[Discuss] 4-Bay NAS

[bencarr at bu.edu (Benjamin Carr)]

Check out the thread from Last July (2011), it started as:
[Discuss] Small Linux server recommendation?
and became:
[Discuss] D-I-Y NAS enclosures

I bought an HP Microserver N36L which has been replaced with the N40L 
Model, it is not silent but is very quiet, the loudest aspect is when 
the drives initially spin up.

It is an AMD Neo 64bit Processor, mine has 8GB ECC and 4x2TB of disk in 
RAIDZ, I am running FREENAS on it. It is possible to add a SSD for the 
SIL files if you want by using the SATA cable and bay for the optical 
drive. It also has USB and an eSATA port, and a couple of PCIe ports 
available.

You can add a SAS card (for Hardware RAID to the backplane) or for 
external storage as well.

It has been quite stable for me.
-Ben