pwfletcher
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- Feb 6, 2012
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Noob here ... I just built my first FreeNAS machine and it actually works. Prior to building this NAS, I had a Synology DS209 running mirrored that worked just fine, albeit a little slow, but I wanted to expand to more than two disks and needed a rack mount system. This will be used solely for streaming to 5 AppleTV 2s hubs around the house and to backup 4 home computers. I considered the Synology RS812 for $800 as I was happy with the 209 I have had for three years but decided to try a home build and to spend no more than $400. Well, with cables and all, I spent $387 to build the following box (without disks) and had it up in running in about 4 hours (first time building a NAS).
OS: FreeNAS-8.0.3-RELEASE-p1-x64 (9591) on 2GB SanDisk USB
CASE: Topower 2U Rackmount Chassis - Frys $139
PSU: Topower 350W
MOBO: Gigabyte GA-A75M-D2H - Frys $89
CPU: AMD A4-3300 APU with Radeon HD Graphics (6 x 6GB SATA III) - Frys $69
RAM: Kingston HyperX Blue 4GB DDR3-1333 X 2 (8GB Total) - Frys $39
NIC: REALTEK chipset
HDD: WD Green 4TB x 4 (16TB Total)
I am currently getting ~78MB/sec writes and ~104MB/sec reads which is MUCH faster than my DS209 ... basically I am saturating my GigE network. Stress testing the box right now by streaming 4 separate 720p mkv files to 4 separate XBMC hacked AppleTV2s and all files are playing perfectly without hiccups. So far, everything seems to working just fine ;-)
One question ... is it possible to monitor disk temp and cpu temp from within FreeNAS 8?
OS: FreeNAS-8.0.3-RELEASE-p1-x64 (9591) on 2GB SanDisk USB
CASE: Topower 2U Rackmount Chassis - Frys $139
PSU: Topower 350W
MOBO: Gigabyte GA-A75M-D2H - Frys $89
CPU: AMD A4-3300 APU with Radeon HD Graphics (6 x 6GB SATA III) - Frys $69
RAM: Kingston HyperX Blue 4GB DDR3-1333 X 2 (8GB Total) - Frys $39
NIC: REALTEK chipset
HDD: WD Green 4TB x 4 (16TB Total)
I am currently getting ~78MB/sec writes and ~104MB/sec reads which is MUCH faster than my DS209 ... basically I am saturating my GigE network. Stress testing the box right now by streaming 4 separate 720p mkv files to 4 separate XBMC hacked AppleTV2s and all files are playing perfectly without hiccups. So far, everything seems to working just fine ;-)
One question ... is it possible to monitor disk temp and cpu temp from within FreeNAS 8?