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# Hardware
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Ansible-NAS will run against any x64 Ubuntu box (i.e. not a Raspberry Pi or other ARM hardware), or even a VM if you're just testing things out. The hardware you pick for Ansible-NAS depends largely on what you intend to do with your server - and is very much a "how long is a piece of string" type question.
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The [homeserver Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/HomeServer/) has lots of good information. [ServerBuilds.net](https://www.serverbuilds.net/) is also kept up to date with cheap and decent quality builds known as "NAS Killers".
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## Questions To Think About
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1. What will be taxing the CPU(s) on your Ansible-NAS box? Are you intending to transcode video? How many users will be hitting it?
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2. How many applications do you intend to run in parallel? How much memory do these applications require?
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3. Are you going to run the [ZFS](zfs/zfs_overview/) file system? (you should!)
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4. What are you intending to store on your Ansible-NAS? Is it data you can download again, or is it important to you that you don't lose it? Do you need mirrored disks?
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## HP Microserver
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Ansible-NAS development is tested against an HP Microserver N54L, with 16GB of memory, a 60gb SSD for the OS and 4x2TB WD Red NAS drives for storage. It works great :-)
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This is obviously not the only solution but a reasonable one if you just want a single box to buy, and many different models are available on eBay for varying costs.
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