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pjdw

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I run freenas 8 on a HP-Compaq 7100 with 2 X 1gb ram.
The proc is: Intel Pentium 4 530 Processor (3.0-GHz, 1 MB L2 cache, 800 MHz FSB)
Saw that you need at least 4g? But is seems to work?
To be honest i don't know if I used the i386 or amd64.

Is it save to run it with 2gb and do i need i386 or amd64.

If i need to reinstall can i preserve the data on my harddisks (2X2tb UFS).

On a previous setup i tried to mount both drives together and mirror them.
But I had serious problems, so is started all over again with lots of difficulties.

Does the UFS mirror option in harddisk setup work OK?

Thanks very much for the help.
 

pjdw

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I found the specs of my pentium 4: 32 bit instrucion set. So know amd64 for me.
 

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If you're only using UFS and not ZFS, 2GB should be ok. Please read the FAQ(s) in my signature below, you can preserve your data if you switch hardware.
 

pjdw

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FAQ helped a lot with my questions.
I am still a bit puzzeld on my ram.

From the faq i understood that in i386/32bit max memory is 786m? Is my 50 euro investment in 2g useless?

I have not figured out how to get my 2 disks (2X2tb which have seperaties mounts now) in a ufs mirror. Export the one with data. Import it in a new volume and add the second en mirror them?

I tried to google and surf the forum for a way to limit size to a specific share.
I have one share for my media and would like to max it to say 1t. Create another share for timemachine and max it to 500g. Then i have a spare of another 500g.
 

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pjdw, no, your 2G of RAM isn't a waste. I probably need to rephrase that answer. The 768M is the limit you can set that variable to without recompiling the kernel. If your existing volumes are HFS/HFS+, then yes, you'll need a spare to create a volume, copy your stuff to, reformat the original disk ufs and repeat for the second disk. In the end you'll end up with a spare, which isn't bad. If one of the other disks starts to fail you have somewhere to move stuff to in a hurry.
 
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