Andrew Haycock writes: > And thanks to Volker for pointing out FreeNAS 8. I'm not ruling that > out but I'm given to understand that NAS4Free will run as an > embedded OS from a USB key, thus giving the 400GB drive over > entirely to storage. That said I'm not settled yet on what OS to use > for the secondary server and I will probably try a number of > combinations.
Yes, that's the beauty of these software NAS solutions. I am using an HP N36L Microserver with 5x 3TB Hitachi disks, and FreeNAS is running on a 4GB USB stick connected internally (the microserver has one internal USB connector). So all 5 internal SATA channels can be used for disks (I used the DVD-ROM bay for the fifth disk), and it leaves the external eSATA connector free. FreeNAS is using a relatively old ZFS version, but as long as you externally connect media with pools at no higher version (I think it's 15 currently), FreeNAS will recognize the pool and mount it. I wasn't a great HP fan before, but you can't beat the price/performance ratio of this box right now. Stick in 8GB RAM, and you're set. :-) Regards -- Volker -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Volker A. Brandt Consulting and Support for Oracle Solaris Brandt & Brandt Computer GmbH WWW: http://www.bb-c.de/ Am Wiesenpfad 6, 53340 Meckenheim, GERMANY Email: [email protected] Handelsregister: Amtsgericht Bonn, HRB 10513 Schuhgröße: 46 Geschäftsführer: Rainer J.H. Brandt und Volker A. Brandt "When logic and proportion have fallen sloppy dead" ------------------------------------------- illumos-discuss Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/182180/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/182180/21175430-2e6923be Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21175430&id_secret=21175430-6a77cda4 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
