Hello,
I'm searching a small card (something like Raspberry Pi) to create a home server, based on FreeBSD, essentially for ZFS snapshot based backups of my cloud server (and for some other services). I would like to use a USB external drive for data storage (to be able to disconnect it and operate a restore, using another computer). As the server will be up 24/7 - the power consuming is important. Also, to have a correct ARC for ZFS, the server needs some free RAM (totally - 2GB?). If I can have two additional USB ports (so, 3 ports totally) - it would be perfect. If Wi-Fi is supported - it is perfect, if not - it is not critical (I can use a wired connection).
Could someone recommend me a hardware platform for such project? This platform must have good a FreeBSD support, even if I must create the image myself - it is not critical if there is a good docs for it.
I'm searching a small card (something like Raspberry Pi) to create a home server, based on FreeBSD, essentially for ZFS snapshot based backups of my cloud server (and for some other services). I would like to use a USB external drive for data storage (to be able to disconnect it and operate a restore, using another computer). As the server will be up 24/7 - the power consuming is important. Also, to have a correct ARC for ZFS, the server needs some free RAM (totally - 2GB?). If I can have two additional USB ports (so, 3 ports totally) - it would be perfect. If Wi-Fi is supported - it is perfect, if not - it is not critical (I can use a wired connection).
Could someone recommend me a hardware platform for such project? This platform must have good a FreeBSD support, even if I must create the image myself - it is not critical if there is a good docs for it.