> doesn't run well with 1-2GB regardless of how many disks you have By default, sure. There is a FreeBSD (I think) guide to tuning ZFS that lets you tune it fo

> doesn't run well with 1-2GB regardless of how many disks you have By default, sure. There is a FreeBSD (I think) guide to tuning ZFS that lets you tune it for low memory. It's a long time since I've done this so I can't remember which settings, but I ran an old machine tuned for its low max memory, with 4 drives in RaidZ, and it was just fine. The FreeNAS forum doesn't help much with this as the default opinion there seems to be 16GB ECC. :)