my own NAS

Hi

in my search to replace my old Windows Home Server i first stumbled upon the idea of an Open Source OS für my new Data Storage but can't decide at the moment which one would be the most suitable for me FreeNAS, NAS4Free or OpenMediaVault. What i want in the first place is a Data Storge which provides Raid 5 security for important Data and much storage capacity for minor important files. it should provide dlna support to stream movies musik and so on, bitorrent and Wake-On-Lan as major points and it should be easy to use and be maintained as i am a newbee and used to WHS. i have already some ideas for the used hardware:

Gigabyte GA-Z77M-D3H
Intel Core i3-3220T
G.Skill RipJawsZ DIMM Kit 32GB PC3-12800U CL10-10-10-30
Fractal Design Define Mini

I want to build the thing from scratch with the ability to add as much disk space as necessary - like in the end 6 or 8 disks. So i would like to hear some opinions upon this maybe someone could give me advice or hint. that would be great

thx in advance

i know i know it's a bit oversized for just data storage but in case i decide to run a minecraft server or something similar.. or as you said a virtual machine on the server i don't want to have the problem that the hardware can't keep up with the task. that is the problem i have with my WHS at the moment. it is slow and i can't use hard disk bigger that 2 TB due hardware limitations. I don't want this to happen again :-/

do you use ZFSRaidz1for your raid config? I read much about ZFS in the last weeks as the best choice and that it need lots of RAM.

ah ok ... sorry to ask ...you did create the software raid with OMV ? Did you test the read/write performance with this config? I'm new to Linux n stuff is it very difficult to configure such NAS?

ok cool so i'll give OMV a try when i don't need so much RAM i think i can change to another hw config. what about this one?
ASUS P8H77-I, H77 (Sockel-1155, dual PC3-12800U DDR3)
G.Skill RipJaws-X DIMM Kit 16GB PC3-10667U
Intel Core i3-3220T
Lian Li PC-Q25B black, Mini-DTX/Mini-ITX
16 GB Verbatim Store `n` Go V3 blau USB 3.0 for the operating system

yes i know but then i have to install an additional sata controller :-/

ok and then with usb 3.0? is it just because it has a higher capacity or because of the performance?

ok a true word ...didn't think of that ... mm i think i found the solution and can connect the disk with sata and a place to put the hdd.

http://www.inline-info.de/art/…RAIDund2fachHDDCaddy.html

never thought of such solution but when you think of it its quiet ingeniously