Freenas throwing up errors

[Uwillparish]

As you seem to know, the mobo has to specifically say it supports ECC RAM. The rule of thumb for FreeNAS is 8GB + 1GB for every TB of storage space. That's obviously heavily dependent on what you're doing with the server (plex video transcoding for example). In my experience, 8GB of RAM is a starting minimum and will be fine until you go over about 4TB of storage space, after which you need to think about another few sticks.

ok, so ecc is out, But all i plan to do with the as is to be able to upload files, I don't need to stream anything, But it will basically just be used for backups and storage, It will have a 1tb hard drive(wd red 1tb x2 in raid1) and if i can get away with 4gb i would prefer that, but will i need 8gb for what i just mentioned?

[rustikles]

ok, so ecc is out, But all i plan to do with the as is to be able to upload files, I don't need to stream anything, But it will basically just be used for backups and storage, It will have a 1tb hard drive(wd red 1tb x2 in raid1) and if i can get away with 4gb i would prefer that, but will i need 8gb for what i just mentioned?

Honestly, FreeNAS may be a bit overkill for what you're trying to do. FreeNAS is a wonderful operating system will enterprise-grade features. However, that in itself is one of the issues: you have to be able to put in the time and money to build, configure, and learn how to work the server properly. Lifehacker has a fairly good listing of some other popular NAS-style operating systems. While, I haven't personally used it, I've heard good things about Amahi as being a friendly starting point for simple NAS solutions. It has some things that I'm not quite so fond of (namely paid apps), but then again, it could be the perfect simple solution for you.

 

Would 4GB of non-ECC RAM be fine for your simple file storage case? Maybe, but all you're doing is compounding issues you may run into in the future. Since this is all being done as a trial run anyway, why not test out Amahi while you're at it?

[Uwillparish]

Honestly, FreeNAS may be a bit overkill for what you're trying to do. FreeNAS is a wonderful operating system will enterprise-grade features. However, that in itself is one of the issues: you have to be able to put in the time and money to build, configure, and learn how to work the server properly. Lifehacker has a fairly good listing of some other popular NAS-style operating systems. While, I haven't personally used it, I've heard good things about Amahi as being a friendly starting point for simple NAS solutions. It has some things that I'm not quite so fond of (namely paid apps), but then again, it could be the perfect simple solution for you.

 

Would 4GB of non-ECC RAM be fine for your simple file storage case? Maybe, but all you're doing is compounding issues you may run into in the future. Since this is all being done as a trial run anyway, why not test out Amahi while you're at it?

the reason why i want freenas is i do want to be able to expand it or add stuff to it in the future without having to get a new os, I also like the idea of software raid that freenas has, which would make it easier on my wallet to make the as

[rustikles]

the reason why i want freenas is i do want to be able to expand it or add stuff to it in the future without having to get a new os, I also like the idea of software raid that freenas has, which would make it easier on my wallet to make the as

That's a fair point, but again I do have to stress that you get what you pay for, no matter what the operating system or hardware is. While FreeNAS allows you to run drive arrays without expensive RAID cards, the money is still put towards other things, like better mobos and ECC RAM. 

 

It's completely up to you. FreeNAS is great for many different people. I just don't want to limit you to this one operating system when there are other good choices out there.