5.25" Bays to allow fitment of 5x HDDs!!!
2:50 Olmaster 5.25" to 3.5" and 2.5" Adapter Overview
6:00 10TB RED NAS HDD Fitment (+ SECRET CONTENT)
10:38 Windows - Checking HDDs with PASSMARK DISK CHECK and Speed Test with CRYSTAL DISK MARK (And System Virus Scan with Zemana AntiMalware - we found something!!!)
11:43 TrueNAS - RAPID Overview of Creating Data Pools
13:22 Outro - No Frills
13:57 Bonus - Future Content

Keep an eye out for the upcoming video tutorials on:

HP Z840 and Z420 10GBe PCIe Card Installation
GPU PCIe Hack - Finding a method for using PCIe slots underneath the GPU card!

Database for Workstation Upgrades:
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