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[Rob235]

Hi there,

I've been trialling Freenas for about a week and thought I might join the forum. There is sure to be a question!

A NAS has been on my project list for a long time until recently I was given an old DELL server, a poweredge 860.. old yes! Although it meets the Minimum hardware spec: dual core 64bit CPU, 8GB of ECC ram. I've replaced the fans with something quieter and added a couple of hard disks. Freenas 9.10 is running happily so next I'll try out the 10 beta.

Robert.

 

[anodos]

Hi there,

I've been trialling Freenas for about a week and thought I might join the forum. There is sure to be a question!

A NAS has been on my project list for a long time until recently I was given an old DELL server, a poweredge 860.. old yes! Although it meets the Minimum hardware spec: dual core 64bit CPU, 8GB of ECC ram. I've replaced the fans with something quieter and added a couple of hard disks. Freenas 9.10 is running happily so next I'll try out the 10 beta.

Robert.

I think the FSB on the server is going to be a performance bottleneck. Especially if you plan to do anything with VMs. I try to avoid anything older than Nehalem (which eliminated the FSB).

 

[joeschmuck]

I agree, your server is a bit old as you say but it does meet the minimum specs. You at least have a platform which you can play around with and if your goal is to have a high quality NAS for mainly backups and data storage, you should be happy. If you plan to do stuff like Plex for HD content, and multiple streams, well test it out, it may not support it so well. Keep in mind that FreeNAS 10 Beta is still just that, it's beta and definitely problematic, but beta testers understand that.

Hope you have a good experience with FreeNAS and as usual, please read the User Guide cover to cover, there is a lot of information in there.

 

[Stux]

Will make a good backup system to a primary one day ;)