freenas questions

[matt1234]

i am wondering about security of freenes and the ess of use. can my mom have a folder where she has her private stuff IE work taxs that kind if thing. and then have a proper share folder ie music and pics   

i have not stated or even proposed the idea to my parins. i am trying to get my eggs in a basket befor i ask.

here are the parts i was thinking of

 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129042 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822236342    x3

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E1681315736

 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820313430

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113105

i plan in using zfx and shrubing the drive from day one raidz-1 or raid 5 

and any suggestions or anything that can help  get it and or keep it alive for a long time. 

[L.E.D]

You can setup an account with a login only she knows, then link it to a specific folder on the driver, I am not if it works that way with shares but I did it with FTP

[Atlantisman]

You did not list any RAM here, you should get at least 4-8gb of ram, the more the better.

[nathanhd123]

i am wondering about security of freenes and the ess of use. can my mom have a folder where she has her private stuff IE work taxs that kind if thing. and then have a proper share folder ie music and pics   

i have not stated or even proposed the idea to my parins. i am trying to get my eggs in a basket befor i ask.

here are the parts i was thinking of

 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129042 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822236342    x3

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E1681315736

 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820313430

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113105

i plan in using zfx and shrubing the drive from day one raidz-1 or raid 5 

and any suggestions or anything that can help  get it and or keep it alive for a long time.

First of all, as I keep saying and someone will disagree with me, if you are planning on using ZFS get hardware that supports ECC memory. Whilst you can run ZFS without it I do feel this defeats the point of using the file system as you have surely chosen it because it protects your data better, if you don't use ECC you loose this advantage.

Also I would suggest you buy an intel processor as lots of the things you would use the NAS for will only utilise a single core so it makes sense to go with a CPU that has better per core performance. Also Intel is generally more power efficient which becomes extremly relevant when the machine is on 24/7.

[matt1234]

i know about the user think to me it seems a bit wonky i was trying to come up with a different solution to add or stand alone ie a program the can lock a folder like FolderProtector v2.5 but i didn't see a folder path in that program

ok nathanhd123 what would you recommend  then

ps i forgot to post the link http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820313430 

pss i also have a 500w power supply 

[nathanhd123]

i know about the user think to me it seems a bit wonky i was trying to come up with a different solution to add or stand alone ie a program the can lock a folder like FolderProtector v2.5 but i didn't see a folder path in that program

ok nathanhd123 what would you recommend then

ps i forgot to post the link http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820313430

pss i also have a 500w power supply

Are you planning on running anything like Plex that would require some power for transcoding ?

[matt1234]

no i dont plan on using plex

could lock-a-FoldeR  work. it was a Google code protect  

[nathanhd123]

no i dont plan on using plex

could lock-a-FoldeR  work. it was a Google code protect

You could definitely look at some used server hardware, you can get some pretty good deals at the moment. Of cause all this is only necessary if you definitely want to use ZFS.

[matt1234]

ok i have looked in to lock-a-folder and it will work (a friend recommended to me at school and i didn't get to see the ui). so that take care of the secret thing

i'm going to introduce the idea tonight at dinner i will keep you guys posted 

[matt1234]

they said no. looks like i will be saving up  for it my self

[nathanhd123]

they said no. looks like i will be saving up for it my self

If you get some uses hardware you can actually do it for a reasonable price. I think the biggest cost is probably the hard drives because I would not suggest buying these used!

[matt1234]

what i i'm going to do is get the hard drives and some old computers and Frankenstein them together

i may haft to get the ram as well