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    Hard drive prices have increased considerably. Perhaps I can get a reasonable price with Cyber Monday. Today, I could have gotten the below drive for $89. However, Newegg reviews were sub-par: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822145475 How do I verify / deny "block...
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    I have been looking online today. Cannot find info re: compatibility problems between "green" hard drives and ZFS. Anyone know of associated links? Looking to by hard drives ASAP given prices are going nowhere but up (secondary to flooding in Thailand). Looking at purchasing 6X 2.0TB...
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    Switch is included with my contract with them. I may be able to get the switch taken out (and handle myself), but don't know for sure. How long? Minutes? Hours? If I go with BOTH the hardware RAID & ZFS: Advantage? I assume increased performance? Disadvantages? Cost of card...
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    Trying to digest all of the provided info. Thanks for all the help. A few questions and comments re: previous posts: Re: Switch: I will swap out for a gigabit switch. Sounds like managed is preferable. But un-managed is however acceptible. Managed vs. unmanaged may be out of my...
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    Control 4 Processor = "10/100/1000 BaseT Ethernet" Dune media player = Gigabit Switch should have been gigabit. Mistake by home automation installer. I will get this changed. If I had to guess, they will want to put in an unmanaged gigabit switch. Is this acceptible? Given a residential...
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    zambalek80 - I did find your input very helpful. Thanks for your comments. Hardware RAID vs. ZFS: I understand hardware is better for speed. In my application, how advantageous is the speed difference? "Easy to administer". So, setup / maintenance of ZFS not signficantly more...
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    Greg - Thank you very much for your reply. Your input is much appreciated. Makes sense. In regards to overall build: Response time - Important. Willing to live with a little lag if it improves energy effeciency signficantly. Glad to know this is customizable. Can WOL be configured...
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    1st NAS Build

    Hello. I'm looking for a storage solution. Have a friend with similar needs. He recently purchased a QNAP TS-459 Pro II. I began looking into similar pre-build NAS units. I then became intrigued at building my own. I've researched and built computers in the past. I've had little problems...
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