Linux For The Rest Of Us #68 – Building A NAS

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A Linux podcast for anyone even remotely interested in Linux! With Steve Cherubino and Steve McLaughlin, the Door to Door Geek

Guest host Tracy Holz joins us this week to talk about network attached storage!

Episode 68 Show Notes

Special Guest: Tracy Holtz

(http://htredneck.com/)

(http://thetechiegeek.com/)

[03:43] Doom 3 Source code Released.

(http://www.ubuntuvibes.com/2011/11/doom-3-source-code-released-available.html)

(http://www.ubuntuvibes.com/2011/12/new-iodoom3-project-will-improve-doom-3.html)

(http://ioquake3.org/)

[07:08] FreeNAS Box

FreeNAS

(http://www.freenas.org/)

[15:14] Do you need RAID 1 or RAID 5+.

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAID#Standard_levels)

[22:34] Know your power supplies – 120W-150W vs 200W

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_supply_unit_%28computer%29)

[25:13] Hard Drives.

[30:16] Cases.

CFI A7879 Mini-ITX NAS Server Case

(http://www.logicsupply.com/products/a7879) 200W 4 Bays

Chenbro ES34069 Tower

(http://goo.gl/3Rser) 120W

ES34169 External Storage Bk 4BAY

(http://goo.gl/MwFcx) 120W 2 Bays

MI-008 Tower Black P4 Chassis with 250W Itx Psu+sata Power Supply

(http://goo.gl/iOrYX)

[39:50] Motherboards:

4 SATA ports

ASUS AT3IONT-I DELUXE BGA 437 Nvidia-ION SATA 3 Gb/s HDMI Nvidia MCP7A-ION Mini ITX DDR3 1066 BGA 437 Motherboard

(http://goo.gl/Fk6Kc)

2 SATA ports

GIGABYTE GA-D525TUD Intel Atom D525 1.8GHz 1M L2 cache BGA559 Intel NM10 Mini ITX Motherboard/CPU Combo

(http://goo.gl/6LHPC)

[46:03] FreeNAS

Freenas User Guide

(http://doc.freenas.org/index.php/Main_Page)

FreeNAS features

(http://www.freenas.org/features)

FreeNAS – Use a USB for the local install

What is ZFS – what “the ultimate file system” really means for your desktop in plain English

(http://apcmag.com/zfs_what_the_ultimate_file_system_really_means_for_your_desktop__in_plain_english.htm)

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