Overkill for a NAS?

[NinjaEwok]

Is this overkill for just a NAS that's just running a share folder off a RAID-5 array? Considering it runs no programs whatsoever apart from a GUI version of Server 2012.

 

(I have a spare FX-3850 thats going in there when I get a new cooler haha)

 

Side note: anyway is there anyone that I can Cache most used applications/files in the RAM?

[Wi RoZ]

If you mean an FX-8350 instead of 3850, then yes it is an overkill. About your side note, you can use part of your ram as a RAMDISK. AMD has nice software to create a RAMDISK. 

[joshuamurphy]

that does look like quite alot. can i ask why you didn't just use linux as the OS?

[NinjaEwok]

that does look like quite alot. can i ask why you didn't just use linux as the OS?

 

Because I really cannot get my head around Unix based OSes I don't know why, I think I'm just too used to Windows.

[NinjaEwok]

If you mean an FX-8350 instead of 3850, then yes it is an overkill. About your side note, you can use part of your ram as a RAMDISK. AMD has nice software to create a RAMDISK. 

 

I meant like some sort of auto-cache 

[joshuamurphy]

Because I really cannot get my head around Unix based OSes I don't know why, I think I'm just too used to Windows.

nah thats kewl. nothings wrong with windows. side note fellow kiwi

[NinjaEwok]

nah thats kewl. nothings wrong with windows. side note fellow kiwi

 

 

Yay Kiwi's!

[.Jay]

Is this overkill for just a NAS that's just running a share folder off a RAID-5 array? Considering it runs no programs whatsoever apart from a GUI version of Server 2012.

 

(I have a spare FX-3850 thats going in there when I get a new cooler haha)

 

Side note: anyway is there anyone that I can Cache most used applications/files in the RAM?

Its overkill for a windows nas but you could make use of the ram if you run zfs partitioning on it with nas4free

www.nas4free.org/

Check it out - it might be better for you since they recommend 1gig of ram per terabyte of space