Freenas 9.3 Hardware compatibility question

ariggsd

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Hi, Im thinking about installing Freenas 9.3 on an old home computer just as something to fool around with. It wont be doing anything huge, mainly just a small plex server for myself, BT downloader, and maybe a minecraft server for myself and some friends using the mineos plugin. The hardware is whats in question and it is as follows:
Asus P5QPL-AM Mother board
Intel Core 2 Quad Q8300 2.5GHz processor
4GB DDR2-800 Ram
1x Seagate 60 GB 2.5in HDD (for os)
2x WD caviar blue 1TB 3.5in HDD (for storage)

Any ideas on if this will be able to work or not? Like I said I will be the only user on it aside from the mineos server. My main concerns are whether or not I will need another os hdd since it uses zfs on os drive now, and if 2 storage drives will be usable with zfs since ufs is no longer allowed (i think something said i needed at least 3?) Also, if I can only use 1TB total if zfs works thats fine too.
 
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I'm pretty sure UFS is still allowed, just less recommended.

You can use any number of drives, but to use RAIDz I believe you need at least three. You can still use a mirroring config or no redundancy with two.

It's recommended to install the OS to another drive, though not essential. A USB stick is what I chose.
I'm pretty sure UFS is still allowed, just less recommended.

You can use any number of drives, but to use RAIDz I believe you need at least three. You can still use a mirroring config or no redundancy with two.

It's recommended to install the OS to another drive, though not essential. A USB stick is what I chose.
 
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