cynod
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Hi all
I'm about to move to a new house that has a storage area that's of a decent size, has ventilation and is sound insulated. As such, I am looking to setup a FreeNAS box (to replace my current hopeless piecemeal arrangement of drives dotted on various machines syncing with Syncthing) with a server machine that will be rack mounted along with my switch, router etc. The main purpose is for general household storage of music, movies, docs and possibly eventually for a circular cache/store of video from home cameras when the budget can stretch.
I was browsing Ebay, and there are some good looking second hand systems on offer. Obviously caveta emptor but these look to be quality Supermicro mobos and cases, somewhat recent Xeons, ECC RAM etc. What's the general feel or experience with buying from ebay?
Examples:
While I am here, thanks to all the moderators and writers of all the great guides! Some big time, money and heart aches I'm sure have been saved from your words! (any newbies, go read the guide now! )
Cynod
I'm about to move to a new house that has a storage area that's of a decent size, has ventilation and is sound insulated. As such, I am looking to setup a FreeNAS box (to replace my current hopeless piecemeal arrangement of drives dotted on various machines syncing with Syncthing) with a server machine that will be rack mounted along with my switch, router etc. The main purpose is for general household storage of music, movies, docs and possibly eventually for a circular cache/store of video from home cameras when the budget can stretch.
I was browsing Ebay, and there are some good looking second hand systems on offer. Obviously caveta emptor but these look to be quality Supermicro mobos and cases, somewhat recent Xeons, ECC RAM etc. What's the general feel or experience with buying from ebay?
Examples:
- $375 http://www.ebay.com/itm/2U-Plex-Ser...554198?hash=item212dc12816:g:x6oAAOSwhChZrxzN
- $528 http://www.ebay.com/itm/HP-Proliant...977699?hash=item2f0302cb63:g:494AAOSw~y9ZCJeY
- $773 http://www.ebay.com/itm/2U-FreeNAS-...386718?hash=item238bfbbe9e:g:AlQAAOSwjW9ZlgMf
- $309 (not super spec but includes 5 x 2TB drives.. would need to check controller compat) http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-PowerE...105084&hash=item465e0f5103:g:jSEAAOxy4jxSLpcp
While I am here, thanks to all the moderators and writers of all the great guides! Some big time, money and heart aches I'm sure have been saved from your words! (any newbies, go read the guide now! )
Cynod