From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 21 13:22:00 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1FADF1065670 for ; Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:22:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from david.davis@logicsupply.com) Received: from mail01.logicsupply.com (mail01.logicsupply.com [173.45.239.186]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E12878FC2B for ; Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:21:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from david.davis@logicsupply.com) Received: from [192.168.2.75] (vt-sb-1.logicsupply.com [64.25.209.85]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail01.logicsupply.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id A5AA4AC108; Tue, 21 Jul 2009 09:07:33 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <4A65BD53.5010805@logicsupply.com> Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2009 09:06:27 -0400 From: David Davis User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.22 (X11/20090608) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: hartzell@alerce.com References: <9fa4f0760907191442j6ac13aedvb1ca8ccf9053a7a5@mail.gmail.com> <9fa4f0760907191601y78c92beand104ceabac5c26d1@mail.gmail.com> <19043.61011.925417.482892@already.local> In-Reply-To: <19043.61011.925417.482892@already.local> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 0.94.2, clamav-milter version 0.94.2 on mail01 X-Virus-Status: Clean Cc: Tim Judd , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Aleksandr Miroslav Subject: Re: FreeNAS file server...which hardware to choose? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:22:00 -0000 Hi Guys, I just wanted to mention that George's changes should be incorporated into the official FreeNAS build of 0.7 (it's RC1 right now) when it comes out, so using our custom image should only be a temporary thing should you choose to go the A2000 route. Regards, David Davis Software Engineer Logic Supply, Inc. Direct Line: 802 861 7428 Office: 802 861 2300 ext. 428 david.davis@logicsupply.com www.logicsupply.com George Hartzell wrote: > Tim Judd writes: > > On 7/19/09, Aleksandr Miroslav wrote: > > > On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 5:42 PM, Aleksandr Miroslav > > > 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. > > I have an A2000 running -STABLE and another running a slightly hacked > version of FreeNAS. All of my FreeNAS support hacks (and then some) > have been merged into the image available at: > > http://www.logicsupply.com/blog/2009/05/11/custom-a2000-freenas-image/ > > I don't have any connection with them except as a happy > camper/customer. > > You'd need to hang the third drive off the USB connection, so it > wouldn't be a screamer, but it should work well. > > Both systems are running the 1TB Western Digital green drives. > Otherwise they're plug and play. > > g. >