From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 19 22:12:21 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 28B1E1065673 for ; Sun, 19 Jul 2009 22:12:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from alexmiroslav@gmail.com) Received: from mail-yx0-f181.google.com (mail-yx0-f181.google.com [209.85.210.181]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D8DDB8FC19 for ; Sun, 19 Jul 2009 22:12:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from alexmiroslav@gmail.com) Received: by yxe11 with SMTP id 11so3105046yxe.3 for ; Sun, 19 Jul 2009 15:12:20 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:date:message-id:subject :from:to:content-type; bh=ojrweMuK5Z9meB+VWlbctSgTtuUkX8KhJ4wdC4MtIL4=; b=O2q374jdvr+Epabg8ROC0Bi10wvU5jfOeonc9OJcS3ALhbSxl+QWoA6FjPOo3vTzbe mAOgtGvPtCIKb9dbfeBVbFGs7JMfS142O+KHjzWqHiXvEe5kjqmfIq7y1AJhzvR5xhSP YjUeomNmPN5liUP9ugFQw/j36dG3LdYgtMGOE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; b=suiQQ+UZneoGzKciiEdhptBPQyViOctc1/FX3L7IvAo2eUZrMEbZDlcuIkaf03F8EF 8jfPtInPesVJIioS4KAtc+EfBSffhFWPb5Zqoqk5BODPsnnRgC1P/Nxodem/2okSOfjz l9biSh2B4svgAiQ9y5GgZ71m9pOXeJ61XlCr4= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.100.239.4 with SMTP id m4mr5278384anh.76.1248039772139; Sun, 19 Jul 2009 14:42:52 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 17:42:52 -0400 Message-ID: <9fa4f0760907191442j6ac13aedvb1ca8ccf9053a7a5@mail.gmail.com> From: Aleksandr Miroslav To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: 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: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 22:12:21 -0000 I would like to setup a home fileserver running FreeNAS (which itself runs on FreeBSD 7.2). Can someone recommend hardware for this? I know I'd have to get 3 harddrives. Two will be at home running RAID1, and the third will be mirrored about once per quarter and brought offsite. What kind of RAID chassis, computer system should I get for this setup? Would a soekris be sufficient, or is that overkill? Thanks in advance for your help/advice.