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    DIY NAS - A work log

    @eon: I tried OpenSolaris 2008.11. It is indeed the Realtek interface. At that point I didn't have any of the SATA drives in, but if I remember correctly the ports did show up on the hardware management applet. I'm in the process of transferring some stuff over, but I'll give your live image a...
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    DIY NAS - A work log

    Personally, I just used an ATA drive. I also ended up not installing an optical drive because the only one I have is a CD-ROM only, and I didn't see much benefit from using it. edit: Oops, forgot to answer: I didn't use the PCI riser card. I had no need for it.
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    DIY NAS - A work log

    @bigclaw: I don't own a Kill-a-Watt yet, so I can't currently measure power consumption, but I've been thinking of buying one. Once I do so I'll be more than glad to figure out power consumption. I finally received the Chenbro ES34069 case last Thursday. I've taken quite a few more pictures...
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    DIY NAS - A work log

    Another uneventful update from me. I received the "big" order I placed last Wednesday on Friday. Newegg rocks! Here's a few pictures of the stuff, as well as the motherboard with the CPU/memory installed and ready to go: http://www.getdropbox.com/gallery/257212/1/frink?h=598568 Over the...
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    Filename Length restrictions?

    I assume you're not able to change the names? According to Google/Wikipedia that NAS uses a (modified) ext3 file system, which has a 255 character limit on filenames. Are these files on the root of the drive or inside a subdirectory? If it's the latter, I would try copying it to the root, see if...
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    DIY NAS - A work log

    Placed a big order today. I set my foot down on the motherboard decision and got the Jetway NC81-LF. If for whatever reason I can't get the board to work with Nexenta or OpenSolaris then I'll just go back to Debian. Yeah, it'll hurt to leave ZFS behind, but I don't want to sacrifice on the...
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    DIY NAS - A work log

    @germ: Yeah, you're absolutely right, there's no sense waiting because something bigger/better/faster is always around around the corner when it comes to technology. I'll stick with my original plan of 4x1TB. Re: mixing hard drives from different batches, I think it's something that...
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    DIY NAS - A work log

    I really hate it when I do this to myself; I agonize over the small details of my projects and that just sets me back and frustrates me. I need to be less of a perfectionist and just try things dang it. Today I obsessed over two things: I found another (better?) motherboard to use: Jetway...
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    DIY NAS - A work log

    @bliko: I most definitely will. @germ: I look a little bit more into that MSI board, and while it does look very respectable, it does seem like it sacrifices performance for low power usage. I see that the goal of your own build is low power, so it makes sense you're leaning that way. I...
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    DIY NAS - A work log

    @germ: I don't have any Mac clients, so I haven't looked at all into AFP support. A cursory Google search doesn't turn up anything specific, but there's results mentioning that NexentaStor, their commercial offering, does support it. I don't think I looked at any MSI board specifically, but I...
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    DIY NAS - A work log

    My DIY NAS - Project Journal There's no shortage of thread detailing member's DIY NAS project, but I am starting this thread to document my own project in hopes that it helps people building similar systems in the future. Current Setup My current setup is fairly simple. I run a Debian...
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