I'm planning on converting a old dell optiplex 755 that has the following specs listed below into a temporary FreeNas box:
E6750 Core 2 Duo
6GB RAM
On top of that I'm planning on purchasing 4 x 2TB WD Red and running them in a RAID-Z2 configuration.
From what I've read the minimum to support ZFS is 6GB, which I meet, but most post that 8GB+ is 'required' and then you are supposed to add 1GB for each TB of storage.
The main question is, working with the 6GB, will that run as a stop gap reliably for around 6 Months? I plan on swapping out the MB and CPU to a newer vintage within that time frame at which point I would move to 8-16GB. I'm in a rush to replace an aging WHSv1 and with the HDD purchase, I would prefer to keep costs down closer to the $500 range rather than the $800-900 range.
I could purchase a 2x2GB of DDR2 for around $60, but I feel a bit like that's just throwing money away as those components will be of no use as I migrate to the newer MB/CPU.
The usage of the FreeNas would be only for Time Machine Backups and minimal CIFS traffic, no trans-coding or de-duplication, at least in this hardware build out.
E6750 Core 2 Duo
6GB RAM
On top of that I'm planning on purchasing 4 x 2TB WD Red and running them in a RAID-Z2 configuration.
From what I've read the minimum to support ZFS is 6GB, which I meet, but most post that 8GB+ is 'required' and then you are supposed to add 1GB for each TB of storage.
The main question is, working with the 6GB, will that run as a stop gap reliably for around 6 Months? I plan on swapping out the MB and CPU to a newer vintage within that time frame at which point I would move to 8-16GB. I'm in a rush to replace an aging WHSv1 and with the HDD purchase, I would prefer to keep costs down closer to the $500 range rather than the $800-900 range.
I could purchase a 2x2GB of DDR2 for around $60, but I feel a bit like that's just throwing money away as those components will be of no use as I migrate to the newer MB/CPU.
The usage of the FreeNas would be only for Time Machine Backups and minimal CIFS traffic, no trans-coding or de-duplication, at least in this hardware build out.