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    RCC-VE 8860 OS options

    I have a RCC-VE 8860 (SG-8860) with a 250GB msata drive that I'm currently running pfsense 2.3.2 on. I was a sophos utm user on a 1037u mini pc before I switched to this hardware. I've been really unhappy with my content filtering options on pfsense so I'm looking for other router/firewall os...
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    Used drives to avoid?

    So I currently have 6x1TB drives in raidz2 in my freenas box. I'm running desperately low on free space and need to expand my storage. I can either replace the 1TB drives with bigger drives (at least 4TB drives, this is the better more expensive option). Or, the other option that I've been...
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    Best Value SAS Expander Chassis?

    I'm looking for a SAS expander chassis and trying to keep it reasonable while still hold 14+ drives (so it can accomodate a zpool with 2x7 drive raidz3 striped vdevs). I spotted the Dell J23 on ebay for really cheap but it has no trays and the cheapest trays I've been able to find that might fit...
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    Hitachi Deskstar 4tb @ woot.com $99.99

    Hitachi GST Deskstar 4TB Internal SATA HD
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    Is the C6100 still worth it?

    A bit of background before my main question: My home lab currently consists of a Dell PowerEdge 2950 Gen III with Dual L5420's and 16GB RAM. It has an 8x2.5" backplane connected to a PERC 6/i that is occupied with 4x73GB 10k rpm SAS drives in RAID5 (where the esxi machine files and OS system...