Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 21:10:59 -0700 From: George Hartzell <hartzell@alerce.com> To: Tim Judd <tajudd@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Aleksandr Miroslav <alexmiroslav@gmail.com> Subject: Re: FreeNAS file server...which hardware to choose? Message-ID: <19043.61011.925417.482892@already.local> In-Reply-To: <ade45ae90907191743w3472ce00n700168f231607122@mail.gmail.com> References: <9fa4f0760907191442j6ac13aedvb1ca8ccf9053a7a5@mail.gmail.com> <9fa4f0760907191601y78c92beand104ceabac5c26d1@mail.gmail.com> <ade45ae90907191743w3472ce00n700168f231607122@mail.gmail.com>
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Tim Judd writes: > 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. 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.
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