astronaute
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Hello friends :)
I've read a lot about different hardware and am about to buy the following parts and put FreeNAS 8 on it, but still have few questions in order to not do something stupid and lose money.
Case: Lian Li PC-Q08A
Case Fan: ANTEC TrueQuiet 140 mm
MB: Asus E35M1-I DELUXE
PSU: Seasonic X-Series Fanless - 400W
RAM: Crucial Ballistix DDR3 PC3-10600 8GB Kit(4GBx2)
HDD: 4xWestern Digital Caviar Green S-ATA II 64 2TB (WD20EARS)
Boot from:
USB: CORSAIR Flash Voyager 16GB USB 3.0
1) I will start with 4 HDD in RAIDZ, but those are SATA II disks and MB is SATAIII, is that okay or do I have to purchase SATAIII disks? Cheapest I can find are Seagate Barracuda Green SATA III - 2 Tb.
2) It will be used primarily for streaming of music and 1080p content and maybe some backups, is it okay for this use?
3) I choose a fanless PSU because the silence is very important for always-on NAS, 400W is maybe too much. Does it spend more energy because of this, or it spends only the real amount of energy needed ?
4) I was thinking about replacing my HTPC by Asus EeeBox PC EB1501P. Do you think it will be okay for watching 1080p content by Wifi from NAS if routed by a very good Wifi router (great)? Or do I have to use Ethernet (not so great because of wires)?
5) Is it safe to boot always-on system from USB knowing that it may damage the USB stick over time ? What happens if the USB stop working, is it easy to just replace it with new FreeNAS 8 on new stick and resume or is it more complicated?
Thank you in advance for your help :)
I've read a lot about different hardware and am about to buy the following parts and put FreeNAS 8 on it, but still have few questions in order to not do something stupid and lose money.
Case: Lian Li PC-Q08A
Case Fan: ANTEC TrueQuiet 140 mm
MB: Asus E35M1-I DELUXE
PSU: Seasonic X-Series Fanless - 400W
RAM: Crucial Ballistix DDR3 PC3-10600 8GB Kit(4GBx2)
HDD: 4xWestern Digital Caviar Green S-ATA II 64 2TB (WD20EARS)
Boot from:
USB: CORSAIR Flash Voyager 16GB USB 3.0
1) I will start with 4 HDD in RAIDZ, but those are SATA II disks and MB is SATAIII, is that okay or do I have to purchase SATAIII disks? Cheapest I can find are Seagate Barracuda Green SATA III - 2 Tb.
2) It will be used primarily for streaming of music and 1080p content and maybe some backups, is it okay for this use?
3) I choose a fanless PSU because the silence is very important for always-on NAS, 400W is maybe too much. Does it spend more energy because of this, or it spends only the real amount of energy needed ?
4) I was thinking about replacing my HTPC by Asus EeeBox PC EB1501P. Do you think it will be okay for watching 1080p content by Wifi from NAS if routed by a very good Wifi router (great)? Or do I have to use Ethernet (not so great because of wires)?
5) Is it safe to boot always-on system from USB knowing that it may damage the USB stick over time ? What happens if the USB stop working, is it easy to just replace it with new FreeNAS 8 on new stick and resume or is it more complicated?
Thank you in advance for your help :)