Solved Build RAID5 Home Server

Curt R August 12, 2012 at 05:08:50

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You need: - a computer with enough room for the following: - A good quality hardware RAID card - 3 or more HDD's Alternatively, see the following thread: http://www.computing.net/answers/ne... It matters not how straight the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll, I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul. ***William Henley***

ijack August 12, 2012 at 10:41:58

You don't need hardware RAID anymore. Due to the algorithms that it uses, ZFS RAID is actually faster and more reliable than hardware RAID. So just build a computer with a few hard drives, install FreeNAS, and away you go.

tonysathre August 14, 2012 at 07:58:38

I am with ijack. Hardware RAID is not needed anymore. I would suggest a FreeBSD or Solaris-based filer with a ZFS RAIDz1 pool. I use FreeNAS myself. Make sure you have plenty of RAM if you go with a ZFS solution. Also, get a processor with high clock speed if you intend on using CIFS because it's not a multi-threaded protocol. Tony

wanderer August 14, 2012 at 08:10:28

Now if you don't know CentOS or Solaris or any of the other *nix OS's you may want to consider a sata raid card and 4 drives. 3 drives would be in the raid5 array and the 4th would be a hot spare for failover if a drive in the array failed. Even with Raid you still need to backup. Always remember that. Anyone who tells you different does not know what they are talking about. Answers are only as good as the information you provide. How to properly post a question: Sorry no tech support via PM's