Hi all,
I probably should have done this from the start but you live and learn. I have a Synology 4 bay NAS. I have had some issues with it as of late and had to RMA it twice. Needless to say I'm without a unit for nearly two weeks at a time. With a freeNAS system I can be up and running rather quickly.
I figured I would build my own NAS and use the synology for a backup or something else.
This is 99.9% for a media server. I'd like to run NFS and play videos off my Dune players, and my HTPC in other rooms. 3 Dune Media players, 2 HTPC
I plan on doing ZFS
I currently have 4 HD204UI 2tb HDD in a Raid 10 on the Synology and would move those to the FreeNAS system (I know I'd have to reformat them). I'd like to in the future be able to add two more drives either as an add-on to the volume or just create a separate volume.
I have a spare SDD on hand in my house and have an 8gb Flashdrive.
I'm a bit confused on the hardware aspect of what to get. Should I be looking at ATX, mATX, Micro ATX, etc?
Processor i3 or something else?
8gb, 16gbm, 32gb ram?
I'd like to be able to store this in a closet out of the way to avoid the noise and heat.
I probably should have done this from the start but you live and learn. I have a Synology 4 bay NAS. I have had some issues with it as of late and had to RMA it twice. Needless to say I'm without a unit for nearly two weeks at a time. With a freeNAS system I can be up and running rather quickly.
I figured I would build my own NAS and use the synology for a backup or something else.
This is 99.9% for a media server. I'd like to run NFS and play videos off my Dune players, and my HTPC in other rooms. 3 Dune Media players, 2 HTPC
I plan on doing ZFS
I currently have 4 HD204UI 2tb HDD in a Raid 10 on the Synology and would move those to the FreeNAS system (I know I'd have to reformat them). I'd like to in the future be able to add two more drives either as an add-on to the volume or just create a separate volume.
I have a spare SDD on hand in my house and have an 8gb Flashdrive.
I'm a bit confused on the hardware aspect of what to get. Should I be looking at ATX, mATX, Micro ATX, etc?
Processor i3 or something else?
8gb, 16gbm, 32gb ram?
I'd like to be able to store this in a closet out of the way to avoid the noise and heat.