Evertb1
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A friend of mine has a modest FreeNAS server for about six months now. It runs great but his backup plan is not all that good. All his datasets are exposed trough SMB and the only backup he makes is from shares on his Windows machine to an external USB enclosure. His backups are fully dependent on that Windows PC.
At the same time he is looking at my situation. I have replication tasks running to a FreeNAS backup server. And I also make backups to the cloud. He wants at least a FreeNAS backup server as well. Problem is that he has no budget to build another FreeNAS server. He owns an older workstation that is pretty decent equipped but is not ECC compatible. But yes, he wants to use that as FreeNAS backup server.
I am of the opinion, that as long as he has no hardware suitable for FreeNas, he would be better of to use a Linux based system, like Open Media Vault with EXT4 or so and use it as an Rsync partner for his FreeNAS server. I know from experience that it works more then OK and a Pentium CPU is more then adequate.
Problem is that he has found several sources on the WEB (even within this Forum) stating that it is OK to run FreeNAS on non ECC hardware. To bad if you ask me. So now he does not agree with me and wants to go ahead. I asked him to wait a bit while I ask the community for their opinion. So what are your thoughts on this guys?
At the same time he is looking at my situation. I have replication tasks running to a FreeNAS backup server. And I also make backups to the cloud. He wants at least a FreeNAS backup server as well. Problem is that he has no budget to build another FreeNAS server. He owns an older workstation that is pretty decent equipped but is not ECC compatible. But yes, he wants to use that as FreeNAS backup server.
I am of the opinion, that as long as he has no hardware suitable for FreeNas, he would be better of to use a Linux based system, like Open Media Vault with EXT4 or so and use it as an Rsync partner for his FreeNAS server. I know from experience that it works more then OK and a Pentium CPU is more then adequate.
Problem is that he has found several sources on the WEB (even within this Forum) stating that it is OK to run FreeNAS on non ECC hardware. To bad if you ask me. So now he does not agree with me and wants to go ahead. I asked him to wait a bit while I ask the community for their opinion. So what are your thoughts on this guys?
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