DangerIsGo
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I'm looking to put together a NAS for my house (main comp and HTPC). At MOST, two comps will be accessing HD media at once.
My compilation so far is as follows:
Case:
http://www.logicsupply.com/products/venus_668b
MB/CPU/GFX Combo:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813153126
RAID Card:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816118011
FreeNAS: Free
6x1.5TB Seagate Barracuda HDDs in RAID6
My main points of selection were extremely low power consumption for MB since its really doing nothing, a case that's small enough to shove in a corner somewhere but able to hold ~6 HDDs along with an ITX, micro-ATX board, and a hardware raid card. The only card on newegg that showed up using PCI (since the board doesn't have PCIe) for more than 4 ports hardware RAID was that LSI card.
How is my comp ability with FreeNAS? Would anyone know if I will run into any foreseeable problems? What about hardware? Is this a capable system? If not, could someone point me to either a better case, MB or RAID card? Thanks in advance.
My compilation so far is as follows:
Case:
http://www.logicsupply.com/products/venus_668b
MB/CPU/GFX Combo:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813153126
RAID Card:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816118011
FreeNAS: Free
6x1.5TB Seagate Barracuda HDDs in RAID6
My main points of selection were extremely low power consumption for MB since its really doing nothing, a case that's small enough to shove in a corner somewhere but able to hold ~6 HDDs along with an ITX, micro-ATX board, and a hardware raid card. The only card on newegg that showed up using PCI (since the board doesn't have PCIe) for more than 4 ports hardware RAID was that LSI card.
How is my comp ability with FreeNAS? Would anyone know if I will run into any foreseeable problems? What about hardware? Is this a capable system? If not, could someone point me to either a better case, MB or RAID card? Thanks in advance.