You can also try VLC player. also available in Google Play

Are you planning to use the server for anything else other than just pure storage? Coz IMO if just storage your CPU is overspec'ed. I checked the G2020 is a 55W processor, plus all the other components your power usage is probably hitting 75-100W. Not every cheap to run if you are leaving it on 24/7.
You do not need 1GB RAM per TB of HDD for ZFS. THat is only required if you are running de-dup
I also strongly recommend that if possible try to get ECC compliant RAM and MB

BTW what is the flashdrive for? If you are thinking of installing ur OS there my suggestion is to forget about it and get a HDD instead. You can get those 2.5" ones for cheap.

Well for me its about data security. I have had corrupted files before but your milage may vary.

On the power consumption you are right in that its only 55w is max.
http://www.extrahardware.com/clanky/intel-...ion/strana/0/11

If you are thinking of future expansion ITX is probably too limiting with only 1 slot. My HP N40L only have 1 16x and 1 1x PCIe slots I also find susah to upgrade.

Are you refering to using a DAS for external connection?

The icydock is meant to work with any 2.5" SATA drives. Problem with it though u need to have equal number of SATA connections to connect all the drives.

Which HP proliant server are you referring to anyway? The microserver model?( in which case has 1 SAS port + 1 SATA + 1eSATA. Otherwise get a PCIe to SATA expansion card.

Upgrade the RAM. Did you check how many SATA connections it has and how many free drive bays is available?

I always recommend getting a DIY fileserver vs a NAS. I just think the NAS in Malaysia (and maybe overseas too) are overpriced.

You do not need to get WD Red specifically. Everyone used WD Green in their N36L and N40L for years before the Reds came to market. I have been using Green and I leave mine on 24/7 without issue

yup still available. PM me before the Mods come and kick us

HDD damaged liau. I am using 3TB WD greens without problem. Doubt the Red would be any problems normally either.


Here are a couple of articles and write ups about TLER (summary)

The responses I received from Synology, QNAP, NETGEAR and Buffalo all indicated that their NAS RAID controllers don't depend on or even listen to TLER, CCTL, ERC or any other similar error recovery signal from their drives. Instead, their software RAID controllers have their own criteria for drive timeouts, retries and when a drive is finally marked bad. http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/nas/nas-fea...n-your-raid-nas

Do i need to use TLER or RAID edition harddrives (for ZFS pools) ?
No and if you use TLER you should disable it when using ZFS. TLER is only useful for mission-critical servers who cannot afford to be frozen for 10-60 seconds, and to cope with bad quality RAID controller that panic when a drive is not responding for multiple seconds because its performing recovery on some sector. Do not use TLER with ZFS! Instead, allow the drive to recover its errors. ZFS will wait, the wait time can be configured. You won't have broken RAID arrays, which is common with Windows-based FakeRAID arrays. http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1500505

Actually if you are doing a DIY server way like the microserver, just dont use normal RAID period. THere is no reason not to use ZFS actually.

that works? I though the x4 slot didnt work with x1 cards even if you modded it.
btw u can find dual port pcie NIC on ebay UK for cheap. Posted to malaysia can be as low as RM100. Just look around. I managed to pick up a quad port intel i350 from the garage sales last time too.

This post has been edited by CocoMonGo: Jan 20 2014, 12:16 AM

150Mbps is your WiFi speed, not your LAN speed. If you are doing file transfers from your computer through your cable (LAN) then it makes sense to get a gigabit router as the speed can reach 100+Mbps. If you prefer WiFi file transfers than it is usually to upgrade to 802.11ac to get the fast speed possible now (assuming your computer also supports 802.11ac connection).

Guys I got questions: if you all already have a NAS or server to store your data, do you all still maintain another backup somewhere? I.e. a offsite backup of your NAS or external drive?