J-NAS
Dabbler
- Joined
- Oct 27, 2014
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I've built my FreeNAS box proper, and now I'm moving on to the system that will hold the backups of my FreeNAS box.
The HP ProLiant ML310e G8 v2 seems to be a heck of a deal to me at $260 CAD, but I can't help but think I'm overlooking something.
It comes with an Intel i3 4150 and 2GB of ECC RAM. I'd be hard pressed to buy that processor, a PSU, a case, motherboard and RAM for that price. I already have a bunch of HDDs I can throw in it.
Checking online it seems there is conflicting advice, and not a lot of success over here installing FreeNAS. Perhaps someone more versed in HP can clear up the following for me:
1. Can the existing hardware be set to AHCI and appear transparent to FreeNAS?
2. Can I use bog standard RED/NAS 3.5" SATA drives, or am I restricted to HP approved disks?
3. Could the processor later be upgraded to a Xeon E3 series, or would that require proprietary HP fans/cooling mechanisms etc.
4. ILO4 requires paying for a license? I guess I've been spoiled by IPMI...
If #1 isn't possible, would this still be a good system to install, say Linux onto and then just push FreeNAS snapshots to? I suppose using Crashplan across the two would be an option as well...
The HP ProLiant ML310e G8 v2 seems to be a heck of a deal to me at $260 CAD, but I can't help but think I'm overlooking something.
It comes with an Intel i3 4150 and 2GB of ECC RAM. I'd be hard pressed to buy that processor, a PSU, a case, motherboard and RAM for that price. I already have a bunch of HDDs I can throw in it.
Checking online it seems there is conflicting advice, and not a lot of success over here installing FreeNAS. Perhaps someone more versed in HP can clear up the following for me:
1. Can the existing hardware be set to AHCI and appear transparent to FreeNAS?
2. Can I use bog standard RED/NAS 3.5" SATA drives, or am I restricted to HP approved disks?
3. Could the processor later be upgraded to a Xeon E3 series, or would that require proprietary HP fans/cooling mechanisms etc.
4. ILO4 requires paying for a license? I guess I've been spoiled by IPMI...
If #1 isn't possible, would this still be a good system to install, say Linux onto and then just push FreeNAS snapshots to? I suppose using Crashplan across the two would be an option as well...