NAS on a memory stick - tips and tricks

Hi!
I'm assembling home NAS (mostly for CIFS, probably CVS, probably some kind of multimedia streaming) with OS (and it is AL) placed on an USB flash drive. What I have already found (I mean tips and tricks):
- /var has dedicated partition,
- some fs dirs will be mount with tmpfs: /tmp, /var/lock, /val/run, and even am thinking about  linking  /var/log to RAID1 which will be used, or to tmpfs also,
- of course, noatime (do we need 'flush' or any other options?),
- dd is suitable for easy backing up and restoring of bootable USB flash drive (I have tried - it works! ).
I would be happy if everybody having experience in this specific area will share discovered tips and tricks. If it takes matter, HW is (already bought): Celeron E3200, 2GB DDR3, 1TB + 1TB WD HDD for RAID1, uATX motherboard with solid caps, Scyther cooler, and so on.
Thanks in advance!

cybertorture, thanks for participation!
cybertorture wrote:3. no, better think well for cooling hard drives than spin down them, unless they are not runing for seweral hours total idle
Yes, cooling and silence are main priorities. I have found old server 4U case as a base for some DYIing I'm also apt (before any experience) to avoid turning spin off.
cybertorture wrote:4. specifications above will get 1 mbit with no worries, as for heat i strongly recommend u cpufrequtils
Probably it's a typo, I think you mean 1GBit. OK, will look at cpufrequtils.
cybertorture wrote:now its time for mine question, why the hell u use usb as system device Oo?
It's sufficient, silent, very cheap (in comparison with SSD), didn't eat SATA slot  and is very handy for backing up and restoring.
Another question: HDDs has so called "Seek Mode 3" with less seeking noise (and less performance). Have not found a way to tune it.
Last edited by student975 (2011-03-19 03:33:13)

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