I have a nice little NAS / Backup solution which uses an Atom quad core with 4 gig ram and 3 x 3TB disks.
Setup instructions:
OS Installation
Installation of the OS is simple.
Ubuntu Server. Simple as that.
Partitioning.
/dev/sda
1mb - BIOS reserve
1 gig - /boot
20 gig - /
Leave the rest blank.
/dev/sdb
6 gig swap
/dev/sdc
Nothing.
Package Selection
- Ubuntu Server
- Openssh Server
Post Installation
Once you have installed the OS you need to configure the rest of the disks. You may need to play with the numbers slightly here but the following should be able to be copied / pasted.
# Partitioning
parted /dev/sda mkpart none 21.0G 3001G
parted /dev/sdb mkpart none 21.0G 3001G
parted /dev/sdc mklabel gpt
parted /dev/sdc mkpart none 21.0G 3001G
#Install Software
apt-get install python-software-properties
add-apt-repository ppa:zfs-native/stable
apt-get update
apt-get install ubuntu-zfs
# Setup the Raid.
rm -rf /home
zpool create tank -m /home raidz /dev/sda4 /dev/sdb2 /dev/sdc1
#Create a vmware backup partition
zfs create tank/vmware-backup
zfs set compression=on tank/vmware-backup
## new setting thats being tested for a performance increase
## moves certain attributes like acls to inodes instead of a file in a hidden folder
zfs set xattr=sa tank
