The idea of building my own NAS is new to me, and I am a newbie at it. I want to recycle my old computer into a NAS for home use (mostly for file sharing, archiving and backup for me and my wife), but after reading all the comments here, I'm not sure FreeNAS is a good fit for my my limited hardware. It sounds like ZFS is too large and UFS is too small for my hardware. What I am looking for from the experts is; "How to make FreeNAS work with my hardware?" or "A recommendation for another version of NAS software that is a better fit for my limited resources"
My resources:
A old 2007 Dell XPS410 Dimension 9200 with 4 GB RAM
4 x 3 TB 7200 RPM Seagate drives OR 4 x 2 TB 7200 RPM Seagate drives
RAID 1
Due to funding restraints the only way I can upgrade to 8 GB RAM is to use 2 TB drives, but I'm not sure this is the way to go. I'd prefer the 3 TB drive storage capacity, if I can get them to work with the rest of my hardware resources.
Thanks in advance for all your help!
My resources:
A old 2007 Dell XPS410 Dimension 9200 with 4 GB RAM
4 x 3 TB 7200 RPM Seagate drives OR 4 x 2 TB 7200 RPM Seagate drives
RAID 1
Due to funding restraints the only way I can upgrade to 8 GB RAM is to use 2 TB drives, but I'm not sure this is the way to go. I'd prefer the 3 TB drive storage capacity, if I can get them to work with the rest of my hardware resources.
Thanks in advance for all your help!