Subj : Ideas
To : Sean Dennis
From : Matt Bedynek
Date : Mon Jun 27 2016 01:00 am
Sean,
Friday June 24 2016 20:38, you wrote to me:
SD> There's a version of NAS4Free for the RPi. Oh, now you've got me
SD> thinking...I have four external hard drives that need to be connected
SD> to the network. Might look at the RPi 3 for that.
SD> Thanks for the idea. :)
SD> My wallet thanks you too. *snicker*
A well built NAS will save many hours of grief if built right by protecting
data integrity. Just remember it is not a backup. The important things are to
use drives made to operate in RAIDed configurations as those which are not may
experience enough errors to get dropped.
NAS4free appears similar to FreeNAS - supports ZFS. I would recommend using a
minimum of 4 drives in a RAIDZ-2.
ZFS likes memory and you would want a minimum of 4GB of ram to get by (note:
recommended is 8GB). If could manage it ECC should also be used for memory.
If done right will be bullet proof - excluding hardware failures, power surges
or lightening.
I spent a decent penny for my build but it wasn't done simply to fulfil a need.
It was relevant to the type of work I would be doing - supporting storage
environments.
We could talk more in depth if desired. It need not be expensive to build. I
was tossing out 500GB Hitachi RAID capable drives recently. Just couldn;t sell
them... :(
Take care,
Matt
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