asw2012
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I've been looking into a NAS solution for my home for over a year and it looks like I've found my solution in FreeNAS because all the pre-built NAS systems I've been looking at are either way too pricey or too constricted. FreeNAS has so much to play with, its unimaginable. The past month, between scouring these forums and learning on a test rig I threw together from old parts, I think I've got a good grasp on hardware requirements.
I've got a ton of DVD's (1200+) varying from single layer to dual layer, and I want to back them up and possibly stream them throughout my house, also have a ton of music + backup data from my computers + use as a FTP + use Bit torrent - you get the idea. Going to build this NAS for the future, don't really want to run out of space anytime soon.
Setting up for RAIDz (6, 3TB Drives) + 1 spare + 30GIG SSD for a L2ARC
Please feel free to toss in your ideas in here for the hardware, in the next 2 weeks I'm going to pull the trigger
Fractal Arc Mini Computer Case
ASRock AMD Motherboard
AMD 3.4 Dual Core 65W CPU
16GB Corsair DDR3 (16GB is max this mobo can handle)
7pc. WD Green 3TB SATA 3 (6 + 1 Spare)
Sandisk 32GB SSD (L2ARC Drive)
PCIe to SATA 3 add-in card (will plug the hot swap and L2ARC SSD here)
USB 3.0 adapter - plug USB 3.0 Flash Drive directly into, OS will reside on this drive
Intel Gigabit Server Card - not going to rely on the mobo ethernet.
2pc. SATA 5.25 Rack mounting - 2 drives going into the 5.25 bays
any thoughts on the above? Would like some feedback from you all please!
thanks
I've got a ton of DVD's (1200+) varying from single layer to dual layer, and I want to back them up and possibly stream them throughout my house, also have a ton of music + backup data from my computers + use as a FTP + use Bit torrent - you get the idea. Going to build this NAS for the future, don't really want to run out of space anytime soon.
Setting up for RAIDz (6, 3TB Drives) + 1 spare + 30GIG SSD for a L2ARC
Please feel free to toss in your ideas in here for the hardware, in the next 2 weeks I'm going to pull the trigger
Fractal Arc Mini Computer Case
ASRock AMD Motherboard
AMD 3.4 Dual Core 65W CPU
16GB Corsair DDR3 (16GB is max this mobo can handle)
7pc. WD Green 3TB SATA 3 (6 + 1 Spare)
Sandisk 32GB SSD (L2ARC Drive)
PCIe to SATA 3 add-in card (will plug the hot swap and L2ARC SSD here)
USB 3.0 adapter - plug USB 3.0 Flash Drive directly into, OS will reside on this drive
Intel Gigabit Server Card - not going to rely on the mobo ethernet.
2pc. SATA 5.25 Rack mounting - 2 drives going into the 5.25 bays
any thoughts on the above? Would like some feedback from you all please!
thanks