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I put together a H8QME-2+ last week with four 8431s and 8x2GB DDR2-667 RAM. Would it be harmful to performance to add 4x2GB more RAM? I should install 2x2GB each in the first two sockets' DIMM slots, I assume to keep dual channel? Would this uneven distribution of RAM be detrimental in any...

I went ahead and installed Ubuntu Server. I managed to get my pool up and running (imported from FreeNAS). I also installed the v7 fahclient and am getting on average 14,000 ppd so far. I'm able to saturate my gigabit LAN through samba with the ZFS pool. :D As for RAM, I'd love to get...

I'm wanting to run a NAS with ZFS, but I also want it crunching for Folding@Home. This limits the OS choices considerably. What would you do? Some options I've come up with: 1. Linux running the "ZFS on Linux" project (is this a good idea? is performance up to par?) 2. FreeBSD which has a few...