quatoria
08-05-07, 13:42
Hello All,
Here is the issue, hope you can throw some ideas my way.
I want to build a File server because I am downloading or storing far too much. I hold it all and rarely delete. I have three Pc's and a NAS on the network at home, most with filled drives. Probably close to to 2 TB's overall.
I have a Netgear NAS (NC101) which is filled but uses 2 IDE's in a silly and rare file format which limits what I can do with it. Added to that the technical issues they develop, and installing software on machines to see it. I want to therefore steer away from stand alone NAS.
I decided on going the whole hog and just buying a base unit and filling it with SATA 2. Because it will stand alone and not in use for great deals of time (night time etc) I want power saving to feature so I was thinking I might get Vista for it's power saving features. (The only thing that it actually has that I like) Possibly linux if I can find a case and mobo that handles power saving well.
Ideally Raiding a couple of drives as a network backup for core data (work etc) and the rest just as shares for the network. I am thinking low end spec' dual core. 1GB RAM so it at least will be future proof for a bit.
Any ideas / suggestions / advice on Cases, mobo's, low end dual cores. As many SATA's as possible.
Trying to keep costs low as well. I am still paying off the gaming machine I bought a few months back. :)
Here is the issue, hope you can throw some ideas my way.
I want to build a File server because I am downloading or storing far too much. I hold it all and rarely delete. I have three Pc's and a NAS on the network at home, most with filled drives. Probably close to to 2 TB's overall.
I have a Netgear NAS (NC101) which is filled but uses 2 IDE's in a silly and rare file format which limits what I can do with it. Added to that the technical issues they develop, and installing software on machines to see it. I want to therefore steer away from stand alone NAS.
I decided on going the whole hog and just buying a base unit and filling it with SATA 2. Because it will stand alone and not in use for great deals of time (night time etc) I want power saving to feature so I was thinking I might get Vista for it's power saving features. (The only thing that it actually has that I like) Possibly linux if I can find a case and mobo that handles power saving well.
Ideally Raiding a couple of drives as a network backup for core data (work etc) and the rest just as shares for the network. I am thinking low end spec' dual core. 1GB RAM so it at least will be future proof for a bit.
Any ideas / suggestions / advice on Cases, mobo's, low end dual cores. As many SATA's as possible.
Trying to keep costs low as well. I am still paying off the gaming machine I bought a few months back. :)