thaxphenomx
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I stumbled upon FreeNAS the other day and it looked very promising for what I want to do. I am hoping to build a dedicated NAS to stream media to all my HTPC's throughout my house (I currently have 2). My house is prewired for Gigabit ethernet so all I need is a dedicated box. I built a system on newegg and wanted some feedback on my choices for components before I pull the trigger. Also, would you recommend I use ZFS with RAID 5? Does FreeNAS allow all the drives to be pooled so my HTPC's can just point to one location? Thanks
Rosewill 12 bay (with rosewill cage) case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147154
MOBO (8 sata ports)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138366
CPU
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113283
SYBA Sata card (4 more sata ports to get to 12 the case supports)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816124008
Power supply (12 sata)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139010
USB to run FreeNAS
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820208544
RAM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231489
Hard Drives...I already have 5 of the WD20EARS but in the future I will purchase more of these
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136891
NIC
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833106033
Rosewill 12 bay (with rosewill cage) case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147154
MOBO (8 sata ports)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138366
CPU
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113283
SYBA Sata card (4 more sata ports to get to 12 the case supports)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816124008
Power supply (12 sata)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139010
USB to run FreeNAS
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820208544
RAM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231489
Hard Drives...I already have 5 of the WD20EARS but in the future I will purchase more of these
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136891
NIC
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833106033