Am 29.06.2008 um 09:08 schrieb Rudi Ahlers: > Hi all > > I want to look at setting up a simple / cheap SAN / NAS server > using normal PIV motherboard, 2GB (or even more) RAM, Core 2 Duo > CPU (probably a Intel 6700 / 6750 / 6800) & some SATA HDD's (4 or > 6x 320GB - 750GB). My budget is limited, so I can't afford a pre- > built NAS device. > > Can this be done with CentOS? I've been looking FreeNAS (which is > built on FreeBSD), and it look like a great project, but since the > hardware support in FreeBSD is limit, I'd rather use Linux for it. What hardware do you own that is not supported? > > Has anyone done this? If so, please share a bit in your experiences :) > While it can certainly be done with CentOS, I'd take a look at Solaris/OpenSolaris for that purpose. ZFS really beats anything else out there. But you need a lot of RAM. 2 GB is good, 4 GB would be better ;-) Actually, the calculation is that it needs a GB of RAM for every TB of managed data. So, if RAM is scarce and the feature of ZFS are not needed (for whatever reason), CentOS may be still be a good option. cheers, Rainer -- Rainer Duffner CISSP, LPI, MCSE rainer at ultra-secure.de