Recent content by jfromeo

Thanks a lot for all the inputs. I will go for the 750 400GB :)

Good morning. I am currently building a new rig and I cannot decide myself on the SSD part. From what I have read from reviews, both the Intel 750 NVMe and Samsung SM951 NVMe (to be released) are quite similar performance wise. The SM951 excels in managing low size files (more client /...

Wow, so much feedback after my last visit. Thanks a lot, guys. That ASUS mini-ITX motherboard looks incredibly good. Let us see if it hits the european market and at which price tag.

Thanks a lot. I am considering now an Intel Atom with 2x2GB DDR3 and a server motherboard with 6+ SATA ports, reducing considerably the final price tag. I will have a look at OPV too ;)

Thanks, the SAS controller is a nice option to not depend on the SATA ports on the motherboard. Nice, thanks. The E3C226D2I would be perfect if it only has two more SATA ports Yeah, I will consider getting the G3220 as it seems that the i3 is overkill for my setup. And yeah, I think...

Thanks a lot. No, I am not planning to run ZFS either so maybe you are right and I could get on well with 2x2GB DDR3 and an Intel Atom Z37XX or similar

Thanks, maybe you are right, I could not confirm it. In that case, I will go with the 6TB then :D

I need to build a 8-bay hotswappable DIY NAS built to be future-proof, quiet and with a low consumption. It will be placed in a back-ventilated rack near the TV (I know it is not the best placement as it would generate heat and noise while doing movie/music/game playback, but I have all the...

Thanks a lot. I think I will run some light OS, resouce-wise, such as FreeNAS/NAS4Free or OpenMediaVault. I will ask in their forums if there is such compatibility.

Oh thanks. I thought I would not need any SAS controller with the expander. I have found this controller from Highpoint: http://www.highpoint-tech.com/USA_new/cs-series_DC7280.htm 32 SATA 3GB/s internal ports with PCIe 2.0 x8 interface (8xSSF) at a reasonable price (300-350€). If...

Thanks for the input! My motherboard is an mini-itx one, and it only has 2 ports. The SAS expander sounds pretty good. 16 ports for a bit more than 100€ is a great deal I guess..

Hello all. I am building a DIY NAS with 12x4TB HDDs, which I plan to run in single disk mode (no sensible data in any of them, and no need to run any raid/unraid/zfs mode, just media to be streamed through my network). I have all the parts, except fot the SATA controller. The mini-itx...

Thanks proplus! So, if I have understood it well, ZFS is some sort of filesystem that also allows "RAID" configurations. So I could format the pool with the equivalent to R5 (RAIDZ) or R6 (RAIDZ2) without the need of a dedicated RAID card (the "real" RAID controller cards that do RAID via...

Hello all. Another DIY NAS builder here. I am looking for a future-proof rig, based on modularity and expandability. That is why I have decided to build an own NAS rig from scratch instead of buying a comercial solution. Characteristic of the rig: Main use: Homeserver for streaming...

Hello fellows. I just bought a Dell U3014 and I am trying to understand how the PIP function works. I own a HD7970GHz GPU with latest Catalyst drivers, and a Samsung TV placed in the living room to watch mkv files. I have Windows 8 Pro x64 running in my PC. So, I have the Dell U3014...