I have an old Pentium Laptop which I thought could make use of it as a server
1. After installing Freenas on the USB , I have to keep it plugged in the machine permanently?
2. Should I use the entire hardrive and partition it and add it in Disk management?
3. If it is possible to allocate a partition for Free NAS , will I be able to add Disks in my network?
4. Once I start using the laptop as a server , would that mean it cant be used for anything else? suppose it has another OS in some other partition , can I just disable the network temporarily and start using it as a stand alone machine if need be?
5. I may not want this to be powered on 24*7 ..So , can I just plug it on when required?..Alternatively , what would be the power consumption in idle state?
6. On adding disks from other machines , the data shouldnt be disturbed on these drives..It shouldnt be like only if I use FreeNAS , I would have access to these disks..
in short , standalone functioning of these drives with resident OSes should not get affected.
7. Can I assign an IP for a ALL in 1 HP connected to one of the clients and use it across the network?..
8. I have very average specs in terms of RAM , the ZFS specifies 6 GB min which I dont have, so should I use Zfs or Ufs?
Can you please advise me on my concerns?
1. After installing Freenas on the USB , I have to keep it plugged in the machine permanently?
2. Should I use the entire hardrive and partition it and add it in Disk management?
3. If it is possible to allocate a partition for Free NAS , will I be able to add Disks in my network?
4. Once I start using the laptop as a server , would that mean it cant be used for anything else? suppose it has another OS in some other partition , can I just disable the network temporarily and start using it as a stand alone machine if need be?
5. I may not want this to be powered on 24*7 ..So , can I just plug it on when required?..Alternatively , what would be the power consumption in idle state?
6. On adding disks from other machines , the data shouldnt be disturbed on these drives..It shouldnt be like only if I use FreeNAS , I would have access to these disks..
in short , standalone functioning of these drives with resident OSes should not get affected.
7. Can I assign an IP for a ALL in 1 HP connected to one of the clients and use it across the network?..
8. I have very average specs in terms of RAM , the ZFS specifies 6 GB min which I dont have, so should I use Zfs or Ufs?
Can you please advise me on my concerns?