Ghetto FreeNAS server?

[sco0by]

Morning all,

I'm thinking about using a load of spares I have lying around to build a FreeNAS server.

Few questions:

It's going to be built around an old Dell XPS motherboard, is FreeNAS particularly picky about chipsets etc?

Is FreeNAS happy with SATA/USB drives being used to build the array?

Will 8gb RAM be enough for general usage?

Any advice/suggestions gratefully received

 

[sco0by]

Thanks I did read the specs but was more after real-world experiences.

The XPS mobo might be a non-starter anyway as I just tried booting it with an old PERC310 RAID card and it refused to even post.

UnRAID looks interesting but I don't need the ability to run VM's and it's not free. The plan is to spend zero money