Hi, the NAS I'm going to build needs to live in my bedroom and therefore has to be very quiet. It'll never serve more than 1-2 users at the same time and will be equiped with two 4TB HDDs (mirrored). Also it should be as cost-effective as possible while being safe (e.g. ECC Memory) and...

I wanted to have a FreeNAS system built for the basic purpose of storing data and having copies of that data so I can swap out the drive that died and continue with life. I don't need streaming or torrenting functionality. Uber basic FreeNAS I was going to put together non NAS sanctioned...

Glad to be here on the forums. Had a lot of fun building my FreeNAS server. Documentation/Build Instructions for a Newbie like me: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-sZA3Q2didUyT088ExXfoF7ht2OZQvyA9sfeKNzsQWQ/edit?usp=sharing

I'm considering one of the Kaby Lake Pentiums (probably the G4600) for my first FreeNAS build. The server will be used mostly for file storage in a home environment, so low TDP and low cost are more important than high performance. I do want a CPU which can handle ECC RAM, of course. And I'm a...