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Originally Posted by photon
One of the reasons I picked a NAS vs just a dedicated server PC was with how power efficient they are. I'll have to check to see how well FreeNAS does with power stuff; does it go to sleep, WoL, spin the drives down, all that stuff.
EDIT: Hm.. build with something like this: https://www.newegg.ca/Product/Produc...82E16813183013 |
If you are looking at building your own NAS,
Brian Moses is a good resource. He builds a NAS from scratch every year, then gives it away. Along the way, he goes into good detail on how he chooses components, lessons learned during the actual assembly, configuration, and burn in, and even does a budget NAS build (his most recent NAS was around $3k, his budget build was around $650). I find each year's NAS build is worth reading, even for interests sake.