Azimech
Cadet
- Joined
- Mar 25, 2015
- Messages
- 6
Evening, folks!
When I built my new PC two years ago, I briefly entertained the idea of using my old 2003-era machine as a NAS before I learned how much of a terrible idea that would have been. It led to me learning a lot about the importance of a well-designed appliance that's fit for the task, but when project after project kept coming up, I always had to put the FreeNAS build on the backburner.
However, a decent deal on one of those nifty little Thinkservers was the kick in the pants I finally needed to get around to actually doing it. When I used to work tech support, at least once a day a customer would be upset about losing all of their data to malware or whatever, and there would always be the awkward silence when you ask them where their backups are. I didn't want to be that guy, but our "NAS" up till recently was a USB drive hooked up to our router. Yeah, I know. Those USB2.0 transfer rates suck, by the way.
I'm now in the process of fixing all of that, and it's been a blast reading up on everything I need to know to keep this thing running in top shape. So far I've set up a lone dataset for my partner and I with some basic permissions and shares, but I know there's a lot more for me to learn. I'm very much a newbie when it comes to working in FreeBSD or Unix in general, but hopefully with time, reading and a bit of patience my questions here won't sound too stupid to you folks.
I picked up a Thinkserver TS140 with the updated i3 4330 processor, and went to the local computer store to pick up:
Thanks again to all of the people here who are a wealth of information on the subjects at hand, and who contribute to the active discussion that helps things move forward. I look forward to gleaning much more from you all in the coming weeks/months/(years?).
When I built my new PC two years ago, I briefly entertained the idea of using my old 2003-era machine as a NAS before I learned how much of a terrible idea that would have been. It led to me learning a lot about the importance of a well-designed appliance that's fit for the task, but when project after project kept coming up, I always had to put the FreeNAS build on the backburner.
However, a decent deal on one of those nifty little Thinkservers was the kick in the pants I finally needed to get around to actually doing it. When I used to work tech support, at least once a day a customer would be upset about losing all of their data to malware or whatever, and there would always be the awkward silence when you ask them where their backups are. I didn't want to be that guy, but our "NAS" up till recently was a USB drive hooked up to our router. Yeah, I know. Those USB2.0 transfer rates suck, by the way.
I'm now in the process of fixing all of that, and it's been a blast reading up on everything I need to know to keep this thing running in top shape. So far I've set up a lone dataset for my partner and I with some basic permissions and shares, but I know there's a lot more for me to learn. I'm very much a newbie when it comes to working in FreeBSD or Unix in general, but hopefully with time, reading and a bit of patience my questions here won't sound too stupid to you folks.
I picked up a Thinkserver TS140 with the updated i3 4330 processor, and went to the local computer store to pick up:
- 1x8GB ECC RAM (12GB total)
- 4x3TB WD Reds (Running in RAIDZ2, 5.1TB usable)
- Cyberpower CP850PFCLCD UPS
Thanks again to all of the people here who are a wealth of information on the subjects at hand, and who contribute to the active discussion that helps things move forward. I look forward to gleaning much more from you all in the coming weeks/months/(years?).
