> -----Original Message----- > From: CentOS [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of John R > Pierce > Sent: Tuesday, January 3, 2017 1:50 PM > To: centos at centos.org > Subject: Re: [CentOS] [OT] Network Attached Storage > > I've been using a HP Microserver for the last couple years as my home file > server, with FreeNAS, and 4x3TB drives. > > mine is one of the first generation N40L microservers, which I picked up > on deep discount when they were on clearance. I put 16GB ECC ram in > it, and its been working quite nicely. > > -- > john r pierce, recycling bits in santa cruz That is a nice looking unit but pricey. They are $867 with no drives on Newegg. Think I'm going with the TS140. My TS130 has been pretty solid. I can get one w/o a HD, Xeon processor, for under $400. I tried installing freenas as a vm on virtualbox last night for a test run and got into a loop of reboots. I followed the directions in their documentation. Never got it working. After about a dozen tries, I gave up. It has me worried about buying all this hardware and not being able to get it setup.