Hello,
I am looking to build a home file server with about 6 1TB drives in RAID 6. I have work exsperence with hardware RAID controls and don't really want to go through the exspense and headaches of dealing with one. So I am going to use Linux software RAID.
My question is what kind of overhead should I expect to need to implament such a system? Another way of asking, would an old P4 do the job or do I need a new i7 to handle this job? I have read veraus tests but they don't seem to offer any really good advice or baseline for me to go off of. If I have missed anyone I am open to reading them.
The server would be used for storing a large picture files asseced from photoshop, storing backups of other systmes, intranet web server, and occasional torrent grabber/host for when I find a new OS that I want to play with.
Also I am still looking at hardware, motherboards, CPUs, etc. So if anyone has suggestions that would be greatly apprciated. My goal is something small, lower power I can put in the home rack.
Or if you just have any other suggestions that you think might be better, I have already read into ZFS and decided against that on BSD/Solaris.
Thank you
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