Traditional RAID setups are not dead and all the issues that are thrown around on this forum are over exaggerated hype, based on a real technical problem but seriously misunderstood.Īlso ZFS is not the be all and end all, extremely good but doesn't suite every situation. Well I would still trust my LSI 9361-8i or IBM M5110 RAID card with 1GB flash cache upgrade over any cheaply built FreeNAS system. New to FreeNAS? There are many blog posts, guides and videos on the subject but I always recommend checking out the excellent official documentation: (current version)Īnd I'm sure there are a lot of people here that are more than willing to aid you in case you need help finding hardware. Personally I have a FreeNAS at home but I use FreeBSD professionally to run all our NAS solutions both in Europe and in Asia. This is nuts, as there is a superior free alternative that is just as easy to use, FreeNAS. unRaid uses an inferior filesystem and has strange limitations while costing money in some situations. If you stick to those few rules, you will have a great time, but this excludes unRaid which LTT likes to use for dedicated NAS builds.

I love watching LTT videos but with the recent influx of NAS/Storage videos I often have to behave like an old man yelling at the TV because I see silly mistakes.īuilding your own NAS? Here are some basic rules of thumb:ģ) You can never have too much RAM (aim for 1GB RAM per TB of usable storage)

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