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Yup, I've been running an N40L microserver for almost 10 years now. Put 16 gb in it & some hard drives and never looked back. It just works. I first ran FreeNA
by kstenerud 7y ago
Yup, I've been running an N40L microserver for almost 10 years now. Put 16 gb in it & some hard drives and never looked back. It just works.
I first ran FreeNAS, but eventually moved it to Ubuntu 18.04 so that I could run some containerized services on it (file sharing, Plex, and a remote virtual desktop).
16gb RAM is about right for running ZFS. 8gb worked OK, but I'd notice slowdowns from time to time.
If this machine ever decides to pack it in, I'll get a gen10.
- zbentley 7y agoIf you ever get the urge to play around with FreeNAS again, they really improved linux emulation and virtualization; I've been pleasantly surprised with how much I can get done with bhyve. That's only if you feel like tinkering, though; Ubuntu's a great choice as well.
- pnutjam 7y agoI run opensuse on my home "NAS".I get so much more with a full Linux install and it's still headless and let power. I just use an old desktop with a pretty efficient CPU.