Moving from a synology NAS to a diy server questions.

.:SAmSuNG:. · 22 May 2015 at 12:53

So I feel my synology ds411j is getting a bit long in the tooth and I don't really want to spend what a new version of it will cost me.

I have a x58 board with i7 920 and 6GB of ram plus a 120GB ssd.

My idea is to build a server out of this along with a bunch of storage drives.

I want to use it as

Atomatic back up for my desktop.
Central storage for all my media.
Hold the database for my Rpi's.
Be able to remote desktop into it to control downloads.

Question is will this hardware be fine for the job?

What would be the best OS? I'm thinking windows server just for me been familiar with Windows in general.

I would like to be able to expand storage in future so is this a option without having any effect on the data stored on the array?

Tia

.:SAmSuNG:. · 22 May 2015 at 23:59

Well I wasn't really expecting that. Should I just be able to pull my drives out my current nas and stick them in a newer synology NAS and just let it sort it's self out and not lose data?

.:SAmSuNG:. · 24 May 2015 at 21:45

Thanks for all the replies. Think its probably easier and better for my situation to pick up a new Synology NAS. Eyeing up the DS415+ which should last me a long time.

.:SAmSuNG:. · 24 May 2015 at 22:35

Ive got 4x 2TB drives in my current NAS that have enough room for what i need currently but am planning on swapping them out one at a time for 4TB drives and let it rebuild with each drive until they are all 4TB.

I plan now to pull all four drives out of my current nas and stick them directly into new one meaning all data should be intact.