jvhutchisonjr
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- Feb 25, 2016
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All,
New to FreeNAS but loving it so far. Currently running on one PowerEdge 2950 w/Perc 6i and two WD Red 2TB drives in mirror. Plan to fill out this box w/4 more of the same drives. Will back up data to external Netgear NAS and destroy/rebuild using RaidZ2 when all the drives are in.
See a lot of hate on this box but it's performing flawlessly on latest FW/Bios serving up Plex and Transmission. Using it as a budget box (eBay for $50 delivered). Have another PowerEdge 2950 and 2900 sitting in rack waiting on this build to be completed (both eBay specials totaling $100 delivered). Both have been upgraded from 5i to 6i controllers, and I can't justify the purchase of a M1015, although it would probably improve performance. For home NAS w/only family using, 6i is working fine.
Spare 2950 has x2 E5335 w/16GB Ram
Spare 2900 has x2 5110 w/24GB Ram
(plan to swap all CPU for E5472's)
Great support on the forums and interweb as it's all configured up and humming nicely using forums and manual, and I haven't even had to ask a question, yet. Great work community & devs!!
New to FreeNAS but loving it so far. Currently running on one PowerEdge 2950 w/Perc 6i and two WD Red 2TB drives in mirror. Plan to fill out this box w/4 more of the same drives. Will back up data to external Netgear NAS and destroy/rebuild using RaidZ2 when all the drives are in.
See a lot of hate on this box but it's performing flawlessly on latest FW/Bios serving up Plex and Transmission. Using it as a budget box (eBay for $50 delivered). Have another PowerEdge 2950 and 2900 sitting in rack waiting on this build to be completed (both eBay specials totaling $100 delivered). Both have been upgraded from 5i to 6i controllers, and I can't justify the purchase of a M1015, although it would probably improve performance. For home NAS w/only family using, 6i is working fine.
Spare 2950 has x2 E5335 w/16GB Ram
Spare 2900 has x2 5110 w/24GB Ram
(plan to swap all CPU for E5472's)
Great support on the forums and interweb as it's all configured up and humming nicely using forums and manual, and I haven't even had to ask a question, yet. Great work community & devs!!
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