Building my own NAS...

adam_m

adam_m

adam_m

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Morning all,

About to return my WD My Book World II NAS, ongoing issues with the media server stalling, random disconnections and lack of functionality.

I've been looking for a replacement with the usual vendors (QNAP/Synology etc..) but nothing is leaping out as a good choice.

I already have plenty of external storage so considering perhaps building/buying a cheap nettop to use as a NAS - opinions?

The Acer Revo's are tempting but I cannot find out for sure whether they have gigabit ethernet or not (my home lan is Gigabit). Budget wise I have 150-200 to spend on this little project, I dont need any hard drives, just the box.

At the moment I'm using my iMac as the server but this isn't very power efficient and I lose all server capabilities if I reboot into Windows for gaming or suchlike.

Recommendations please :)
Cheers,
Adam
 
http://freenas.org/doku.php

This is a project I will be working on building a NAS server from the FreeNAS distribution (free).
I have a spare amd xp2600 pc with 512mb ram and 80Gb hard disk + 250Gb disk, no monitor, keybd or mouse. Maybe run slightly underclocked with passive cooling, remove floppy, one optical and any unnecessary cards.
I intend to run this attached to my router either wired or wireless and use a webGUI to access the setup and configuration. I will run it with the two disks then add raid and other drives as necessary.

Hopefully a free solution for storing and sharing files on my network.
 
adam_m said:
Morning all,

About to return my WD My Book World II NAS, ongoing issues with the media server stalling, random disconnections and lack of functionality.

I've been looking for a replacement with the usual vendors (QNAP/Synology etc..) but nothing is leaping out as a good choice.

I already have plenty of external storage so considering perhaps building/buying a cheap nettop to use as a NAS - opinions?

The Acer Revo's are tempting but I cannot find out for sure whether they have gigabit ethernet or not (my home lan is Gigabit). Budget wise I have 150-200 to spend on this little project, I dont need any hard drives, just the box.

At the moment I'm using my iMac as the server but this isn't very power efficient and I lose all server capabilities if I reboot into Windows for gaming or suchlike.

Recommendations please :)
Cheers,
Adam
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Revo is gigabit E
 
anyone know - would a Revo with a USB hdd attached to it make a faster NAS than the off the shelf ones? (WD Mybook etc)
 
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