G+_Tailsthefox Pelissier Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 +Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ I'm sill an new comer to The Maker and TWIT world but after viewing the synology show I tough since most of us have old PCs lion around. Why not make an FreeNas box. Just get an CF to IDE appter off amazon and few WD Red Drives an a CD-R for installing FreeNas on the CF card and your all set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 Good idea. Definitely mess with FreeNAS. It's a great OS and incredibly flexible. We did a FreeNAS built a few hundred episodes ago. :) I'm a fan of dedicated NAS boxes mostly for the dependability, hot-swapability, and power efficiency. With 24x7 operation, an old PC running FreeNAS quickly becomes a power liability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Ben Tyger Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 Atom based processor/mobo combos work well for FreeNAS. Just watch out for the Atom chip that has the CPU flaw. You can read about that CPU bug the the FreeNAS forums or IRC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Tailsthefox Pelissier Posted May 8, 2018 Author Share Posted May 8, 2018 Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ Didn't think of that; power liability so i guest thing's like Asterisk and MythTV will never happen since they have the same issue an PC running 24/7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Ben Tyger Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 Tailsthefox Pelissier That why I like to use ARM, when I can, for specific use (24/7) computing. If I need x86(_64), I then use Intel ATOM machines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Brent Vrieze Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 Ben Tyger, Tailsthefox Pelissier I agree about the power usage. I have a Kill-a-watt and check power useage on my beige boxes and if you run them 24x7 the cost can be $10-15/month. That eats up allot of money. That is why I buy very low power consumption CPUs for things like that unless I am just playing. I bought a low power consumption Mobo/CPU for my pfSense box instead of using an old PC. In the long run it is cheaper. Now the point of my post. There are newer non ATOM CPUs out there now with more power and low power consumption do stay married to an ATOM, assuming you need x86 or x64 instruction sets. Crosses fingers for a fully baked and operational pfSense on ARM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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