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Old February 3, 2011, 03:00 PM
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You'll learn Blu does this all the time.
:( I get confused.
So basically building a freeNAS system is just an old PC with a bunch of HD's tossed in it?
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Old February 3, 2011, 04:54 PM
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:( I get confused.
So basically building a freeNAS system is just an old PC with a bunch of HD's tossed in it?
Precisely.

And a NAS box can be had for dime a dozen if you have old hardware.

Heck FreeNAS doesn't even need a hard drive to boot from.. install it to a USB key./
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Old February 7, 2011, 10:16 AM
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Well I ended up buying it with 4 hard drives as well, Also bought a nice little hotswap bay so I can modify the WDIDLE. So if you still got that card lowfat wanna send me it :D
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