I wanna get a NAS for backing up my files and maybe storing some shows and movies I have downloaded. Is it worth it to get a purpose built NAS or is slapping FreeNAS on a used optiplex easy enough? Also is there a big difference in power draw?
I wanna get a NAS for backing up my files and maybe storing some shows and movies I have downloaded. Is it worth it to get a purpose built NAS or is slapping FreeNAS on a used optiplex easy enough? Also is there a big difference in power draw?
I'm not really sweating the filesystem too much, but good to know btrfs has compatibility problems with RAID5/6. How much upkeep would you say your setup takes?
Well I run a rolling release distro and all that means is that when important packages (e.g. Linux) get updated, I need to reboot. Apart from that I've barely touched it since I set it up last year. Not sure if that's what you wanted, if you have a specific question feel free to ask