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How Important Is Ram To A Basic Nas System

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I am building a really basic NAS system.

 

AMD APU e-240

2 WD 3TB in raid 1

 

Its only job is to peridodically backup data from multiple home computers. I probably have about 1.7 TB in all, but it is in Raid 1 so it will be writing 3.4 TB.

 

 

How much memory is required for a small NAS system like this?  Would 2GB work?

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1GB is probably more then enough for that config, you could go 2GB for an overkill or 4GB for a monsterkill, the sky is the limit.

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Unless you're using ZFS, then yeah, 1 or 2GB would be fine. If you're using windows an your os then you might wanna go with 2GB as it can be a bit of a resource whore. Otherwise if you're using Linux or the like, 1GB should do it.

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