Hardware Recommendations Guide

Hardware Recommendations Guide Rev 2a) 2021-01-24

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E
Great article, should be required reading for all new members of the site.It will either be a confirmation for an experienced user or gratefully accepted information fire hose for us newbies.
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Stux
Concise and correct
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joeschmuck
This document is very clear, well written, and contains a lot of information. This is highly recommended for anyone to read twice before purchasing any hardware. And the fact that the intent is to periodically upgrade this document is an added bonus.
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jannemann
This guide is essential for building a freenas system
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W
Helped me source parts. Thanks!
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J
As a new member and user of FreeNAS; I have to say - I wish I had read this before building my initial build. EXCELLENT resource, thank you!
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ctc4001
Well written and to the point. Thank you for this important document. Extremely helpful.
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Sachin Gopal
Thank you so much. I was going through lot of old forum articles to understand more on building a good NAS. This gives a better start.
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BigDave
A must read for sourcing proper hardware for the most recent versions of FreeNAS!
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farmerpling2
Lot of time went into gathering great information. Not an easy task. Helps out a lot of newer FreeNAS users. This reduces the headaches people have by reducing time to search and improves reliability of hardware to buy.
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toolchain
Cyberjock knows his stuff, very much appreciate the articles he has posted
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ECCfrenaslover
A good primer for newcomers
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O
The Guide was very helpful for me. I have my system build and running. Thanks a lot!
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D1NZ
Some great information right there, thank you.
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S
Nice complete guide to get you started.
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Cuprum
Great document! It defenitely clears the main doubts about RAM.
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cynod
Great summary of many potential gotchas and excellent explanations of the recommendations
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J
The only thing missing is a consideration of CMR drives vs SMR in the NAS drives section. This may have been done to avoid controversy / drama in the comments section, but it's an important consideration, regardless.
Ericloewe
Ericloewe
It was not a conscious decision and the topic has raised enough questions that it does deserve at least a mention.
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W
The guide is most excellent! The only suggestion I have is a section in each section, or overall section where it has the summary of actual hardware.

The scope of the document is great, but what about actual hardware. Was the HCL list from Freebsd linked also?

Both should be there for "Hardware Recommendation List". From a document maintenance standpoint, could see how not including it could be positive.
Ericloewe
Ericloewe
There's a quick hardware guide to fill the need for "just a summary of what's good": https://www.truenas.com/community/resources/freenas%C2%AE-quick-hardware-guide.7/
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mjt5282
A thorough compendium of all things TrueNas hardware related.
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