BUILD I this build powerful enough?

[aeshj]

Hi

I was thinking about converting my ubuntu box to freenas.
So i wondered if the HW would handle ZFS(been reading that it is a bit memory consuming)

Thought i would be running raidz1 6discs and boot from usb-stick
I need freenas to handle the folowing services:

sabnzbd, sickbeard, couchpotato.
transmission + flexget.
plex with transcoding one stream
afp/cifs shares
a few users, not more than 5.

hardware list:
Asus P5Q-EM
intel core2duo E7500 2.9Ghz
ram 4x2gb ddr2 800Mhz

I have 3 2TB WD green. thinking of purchase 3 3TB WD red and after a while switch out the green ones with more 3 TB WD red. from what i understand i will be able to use the full space on the 3TB when all the 2TB is switch out, correct?

any thoughts? conserns?

 

[malcolmputer]

Hi

I was thinking about converting my ubuntu box to freenas.
So i wondered if the HW would handle ZFS(been reading that it is a bit memory consuming)

Thought i would be running raidz1 6discs and boot from usb-stick
I need freenas to handle the folowing services:

sabnzbd, sickbeard, couchpotato.
transmission + flexget.
plex with transcoding one stream
afp/cifs shares
a few users, not more than 5.

Hello. RaidZ1 (and Raid 5) is dead. Use RaidZ2 if you care about your data.

All of those services run fine on FreeNAS.

hardware list:
Asus P5Q-EM
intel core2duo E7500 2.9Ghz
ram 4x2gb ddr2 800Mhz

I have 3 2TB WD green. thinking of purchase 3 3TB WD red and after a while switch out the green ones with more 3 TB WD red. from what i understand i will be able to use the full space on the 3TB when all the 2TB is switch out, correct?

any thoughts? conserns?

Read the sticky's.

No ECC, not enough RAM.

Yes, once you remove the 2TBs one at a time, and replace them one at a time with 3TBs, it should recognize and increase your "free space".

 

[cyberjock]

I would not use that hardware as it's desktop grade, doesn't support ECC RAM, and our "minimum RAM" is already the maximum your board can handle. Not a good choice for FreeNAS in my opinion.

 

[aeshj]

thanks for the reply,
guess my ubuntu stays where it is.

 

[cyberjock]

thanks for the reply,
guess my ubuntu stays where it is.

I would say that is probably the wise choice.