Hardware setup

[Spherical]

I'm building a new hardware setup to run freenas 8.0.1

Keeping it low-budget:

- 4 X WD Green HDD (2TB)
- ASRock N68-VS3 UCC (mobo)
- AMD Athlon II X2 250 (cpu)
- Scythe Katana 3 (cooler)
- be quiet! Pure Power 430W (psu)
- Fractal Design Fractal Design Core 3000 (case)
- Kingston HyperX 8 GB DDR3-1600 Kit (memory)
- Intel® EXPI9301CT (netword card)

What do you think?

And is an extra network adapter necessary?

Should I get a RAID-card? I was thinking just running software raid.

 

[b1ghen]

The onboard NIC on that motherboard is only 100 Mbit/s from what I can see. An Intel NIC is almost always preferable to the usual onboard Realtek.
Another thing with this motherboard is that you only have one PCI-E and one PCI for expansion, if you need a separate NIC and more SATA you are basically out of luck. I would look for another board with at least both a 16X and a 1X PCI-E.

It is better to not use a RAID card if you are using ZFS on Freenas.

 

[Spherical]

Not sure if I would go for ZFS, since I then need more CPU-power?

 

[Spherical]

GIGABYTE 880GM-UD2H seems to be a better choice for mobo

http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3475#sp

 

[b1ghen]

Not sure if I would go for ZFS, since I then need more CPU-power?

That CPU has plenty of power for ZFS, using Freenas without ZFS is like having a diesel engine in a Ferrari :)

 

[Spherical]

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