NAS self build

expaddy

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I was wondering how I could build A NAS on a budget?

It has to be capable of raid 5 as I want the real life practice for the mcsa/e I will be following?

Is this the correct thinking or am I going overboard?

Are there any good alternatives?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
 
Take a look at FreeNAS.

But tbh you can get a basic NAS from £50-£60 not including a drive so it would probably work out more expensive.
 
And to be honest, I don't trust the sub £100 stuff.

Yes, it can be done - I built one using a P3 733.

In fact, the P3 and motherboard cost me £10 from an auction site - £7 for 256MB RAM, £30 for mATX case + power supply + CDRW = £47 unit

Plus it is completely configurable. I can use FreeNAS from a USB key, openfiler (which is excellent) or any other including a completely custom OS based on Open Source.

You can use software RAID5 if you need to, but then again it might be an idea to get a RAID5 IDE card or something from auction (don't forget, a RAID5 capable NAS prebuild is going to cost you £600+ so already we are making a massive saving).
 
I see that I am going to have to give this a lot more thought, but thx for the advice.

Could anyone give a comment on this and let me know if I am going overboard doing this just to get real world experience or is it a good idea?
 
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