From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 19 23:01:40 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 564A7106566C for ; Sun, 19 Jul 2009 23:01:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from alexmiroslav@gmail.com) Received: from mail-yx0-f181.google.com (mail-yx0-f181.google.com [209.85.210.181]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 10C068FC21 for ; Sun, 19 Jul 2009 23:01:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from alexmiroslav@gmail.com) Received: by yxe11 with SMTP id 11so3125697yxe.3 for ; Sun, 19 Jul 2009 16:01:39 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=4Zxh4mw33f89Oa/QUOwkIxxYe/94RtPeJPZJdzdMX6Y=; b=QouRK0y6yc3EVOy/NUxNqr8lsjn2thL+eWs+pvI6wt9KF9ShoNIfnNDnQDfuMk0YuK J73LfmNGm4ATI7Vhe950KiRurOTMpbBBtgr4IjdyKoI6ENsw6rDehACZvm9WtsTkGL+r Rx3zviX2ZKGP7G0C9W6fj8YEoxtXpuXTwxSyU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=Q9cG0mabFArEmnksYbkoipP63ZG73CIMIHlNwm59tu3wsTWMzNzLU7opMhRwSlBhJC xEToSSa58lvp5+bNqSDPzQVMgpsdsVwVD3tPwxkbR+Hs8hBpQrEHQiMC3tF8HTVXHhJo 5A5lvzrAdPbNfXIL1LC+1gOZ8+SCHg1k3pXzM= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.100.94.4 with SMTP id r4mr5302862anb.171.1248044499305; Sun, 19 Jul 2009 16:01:39 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <9fa4f0760907191442j6ac13aedvb1ca8ccf9053a7a5@mail.gmail.com> References: <9fa4f0760907191442j6ac13aedvb1ca8ccf9053a7a5@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 19:01:39 -0400 Message-ID: <9fa4f0760907191601y78c92beand104ceabac5c26d1@mail.gmail.com> From: Aleksandr Miroslav To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: FreeNAS file server...which hardware to choose? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 23:01:40 -0000 On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 5:42 PM, Aleksandr Miroslav wrote: > What kind of RAID chassis, computer system should I get for this setup? Would a soekris be sufficient, or is that overkill? Or should I just buy a barebones headless desktop PC (Dell has them cheap now for $241) for this task?