DIY 8T NAS

1. Dual core atom 1.6Ghz motherboard
2. 2G RAM (1G is ok too)
3. 2G SSD (512MB / 1G is enough)
4. Aluminum Chassis
5. Power Supply (400W, actually 200W is enough)
6. Tried FreeNAS but not good with MacOSX transfer and moved to Ubuntu
7. HD (Hitachi 2T*4 with software RAID 5)

Question :

1. How much of the 2GB SSD ? SLC or MLC ? I think should be SLC.
2. The FreeNAS can supp ...
kk_ho 發表於 2010-6-14 01:45

1. <= 4GB is SLC, SSD cost RMB160
2. FreeNAS can support Atom and Raid 0 to  Raid 5 and even hybrid (raid 10 etc)
3. Total cost is about $2400 without HD, HD $928 each
4. This NAS should only consume about 30-40W as the CPU only use 25W

Ubuntu is good, but you need to know Linux to operate.. FreeNAS (can install within 10 min) is wonderful if you don't use MAC

This chassis is expensive as it use full aluminum.. $850. If you use cheaper chassis, cost can be < $2000