I'm setting up a home NAS server using FreeNAS and would like someone to help me set it up, I have network administration experience but would prefer someone else to research the right solution to my problem as I'm pretty busy at the moment.
This will be a slow project as I haven't yet purchased the hardware and would like you to help throughout the process from purchasing to configuration. In the process I'd like you to research and test out anything we're not sure about. This may involve setting up your own virtualbox and running FreeNAS locally.
The plan is to set the server up as a fileserver and also configure some type of external backup system where I rotate disks off-site.
**Please answer the following when you reply:**
What experience do you have with FreeNAS?
Have you used FreeNAS 8.2 yet?
Do you have experience using Raid-Z?
Would you prefer to communicate using Google Talk or Skype?
Do you speak fluent English?