Recent content by CountZukula

Just noticed the S3210SHLC would be around 200 euros, which can hardly called budget anymore :). Then again, didn't really expect anything else for a server motherboard. edit: some cheap alternatives I found, any thoughts? mobo: Foxconn G31MX-K for +- 50 euros cpu: Intel Pentium Dual-Core...

Maybe expanding by replacing a disk is all I'll ever need. Also: maybe they'll have implemented the expansion capability when I finally need it. A small example i'm not too sure about: 4 disks of 1TB in raidz, one vdev. I want to replace one with a 2TB disk, make a 1TB partition on there and add...

Ah, didn't know that. I read about ZFS and was sold on its transactional aspect. Could be I still opt to use it. I'd use software raid anyhow so that doesn't change anything regarding the hardware. Also: could be that I add some disks outside of the raid array, for files where redundancy...

First off: there's a lot of threads and info to be found on the internet regarding NAS / general servers but as it almost never really matches what I need I'd thought to create a seperate thread for it. All parts needed will be purchased new on as low a budget as possible. The plan: build a...