Hello Friends!
I've got an old gaming PC lying around that I'm thinking of using to get some exposure with FreeNAS and perhaps use it for Plex. All the media I plan to put on the NAS will exist elsewhere, and all other data will be tertiary backups. Obviously, the hardware below does not have ECC memory. I'm not worried about the Data, as it will be backed up in other places and I want some experience with FreeNAS before I decide to buy dedicated hardware. My question is how often systems go bad without ECC? Are the odds in my favor that this system could stay alive for 1-2 years without corruption, or is the deck stacked against me?
Hardware:
ASUS Rampage III Formula LGA 1366 Intel X58 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131666
Intel Core i7-950 Bloomfield Quad-Core 3.06 GHz LGA 1366 130W BX80601950 Processor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115211
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 12GB (3 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2000 (PC3 16000) Desktop Memory Model F3-16000CL9T-12GBRM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231408
The goal is to have 4 or 5 x 2TB, again, mostly movies etc. I'll probably also take out the older gaming GPU and put something basic in there for the sake of power consumption.
Is this good enough to get my feet wet with, or will it cause more issues than it's worth?
I've got an old gaming PC lying around that I'm thinking of using to get some exposure with FreeNAS and perhaps use it for Plex. All the media I plan to put on the NAS will exist elsewhere, and all other data will be tertiary backups. Obviously, the hardware below does not have ECC memory. I'm not worried about the Data, as it will be backed up in other places and I want some experience with FreeNAS before I decide to buy dedicated hardware. My question is how often systems go bad without ECC? Are the odds in my favor that this system could stay alive for 1-2 years without corruption, or is the deck stacked against me?
Hardware:
ASUS Rampage III Formula LGA 1366 Intel X58 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131666
Intel Core i7-950 Bloomfield Quad-Core 3.06 GHz LGA 1366 130W BX80601950 Processor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115211
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 12GB (3 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2000 (PC3 16000) Desktop Memory Model F3-16000CL9T-12GBRM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231408
The goal is to have 4 or 5 x 2TB, again, mostly movies etc. I'll probably also take out the older gaming GPU and put something basic in there for the sake of power consumption.
Is this good enough to get my feet wet with, or will it cause more issues than it's worth?