I am using a FreeNAS system for my house and loving it but I am needing to buy/build a relatively low price NAS where I'm afraid FreeNAS may be a bit over-kill.
The device is for a 4-wheel drive communications truck about the size of a box-style ambulance. Inside the box portion of the truck, we have five small profile computers that have been mounted in a rack system. Not all computers are deployed all the time but we are looking for a central location to store common files. Many of the common files are installation files for several programs we need, our organizations's policy and procedures manuals, owner's manuals for all the equipment we have, and database of radio frequencies. We don't currently store, nor do I foresee future storage of multimedia files.
What I'm thinking is some form of low-power CPU device (like an Atom D525) in a 1U rack enclosure with either two SSDs in RAID1 or three SSDs in RAID5 or RAIDZ. The reason we're thinking of SSD as opposed to traditional hard drives is not due to faster speed per se but no moving parts in a four-wheel drive vehicle... minimizing risk of damage to the heads.
I don't have the need for all the jailed machines I have in my home FreeNAS system (Sickbeard, SABNZBD, Plex and Transmission) but was thinking of a low-powered web-server, indexing many of the files stored on the NAS for easier finding.
Will FreeNAS work on an Atom D525 machine? How much RAM would be needed? I'd doubt I'd need the 16GB I currently have. Is there a better software package for my particular needs than FreeNAS?
The device is for a 4-wheel drive communications truck about the size of a box-style ambulance. Inside the box portion of the truck, we have five small profile computers that have been mounted in a rack system. Not all computers are deployed all the time but we are looking for a central location to store common files. Many of the common files are installation files for several programs we need, our organizations's policy and procedures manuals, owner's manuals for all the equipment we have, and database of radio frequencies. We don't currently store, nor do I foresee future storage of multimedia files.
What I'm thinking is some form of low-power CPU device (like an Atom D525) in a 1U rack enclosure with either two SSDs in RAID1 or three SSDs in RAID5 or RAIDZ. The reason we're thinking of SSD as opposed to traditional hard drives is not due to faster speed per se but no moving parts in a four-wheel drive vehicle... minimizing risk of damage to the heads.
I don't have the need for all the jailed machines I have in my home FreeNAS system (Sickbeard, SABNZBD, Plex and Transmission) but was thinking of a low-powered web-server, indexing many of the files stored on the NAS for easier finding.
Will FreeNAS work on an Atom D525 machine? How much RAM would be needed? I'd doubt I'd need the 16GB I currently have. Is there a better software package for my particular needs than FreeNAS?