First of all, this is a great port. I am currently running a 8 drive unRAID and happy but do not want to fork out another $119 for a base product. For the past few days I have been fiddling around with Nas4Free, Ubuntu, SnapRAID, FreeNAS etc... and none of them were very easy to set-up or user-friendly.
The new system I started to build:
-- SMC X10SLM motherboard
-- Xeon CPU V3.
-- 16GB Memory
-- 12X 4TB drives
-- 2x Kingston 120GB SSD
-- 16GB Sony USB for XPEnology.
-- 3U server case
-- 2x HBA controller
Purpose:
1) Have two public folders for family
2) Serve 4 XBMC boxes
3) Fast transfer speeds read/writes.
4) Have a private folder for my data.
5) Data Protection
Here are my questions:
-- What "Apps" should I install to serve the XBMC?
-- I have a TV which support Plex Media Server, what app should I install?
-- The current transfer speed over a 1G network is ~60MB/s. Are there any tweaks to make it go faster?
-- How do I set up the SSD for Caching. (I am a tech savvy so a link is fine)
-- Any other "must have" of "fun"apps.
-- Is there new user wiki or forum I should be searching?
-- What is nanoboot and gnoBoot, do I need any of these. My system is up and running. I
Current Status:
Using a USB for system (boot) volume.
I have the system up and running with the latest Beta 8 with 4x 4TB drives and 1 SSD. Looking to dig deeper/optimize...
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First of all, this is a great port. I am currently running a 8 drive unRAID and happy but do not want to fork out another $119 for a base product. For the past few days I have been fiddling around with Nas4Free, Ubuntu, SnapRAID, FreeNAS etc... and none of them were very easy to set-up or user-friendly.
The new system I started to build:
-- SMC X10SLM motherboard
-- Xeon CPU V3.
-- 16GB Memory
-- 12X 4TB drives
-- 2x Kingston 120GB SSD
-- 16GB Sony USB for XPEnology.
-- 3U server case
-- 2x HBA controller
Purpose:
1) Have two public folders for family
2) Serve 4 XBMC boxes
3) Fast transfer speeds read/writes.
4) Have a private folder for my data.
5) Data Protection
Here are my questions:
-- What "Apps" should I install to serve the XBMC?
-- I have a TV which support Plex Media Server, what app should I install?
-- The current transfer speed over a 1G network is ~60MB/s. Are there any tweaks to make it go faster?
-- How do I set up the SSD for Caching. (I am a tech savvy so a link is fine)
-- Any other "must have" of "fun"apps.
-- Is there new user wiki or forum I should be searching?
-- What is nanoboot and gnoBoot, do I need any of these. My system is up and running. I
Current Status:
Using a USB for system (boot) volume.
I have the system up and running with the latest Beta 8 with 4x 4TB drives and 1 SSD. Looking to dig deeper/optimize...
Thanks in advance for the help.
** New User so please excuse me of any errors.