Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 18:43:18 -0600 From: Tim Judd <tajudd@gmail.com> To: Aleksandr Miroslav <alexmiroslav@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeNAS file server...which hardware to choose? Message-ID: <ade45ae90907191743w3472ce00n700168f231607122@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <9fa4f0760907191601y78c92beand104ceabac5c26d1@mail.gmail.com> References: <9fa4f0760907191442j6ac13aedvb1ca8ccf9053a7a5@mail.gmail.com> <9fa4f0760907191601y78c92beand104ceabac5c26d1@mail.gmail.com>
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On 7/19/09, Aleksandr Miroslav <alexmiroslav@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 5:42 PM, Aleksandr Miroslav > <alexmiroslav@gmail.com> wrote: >> What kind of RAID chassis, computer system should I get for this setup? >> Would a soekris be sufficient, or is that overkill? > > Or should I just buy a barebones headless desktop PC (Dell has them > cheap now for $241) for this task? I don't like OEMs. I would rather build my own. Recently well-reviewed Via ARTiGO A2000 is a 2 SATA drive enclosure. You can install anything you want in it. I don't think it has onboard raid, but a software raid (in a lightly loaded NAS) should work pretty well Let me know what you choose.
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