Nightowl805
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- May 12, 2014
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I am in the process of building my first Freenas box. It is mostly for back-up and Plex. I am way overbuilding it with the hope that it last 8-10 years which I recognize may not be possible.
E5 2630 V3
64 GB Reg. ECC Crucial-I hope I read correctly and this works.
ZFS2
8 6gb WD red
Supermicro 10X10SRA-F-O
But I am very confused about the boot drive. Initially I thought just a 8 or 16 gb USB drive. But, I have seen people say they "Mirror" this drive????? How come? Also I read that the upgrade process can take quite awhile on USB. I have also seen some people use a SSD and even a dual SSD but if I am reading it right.....that is way overkill but it does make the upgrade much faster.
Saying that, I have a 120gb SSD that is in a laptop.....probably about 20 hours of use before the laptop screen died. Should I just use that since it is doing nothing else and if I do, do I need to "Mirror" that drive.
I feel stupid spending this much money but I am ready to cut the cord completely for the whole family and Roku it with Plex.
I am excited about doing this. Also looking for other good ways to use this box so send me your ideas. Just for home use though.
E5 2630 V3
64 GB Reg. ECC Crucial-I hope I read correctly and this works.
ZFS2
8 6gb WD red
Supermicro 10X10SRA-F-O
But I am very confused about the boot drive. Initially I thought just a 8 or 16 gb USB drive. But, I have seen people say they "Mirror" this drive????? How come? Also I read that the upgrade process can take quite awhile on USB. I have also seen some people use a SSD and even a dual SSD but if I am reading it right.....that is way overkill but it does make the upgrade much faster.
Saying that, I have a 120gb SSD that is in a laptop.....probably about 20 hours of use before the laptop screen died. Should I just use that since it is doing nothing else and if I do, do I need to "Mirror" that drive.
I feel stupid spending this much money but I am ready to cut the cord completely for the whole family and Roku it with Plex.
I am excited about doing this. Also looking for other good ways to use this box so send me your ideas. Just for home use though.