Recent content by drnerdstrom

I'm actually using an AMD FX-8320; Glad to hear someone else is using similar! I'm just getting comfortable with FreeNAS in my virtual setup (testing drive failures, replacement etc); i'll post a writeup on my journey soon! Thanks again everyone!

Cool; regarding encryption - is there anything specific I need to watch out for / gotchas?

I'll be opting for software RAID again (my usage of sata ports is across two controllers)

BACKGROUND: I have a SW RAID setup comprising of 6x 2TB drives; using an SSD as primary OS (which is Ubuntu desktop 12.04). This box is primarily used to keep my music and other media for my HTPC setup downstairs... Now; i've been dabbling with FreeNAS in a virtual machine, and I have to say...