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    What OS to use?

    Greetings, I would like to build a home file server that will store movies and music. It will only serve Mac clients that are all running Yosemite. I am keen to run ZFS and I may consider running a Win 8 VM. Below is the hardware I have available. I am looking for suggestions on how best to set...
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    Media File Server - Advice sought

    Build’s Name: Media File Server (MFS) Operating System/ Storage Platform: ESXi 5, OpenIndiana VM CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1240 V2 Ivy Bridge 3.4GHz LGA 1155 $280.00 Motherboard: Supermicro X9SCA-F Motherboard $ 280.00 Chassis: TBD or Norco RPC-4224 4U Server Case $412.00 Drives: 6 - Western...
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    Is FreeBSD the best way to go?

    Greetings I would like to build a ZFS based home server that does the following tasks: File server generally Backup 2 Windows desktops DHCP server Firewall DNS caching Provide remote access Time machine back ups Needs to run Sabnzbd Store Mp3, Flac, Wav files and serve them to iTunes...
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