Building in-home storage now-a-days is a must. The digital age comes with a ton of data. Backing up documents and computers on the network is a necessity. I decided to go with FreeNAS because it is based on FreeBSD and uses ZFS for it’s filesystems. I built out a very large storage array to future proof myself a bit, and at this time, I still have yet to use 50% of my storage yet. I also left myself the option of upgrading the hardware, adding more RAM or a faster CPU so I could grow as it needs.
