wanako
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- May 17, 2016
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For the longest time, I've been wanting to get a NAS server at home, and finally I took the plunge. I figured it would be a nice project and something cool to learn, so I built myself one with FreeNAS. I've never been the type to get something off-the-shelf, when the option to make it myself was out there. I'm still figuring it all out and a bit of a ways before I put the NAS into production.
I did a bit of research and here are the specs on my little NAS:
Mobo: ASRock C2550D4I
RAM: Crucial 16GB (2 x 8GB) ECC DDR3-1600
Boot Drive: A-Data Premier Pro SP900 64GB
HDD: 5x Hitachi Deskstar NAS 4TB
1x Hitachi Ultrastar 7k4000 4TB (I had this one for about a year)
Case: U-NAS NSC-800
PSU: FSP Group FSP300-701US 300W
I'm still getting the hang of the FreeNAS, and can tell that it can be a massive undertaking, but I'm quite excited about it! I plan to have it in RAIDZ-2, though I wonder if i should just fill up all 8 bays at once? Gotta see more about that. I'll likely get another set of 16GB RAM to get 32GB. I really wanted to max it out, but 16GB ECC/unbuffered DIMMs are rare and expensive.
Anyway, I'm truly excited about this project and will be scouring the stickies in the next couple of weeks. :D
I did a bit of research and here are the specs on my little NAS:
Mobo: ASRock C2550D4I
RAM: Crucial 16GB (2 x 8GB) ECC DDR3-1600
Boot Drive: A-Data Premier Pro SP900 64GB
HDD: 5x Hitachi Deskstar NAS 4TB
1x Hitachi Ultrastar 7k4000 4TB (I had this one for about a year)
Case: U-NAS NSC-800
PSU: FSP Group FSP300-701US 300W
I'm still getting the hang of the FreeNAS, and can tell that it can be a massive undertaking, but I'm quite excited about it! I plan to have it in RAIDZ-2, though I wonder if i should just fill up all 8 bays at once? Gotta see more about that. I'll likely get another set of 16GB RAM to get 32GB. I really wanted to max it out, but 16GB ECC/unbuffered DIMMs are rare and expensive.
Anyway, I'm truly excited about this project and will be scouring the stickies in the next couple of weeks. :D
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