Micro wrote:FreeNAS is great. And if you have adequate RAM like 8GB, ZFS will perform as it should. I run from a Corsair GTR 32GB flash drive on an older AMD Desktop. One point I'd like to make is that if you plan on doing larger file transfers, have preferably 2-1gig nic. Then set up static route on FreeNAS to your main machine. Very easy to do in the UI.
And FreeNAS will last you a decade...or unless you change hardware.