NAS for home/business

[kae2]

Hey Guys,

Sorry if this is in the wrong place, wasn't too sure where to put it as it fits a couple of areas, please move if I eeny-meeny-moe'd the wrong one

I want to build a NAS as a secondary backup for my work and as a server for media files, also so I can access limited files externally. I'm a photographer and work from home (alongside my boring day job) and I want to improve my backups. I currently have a Raid 1 data drive in my pc, and use an external backup drive and I'm looking into Amazon S3 offsite backups.

I think I've decided to build my own, as I want flexibility and expandability as my needs grow. I currently have 3tb of data, and that will only grow.

I'm thinking of buliding a system around the Lian Li PC-Q08B USB3.0 Mini-ITX Case as it has space for 6 drives and FREE NAS as this seems to offer a huge range of options, although I have never yet used it.

I found an AMD board with 6 sata ports, but I can't find it again this morning, any suggestions? Also, ideas for chip/memory?
The board must also be bootable from a usb drive.

This is new to me though, so all help/suggestions greatly welcome!

Thanks!

Kae2

(used to be Kae, but screwed up my e-mail change and can't get a mod to help!).

 

[kae2]

Thanks, but with only two drives, it would only give me a maximum of 2TB in Raid1.

Considering the costs of the larger devices, I think building my own might be the only way forward, unless someone can find a 5/6 bay NAS enclosure for less than £400!

 

[kae2]

Cheers Lurkio, that looks like a good option to me. The more I read about self builds, the more I think a plug & play device is the way forward...

Andy.

 

[kae2]

Cheers iraiguana,

I just don't have the time to get overly involved in learning a new system, then the in's and out's of making it secure.... too much work on!

Think a plug 'n' play job'll do it... I'll go and check out Thecus.

Andy.