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    smallest atom 330 board and case?

    I never tried Linux for NAS purposes. Maybe I should try it. If FreeBSD/FreeNAS gives me about 50-60MB/sec on writes, then what kind of difference Linux could give? I honestly doubt it will be significantly higher, but there is only one way to find out.. Then there is no ZFS on Linux after all.
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    Just Confirming

    I used several of Netgear ProSafe switches and was happy about those. I did not use that model GS108T in particular, but I never had problems with this series and would highly recommend it.
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    Seemingly simple home project?

    I would try to get a cable tester to see if the cables and connections are good. You also did not mention the length of the cables, but some cheap hubs/switches can't work with long cables. The only option here is to replace your switch or add a repeater.
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    Where can I get Drobo-like features without using Drobo?

    Agreed. You have to do the same thing with ANY piece of software or hardware if you are new into that (ZFS is not an exception here).
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    Where can I get Drobo-like features without using Drobo?

    As another option (if you may be looking at a custom build NAS), you may want to check OS with ZFS support (OpenSolaris/FreeNAS) or JBOD with concatenation (less reliability).
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    UnRaid / FreeNAS / Openfiler

    Just to add a few notes: If you need such flexibility from your RAID system, you may want to take a look at ZFS: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zfs It would be similar to unRAID in aspect that you can grow whenever you need it. The advantage over unRAID is that write speeds are not affected...
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    My first DIY NAS

    You can check this HOWTO to get an idea on how to setup a ramdisk: http://www.vanemery.com/Linux/Ramdisk/ramdisk.html Please note that you may need to modify your managing scripts to save your configuration somewhere else (i.e. your boot flash drive) so it won't be lost on reboot.
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    My first DIY NAS

    About USB: As you already noticed, FreeNAS is loaded once into memory when booted up and works from memory all the time. My older NAS storage is 24/7, and during 3-4 years of usage I booted my OS a dozen times or less. Normal USB Flash drive should not fail after 10-20 times of read usage...
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    My first DIY NAS

    I quickly checked those articles. I don't know what was wrong with their setup, but I got different results on my unit. The articles are kind of old so that may be the reason. They used an old FreeNAS, no mentioning of any tune ups, or maybe something was not setup correctly with the hardware...
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    My first DIY NAS

    KJaneway, CF on USB is good choice too. If you need to put a separate drive for OS, then you could use CF card for it to save on power, noise and improve reliability at the same time. I don't know what site you were talking when comparing Ubuntu and FreeNAS, but it all depends on how you...
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    home server question

    thiggins, You are right, but it's kind of hard to compare those different devices designed for different purposes. So there is no definite answer like "yes" or "no" here. So it all depends on what you need it for. I'm getting about 100MB/sec read on my Seagate 2.5" 7200rpm drive (non-RAID)...
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    NAS build with leftover parts.. Now what?

    I would highly suggest to look for FreeNAS as you OS for your NAS. FreeNAS is small and can fit into CF card and run from the memory -- less moving part, higher reliability and less noise (CF produce no noise). It maybe is a good idea to downgrade this machine a little to save on energy...
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    home server question

    Just my 2 (I'll try to squeeze 3) cents: 2.5" drives are nice, but usually not as reliable and fast as 3.5" drives (unless you buy some special 2.5" server SAS drives which will not fit into 2.5" NAS home storage anyway). 3.5" drives also has more capacity (as of today 3.5" max is 2TB, while...
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    My first DIY NAS

    Not all WD1500EADS are 3 platters (I have 3 of WD1500EADS with 4 platters and one WD1500EADS with 3 platters). Regarding 80GB for OS.. You will have to have 5 SATA connectors. If you need this for NAS only (and not for bunch of other stuff Linux can do), I would suggest to look into FreeNAS (...
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    smallest atom 330 board and case?

    You may want to check FreeNAS as an alternative. You don't really need to learn it as it has a Web-based interface, and can boot from CompactFlash card and run from the memory (no moving parts). http://www.freenas.org/
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