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Off Topic / Re: [MEGATHREAD] Personal Computer - Updated builds thanks to Logical Increments

« on: February 03, 2015, 10:19:56 PM »

Maybe; devildog never said which drive config he's going to use, though thinking about it RAID 1 or RAID 5 seems most likely. The chipset natively supports the former but not the latter. He might need an NIC though since the board only has gigabit ethernet.

RaidZ-1, so software raid since I'll be running FreeNAS. If I remember correctly RaidZ-1 is pretty much the same as Raid 5, it's single stripe parity.

I dunno what RAID cards do, I'd imagine that they take some of the burden off the CPU and RAM allowing you to have a cheaper CPU and less RAM in your NAS. My point about the NIC still stands; there's little point in a NAS if the local transfer speeds don't match the R/W speeds of the drives. Obviously I don't know much about NAS's but based on what little I have heard about them I would imagine that a 1Gbit NIC would prove quite useful, especially if you're planning on putting very high quality media on the NAS for streaming, that being said I have no idea how much good NIC's cost.

That mobo already has a 1000Mbps LAN chipset. That's the only reason I don't think it's really needed at all, though Intel NICs are supposed to be pretty reliable and are setup really easily with FreeNAS so I might just get one for $30.

I'm pretty sure a RAID card isn't useful for software raid since it needs to be able to access them in JBOD which is a waste of a RAID card unless you need more SATA ports or are using SAS or something. Also a decent quality card that won't just drop dead whenever is kind of pricey.

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Off Topic / Re: [MEGATHREAD] Personal Computer - Updated builds thanks to Logical Increments

« on: February 03, 2015, 10:03:30 PM »

When I'm using FreeNAS I plan on using ZFS from what I've read it's a good idea to have 1GB of ram for each TB of HDD space. I think I'll just start with a single 8GB stick and get another when I expand to another 3HDD volume.

I don't plan on using it to stream to devices that much, just using an XBMC box to get the files from it. But since it's only 20$ more and has 6 SATA ports your mobo/cpu is a better deal.

You might need a RAID card or a good NIC. Perhaps even both but mostly a good NIC to ensure that the local transfer speeds are up to snuff, especially if multiple people will be using it. There's little point in a NAS if the local transfer speeds aren't even close to the read/write speeds of the drives used in it

It's going to be used by just me most of the time, I just want a NAS for media. I'm also going to have them in RaidZ-1, I've never heard anyone talk about needing a raid card for a NAS using software raid. My router only goes to 1000Mb throughput so I don't see why I would need anything above 1000Mb, some people suggest getting an intel NIC to just not have any hassle with FreeNAS detecting it.

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Off Topic / Re: Branding

« on: February 03, 2015, 01:35:13 AM »

It won't look good, basic numbers branded on a person look like stuff so anything with detail will look awful.

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Off Topic / Re: [MEGATHREAD] Personal Computer - Updated builds thanks to Logical Increments

« on: February 02, 2015, 04:17:16 AM »

I wanna build a NAS but it's been pretty hard to find any builds that are on the cheaper side. I wanna use FreeNAS with SABnzbd with some other stuff making it a media server for XBMC.

http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=26048912

To save some money I wanted a board that's SoC instead of getting a cpu because I'll never be upgrading it. The only problem with the board that I can see is that it only has 4 SATA ports. I was planning on starting with a 3 drive volume and then maybe later adding a second 3 drive volume. I think it would be cheaper to buy a SATA expansion card than a mini itx board with 6 ports.

The only other problem I have is the case, which is a bit too pricey for me. But finding anything that is small and holds a bunch of drives that isn't expensive is pretty difficult. I think this one is best because it still allows for me to expand the number of drives without having to replace everything.

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Off Topic / Re: 19 year old girl arrested for voyeurism

« on: February 01, 2015, 06:18:57 PM »

it doesnt look like there was anyone around from the pictures that were given in the article and in op
sooooo

Someone walks by in the video and she's constantly looking around to make sure no one is coming by her sooooo

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Off Topic / Re: Post real life pictures of yourself.

« on: February 01, 2015, 03:28:25 AM »

http://instagram.com/p/yjBDA_h_BP/?modal=true

You're the male Fran Drescher xoxo

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Off Topic / Re: Need some 3d printing file help

« on: February 01, 2015, 03:23:57 AM »

I have a class right now that's all about 3d printing, well designing stuff to 3d print. But if I bring in my own filament I can print whatever I want, we're also allowed to use the 3d scanners they have. I'm going to by some bronzefill and make a bust of my self.

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Off Topic / Re: how ron paul was cheated out of the presidency

« on: January 27, 2015, 12:41:15 PM »

No?

What it looks like is that Ron Paul would've been the best president we have had since JFK.
He would have wanted us to stop sniffing into other people affairs. He said that the reason people hate us is because we always intervene in their wars (for oil).

He sounded like he had a mind. A mind young people like you and I could follow.
But he was cheated out of it by the media. No one nationally knew who he was because the media didn't cover him. They only covered Mitt.

Anyone who makes a cameo in Atlas Shrugged is not a voice I would want to follow. Ron Paul got coverage when he was in the GOP primary but he didn't win it did he?

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Off Topic / Re: how ron paul was cheated out of the presidency

« on: January 27, 2015, 11:49:33 AM »

After seeing that "YOUTUBE IS CENSORING ME" I stopped watching the video. I saw something about Israel so I assume this video is blaming the jews at some point too.

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Off Topic / Re: Flat or Progressive Income Tax?

« on: January 26, 2015, 12:46:04 AM »

thank you for naming things that should be privatized.

You're just trolling now, right?

If order for something to be privatized, it needs to be profitable.
How is a police or fire department going to be profitable? Charge people for saving their lives or houses? forget that
How would regulatory agencies such the Food and Drug Administration, Environmental Protection Agency, or Department of Natural Resources be profitable?
Who is going to profit off of roads being constructed?

The invisble hand of the free market, DUH

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Off Topic / Re: Flat or Progressive Income Tax?

« on: January 26, 2015, 12:34:50 AM »

Nonnel seems to really be digging the libertarian philosophy of "forget you, got mine"

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Off Topic / Re: EU changes rules on GM crop cultivation [Should GMO's be labelled?]

« on: January 19, 2015, 03:54:45 PM »

one thing i dont like about gmos is that those big strawberries dont have any flavour compared to wild/""natural"" ones.

mmm tasty strawberries

Those strawberries didn't have genes spliced like that. They were just crossbred with other strawberries.

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Off Topic / Re: Once again Disney turns history into a cartoon ( Disney ruins something else )

« on: January 19, 2015, 11:17:36 AM »

Unless it's a super boring ride it isn't going to teach you stuff. The only thing I can think of in Disney World that is actually educational is The Hall of Presidents

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Off Topic / Re: Any User Who Drives, Be Careful This Winter

« on: January 19, 2015, 10:22:17 AM »

frontWD master race

This guy I work with drives a truck and was talking stuff about the focus I drive saying it's small and will slide all around and stuff. His truck is of course a RWD car and when he had to go up this hill to leave the parking lot he slid all over the place and it took him like 5 minutes to get out. With my FWD I went up the hill no problem, I got a giggle out of it. A RWD truck is the worst thing you can drive in any other weather than when it's anything other than ideal conditions

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Off Topic / Re: Any User Who Drives, Be Careful This Winter

« on: January 19, 2015, 02:30:06 AM »

That ice storm last night really hit out of nowhere. Everyone was talking about how bad the roads were but I worked from 4 to 10 yesterday and the only really bad part was the dirt road out of my job. I guess I got lucky which is nice because ice is the one thing that will make me really not want to drive. The fog was also some of the worst fog I've ever driven in. People that use their high beams in fog are the loving worst, it doesn't help them and it hurts everyone else.