denniS_redbeast

Yes I am aware of that however I wont be stoping the array unless I am leaving my place for an extended time period (vacation or something) Or is there somthing I am misunderstanding?

Since I am limited on space I wanted to know if I can run a NAS, firewall and router in one ATX chasis (the NZXT Source 210 Elite). I know that the onboard NIC on my motherboard will be used for unRaid, I will also add the Supermicro AOC-SGP-I4 for unRaid do use for link aggregation for faster write speeds. On the pfSense side of things, I will use the Intel I340-T4 or the StarTech ST1000SPEX42. I know that I will have to assign that nic and a USB card to the pfSense VM. A contender for the USB card is currently this:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815158354&cm_re=pci_e_usb_card-_-15-158-354-_-Product Also, the on board graphics will be given to unRaid so I am including a cheap video card as the video device for pfSense which i will also have to assign to the VM. In the end, the rig should look something like this: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/7TkxhM The price is high however there is convenience in the fact that it is an all in one solution. Is the CPU and amount of ram a good decision. I am currently desperate for answers so can someone please help. PS: how can I lower the total cost?

I only have 1gbe port on the itx motherboard that I want to use as the base of my NAS. However, I want to implement link aggregation in order to increase my write speed onto the SSD cache when multiple pc's are off loading data. And here's when I faced my problem. Since its a itx motherboard, I don't have enough physical PCI-E slots (I am using the single present PCI-E slot for my HBA). Therefore, can I use a basic USB 3.0 to Gigabit Ethernet Adapter (here's one from StarTech: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833114074&ignorebbr=1&cm_re=usb_3.0_to_ethernet_adapter-_-33-114-074-_-Product) and team the two ethernet ports together? I always thought yes however recently I thought of the unRaid OS, and if it will recognize the two NIC's as separate devices that can be linked.