Hi,
I've been thinking about building a NAS/Server (12TB RAIDZ) using ZFS and running XBMC, but don't know a lot about what ZFS requires to run smoothly. I know it needs a 64 bit CPU and as much RAM as possible but that's about it.
I'd like this server to consume as little power as possible. My original choice of using an atom board was abandoned after reading up a little on ZFS but now I don't know what to pick now, not knowing much about CPUs.
I'm also not sure about how practical a low power server is using ZFS, as I think that the drives are always spun up? Is this due to the striping? If so is there a way to disable it and still have raidz functionality?
Any help would be appreciated.
I've been thinking about building a NAS/Server (12TB RAIDZ) using ZFS and running XBMC, but don't know a lot about what ZFS requires to run smoothly. I know it needs a 64 bit CPU and as much RAM as possible but that's about it.
I'd like this server to consume as little power as possible. My original choice of using an atom board was abandoned after reading up a little on ZFS but now I don't know what to pick now, not knowing much about CPUs.
I'm also not sure about how practical a low power server is using ZFS, as I think that the drives are always spun up? Is this due to the striping? If so is there a way to disable it and still have raidz functionality?
Any help would be appreciated.