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    Advise on a Cheap NAS Build

    Hello all, I'm trying to build a home NAS, mainly for backing up pictures as well as making occasional back-ups/restore points between windows and mac devices and am unsure what parts I should get and what software is the best to run the NAS. I will be using two 2TB 2.5" drives or two 4TB 3.5"...
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    Netgear ReadyNAS 4312X Review: Slick 2U Storage

    Here's one for those of you who hang out in the Server/Storage/VM sections of our forums. Servethehome has a review up for Netgear's new ReadyNAS 4312X, and it looks like they like it. It's tough to blame them. Relatively low cost, 10G NIC's, and lots of upgrade flexibility make this one a...
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    LGA1151 Xeon E3-1235L-V5 CPU availability?

    Does anyone know the deal with the E3-1235L-V5 Xeon availability in the US? It was released Q4'15 but no US retailer seems to sell them. 25W TDP CPU. I want to use it with a Mini-ITX supermicro board for an 8 drive DIY NAS and media server (w/ supermicro PCI-E SATA card). I can't seem to find...
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    Supermicro Mini-ITX 8 Core Server Board w/16gb Kingston ECC RAM

    Purchased to use in a NAS that never formulated. There are plenty reviews online regarding this board so I wont go into how capable it is, the features outnumber all the cool things you can do with you fingers and toes. Kingston was nice enough to provide 16gb (2x 8Gb) sticks of ECC RAM at MSRP...
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    QNAP TVS-x73 series NAS

    http://www.guru3d.com/news-story/qnap-tvs-x73-series-nasis-once-again-amd-powered.html This is the same processor as in the Smach Z handheld, but no indication if it is configured for the full 35w or is reduced. The diagram does indicate some sort of very low profile heatsink/fan assembly...
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    FS: Asus GTX 1080 OC, netgear R7000 router, Zxyel NSA325 NAS, Nexus 4, MSi Z87-GD65 LGA1150

    TIMESTAMP http://www.heatware.com/eval.php?id=64231 ASUS GTX 1080 OC edition model # [STRIX-GTX1080-O8G-GAMING] - realized it is too much for dota2, tera online and citiesXL skyline * Asking $650 shipped Zyxel NSA325 2 bay NAS - Used as my torrent box. HDDs was getting too hot, so I took off...
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    Physical vs. Virtual FreeNAS + iSCSI vs. NFS: performance testing results.

    Hi everyone, I've wanted to see how well FreeNAS would perform in back to back tests on physical vs. virtual hosts on the same hardware for a while now and finally have all the parts together to do some initial testing. My vision is to have a single box that can do it all for my homelab and...
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    FS Lots of SATA Hard Drives that needs to go

    These are all 7200 RPM drives. Price is in US $ and shipping is extra. 1 x Seagate Barracuda 500GB: $20 2 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB: $40 each - SOLD 5 x Seagate Barracuda 3TB: $60 each - 1 Remaining 1 x HGST Deskstar 3TB: $60 5 x HGST Deskstar NAS 4TB (still under manufacturer's warranty): $110...
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    Building a (low cost) Linux-based ZFS High-Availability Clustered NAS

    I thought I'd share this here since I've used bits and pieces of advice from the forum in the past. I was frustrated with the limitations and cost implications of using commercial ZFS solutions in a high-availability setup. NexentaStor, QuantaStor and Zetavault either had cost or support...
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    Western Digital WD 4TB RE SATA III 64MB 7200RPM Enterprise WD4000FYYZ OEM

    Western Digital WD 4TB RE SATA III 64MB 7200RPM Enterprise WD4000FYYZ OEM
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    Home lab ZFS Server Build

    I'm in the process of building out a ZFS file server for three XenServer Hypervisors. This is in one of the HP Prolait G6 2U chassis with 25*2.5 SAS bays sitting in the front. (2*L5520's + 48GB memory) These all are hooked up to an LSI HBA (not sure of the model, it's one of 'em that plays nice...
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    FS: Synology DS412+ with drives

    Just recently moved up to a 8 bay Synology and now selling my Synology DS412+ with 4x 2TB Western Digital Red hard drives. The DS412+ has also been upgraded from 1GB to 2GB of RAM. $600 -SOLD-
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