three_jeeps
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- Mar 3, 2013
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Hi:
I am cobbling together some hardware for a FreeNAS box. I plan on using a ITX form factor board that will support 2 GB RAM (maybe 4GB - dont recall at the moment). Unfortunately it only has PATA interface so I am considering getting a PCI disk controller. At the moment, I plan on running a RAID 1 configuration - basically disk mirroring. Definitely not considering any other RAID architectures.
So my question is: What is a reasonable cost & performance multiple disk PCI controller card to get that works well and is well supported under FreeNAS??
A second question, not hardware related but thought I'd throw it out, is, how well does FreeNAS work as a backup solution?
I have 3 OS' (XP, Ubuntu, and OSX) and basically want to rsynch my files to the FreeNAS box periodically.
Thanks
-J
I am cobbling together some hardware for a FreeNAS box. I plan on using a ITX form factor board that will support 2 GB RAM (maybe 4GB - dont recall at the moment). Unfortunately it only has PATA interface so I am considering getting a PCI disk controller. At the moment, I plan on running a RAID 1 configuration - basically disk mirroring. Definitely not considering any other RAID architectures.
So my question is: What is a reasonable cost & performance multiple disk PCI controller card to get that works well and is well supported under FreeNAS??
A second question, not hardware related but thought I'd throw it out, is, how well does FreeNAS work as a backup solution?
I have 3 OS' (XP, Ubuntu, and OSX) and basically want to rsynch my files to the FreeNAS box periodically.
Thanks
-J