> -----Original Message-----
> From: CentOS [mailto:centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tom
> Bishop
> Sent: Wednesday, January 4, 2017 8:23 PM
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> Subject: Re: [OT] Network Attached Storage
>
> On Jan 4, 2017 6:31 PM, "TE Dukes" <tdukes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: CentOS [mailto:centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John R
> > Pierce
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 3, 2017 1:50 PM
> > To: centos@xxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: [OT] Network Attached Storage
> >
> > I've been using a HP Microserver for the last couple years as my home
> > file server, with FreeNAS, and 4x3TB drives.
> >
> > mine is one of the first generation N40L microservers, which I picked up
> > on deep discount when they were on clearance. I put 16GB ECC ram in
> > it, and its been working quite nicely.
> >
> > --
> > john r pierce, recycling bits in santa cruz
>
> That is a nice looking unit but pricey. They are $867 with no drives on
> Newegg.
>
> Think I'm going with the TS140. My TS130 has been pretty solid. I can get
one
> w/o a HD, Xeon processor, for under $400.
>
> I tried installing freenas as a vm on virtualbox last night for a test run
and got
> into a loop of reboots. I followed the directions in their documentation.
> Never got it working. After about a dozen tries, I gave up.
>
> It has me worried about buying all this hardware and not being able to get
it
> setup.
>
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> My go to for small storage arrays is a project called Openmediavault.
> Volker I believe was involved at one time with freenas and decided to go
his
> own way with an implementation based on Linux and morals. I'm a Linux guy
> and went this route, its very well done and has a good user forum, I
have
> several installations running and they have been solid. It's based on
Debian
> but I don't hold that against him. ;)
>
> I tend to always just do raid10 with my group's, syncing is fast and if I
need to
> drop to a command line it's just normal mdraid commands.
>
> My .02
Thanks, I'll take a look.
I have run some debian vms. Its different but so is centos 7 compared to 6.8
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