My NAS/Fileserver build

Technics · 16 Feb 2011 at 16:00

I have finally decided to build my own little fileserver to save me having to store all my files on verious portable hard drives when i want to do a fresh OS install.

This is what i have so far, i'm quite set on keeping my choice of case but i'm open to suggestions as for everything else

. Ideally id like to keep the cost to stay around 200.

I'm ok for a psu as i plan to use an old one i have lying around and i'm probably going to use FreeNAS for the OS.

Any suggestions would be much appreciated.

Regards,
Technics.

Firegod · 16 Feb 2011 at 16:12

My only suggestion would be to grab a second HDD for redundancy.

MADEinSTOKE · 16 Feb 2011 at 16:29

does a m-atx board fit in an itx case

Technics · 16 Feb 2011 at 16:57

mmm, good spot i didn't really think about that...
Really wanted that case also, but the zotac itx boards are a tad expensive for what i was looking for so maybe a change is needed.

Thanks

surfsquid · 16 Feb 2011 at 17:14

just go for an atom itx board, if it's only for NAS it will be fine.

mrteabag · 16 Feb 2011 at 17:53

Its costing him around the same for a good bit more grunt. Are you worried about the power usage? Will you be transcoding?

jakejacob0 · 16 Feb 2011 at 17:57

Add another harddrive

SparkyG · 16 Feb 2011 at 17:59

I have built a NAS / fileserver using a dual core atom and it has plenty of grunt and is low powered

tuomoy · 16 Feb 2011 at 18:20

Check Synology solutions out too especially if you are planning to run it 24/7

Technics · 16 Feb 2011 at 18:39

Thanks for the suggestions, i will have a look into some of the ATOM boards as i only plan to use it for network storage.

Can anyone suggest a good ATOM board to me, nothing to expensive tho? preferably with RAID 1 is it's possible. Or would i have to buy a raid card seperatly for that?

Regards,
Technics

Global_Inferno · 19 Feb 2011 at 18:49

tuomoy said:
Check Synology solutions out too especially if you are planning to run it 24/7

Another +1 for checking these out, they really are the dogs boll...

Brian8bit · 19 Feb 2011 at 19:03

Technics said:
Thanks for the suggestions, i will have a look into some of the ATOM boards as i only plan to use it for network storage.

Can anyone suggest a good ATOM board to me, nothing to expensive tho? preferably with RAID 1 is it's possible. Or would i have to buy a raid card seperatly for that?

Regards,
Technics

If you're set on Atom, competitors carry some. OCuK selection is lacking. The Intel D510MO is a good board with the dual core atom, but it suffers from a lack of SATA ports (only has two I think, which will be fine for a single disc and optical drive, but leaves no room for later expansion or a redundancy disc, without getting a case that allows more drives and a SATA controller).