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Hello all;
For a year now I have been running a FreeNAS system at home and for the most part it has given me no headaches. When I started I knew next to nothing about FreeNAS and muddled my way into a working server with the following setup: eVga 780i, E2200, 2 GB Ram, 2 * 2 TB Hard Drive, 2 * 1 TB Hard Drive, 2 * 500 GB Hard Drive. I setup each hard drive as a single mounted ZFS drive and allocated them as Movies, TV Shows, Music... Inefficient I know but I was all new to it.
So I just tore down my server as I needed the parts and i had some newer equipment to build a new server. I have been getting less and less satisfied with FreeNAS over the last few months and when I was backing up the info off the server I ran into problem after problem. I have decided that my new build will not use FreeNAS but that leaves me with 2 options. Windows Home Server or OpenIndiana.
Here is the hardware I have to build the Server:
Asus P5Q
Q6600 Underclocked to 1800MHz (Save Power, don't need the horsepower)
4 GB Ram (Upgrading to 8 GB soon)
2 * 2 TB Hard Drive
2 * 1 TB Hard Drive
Server will be used to store and stream media (everything from BluRay MKV to MP3's), store monthly hard drive images (2 laptops, and 4 computers), backup copy of all documents (Tax filing, resumes, writings... from the last 10 years) and holding my photo collection (I am an amateur photographer and have a 12 year collection).
Added functionally I would like to add; host a minecraft server, LAN Jukebox and torrent machine.
The more reading I do the more confused I get about the choice. I was set on OpenIndiana because of ZFS but with the tasks that I am looking to accomplish I think that WHS would work better. I don't plan on setting up a RAID or anything as I have a pair of 3GB externals to mirror the data I want to keep safe (Photos/Documents...)
Any Insight?
For a year now I have been running a FreeNAS system at home and for the most part it has given me no headaches. When I started I knew next to nothing about FreeNAS and muddled my way into a working server with the following setup: eVga 780i, E2200, 2 GB Ram, 2 * 2 TB Hard Drive, 2 * 1 TB Hard Drive, 2 * 500 GB Hard Drive. I setup each hard drive as a single mounted ZFS drive and allocated them as Movies, TV Shows, Music... Inefficient I know but I was all new to it.
So I just tore down my server as I needed the parts and i had some newer equipment to build a new server. I have been getting less and less satisfied with FreeNAS over the last few months and when I was backing up the info off the server I ran into problem after problem. I have decided that my new build will not use FreeNAS but that leaves me with 2 options. Windows Home Server or OpenIndiana.
Here is the hardware I have to build the Server:
Asus P5Q
Q6600 Underclocked to 1800MHz (Save Power, don't need the horsepower)
4 GB Ram (Upgrading to 8 GB soon)
2 * 2 TB Hard Drive
2 * 1 TB Hard Drive
Server will be used to store and stream media (everything from BluRay MKV to MP3's), store monthly hard drive images (2 laptops, and 4 computers), backup copy of all documents (Tax filing, resumes, writings... from the last 10 years) and holding my photo collection (I am an amateur photographer and have a 12 year collection).
Added functionally I would like to add; host a minecraft server, LAN Jukebox and torrent machine.
The more reading I do the more confused I get about the choice. I was set on OpenIndiana because of ZFS but with the tasks that I am looking to accomplish I think that WHS would work better. I don't plan on setting up a RAID or anything as I have a pair of 3GB externals to mirror the data I want to keep safe (Photos/Documents...)
Any Insight?
