I'm looking to build my first NAS and have been researching OMV and FreeNas. I see that the forum posts on FreeNas recommend server grade hardware which can drive the cost of a rig higher than I was expecting. How come it appears that the specs for a machine to run OMV are not as high?
Can someone help with the minimum requirements and help explain the pros/cons and tradeoffs of using what is recommended for minimum specs for FreeNas versus lower spec'd components of a workstation or Consumer PC? I'm going with OMV, but want to know why such a disparity in spec levels.
When I've looked at the specs of the top vendors for NAS appliances, like Synology and Qnap, they are pretty low spec'd when it comes to RAM and CPU. Can someone help provide clarity here?
thanks!