NAS Server Project

I had decided to re-purpose my old desktop hardware to a dedicated Server.  I needed to purchase a server case with rails to sit in my new Rack.  I wanted the server to have front loading hot-swapping features.  The price at the time was reasonable and could see myself expanding more or little.  For the operating system to run this beast, I went with Freenas.  I had tested other Operating Systems.  The layouts, features, and the learning curve were too over the top or had too little to offer.  Freenas has the the support from a great community along with support with built-in add-ons.  One of the many features was PLEX and EMBY that had caught my attention.

Since the processor is a XEON CPU it has no built-in display features.  Needing to purchase an NVIDIA 710GT.  It was a fan-less video card and great to display on my VGA KVM.  Attaching the SSD 32GB to an add-on card. Thus reducing the need to use a SATA Port.  Yes, 32GB was more than enough space to run Freenas.  Freenas OS was originally running from this server using a spare USB Flash Drive.  In addition to adding a SATA Card to accommodate the last few drives on this server since the Motherboard ran out.  Finally, I attached it to the rack.  I had decided to put this heavier server on top first.  I can pop the top and work on the server when need arises.  Runs fairly quite overall.  In another post I will disclose how I have my Freenas system running and my review.