NAS setup

gasdoctor · 11 Feb 2007 at 18:26

Hi,
Just a bit of advice, I want to turn my old pc into a NAS, I just need to work out what I need.

I have a: MSI neo2 mobo, P4 2.8, 120GB IDE HDD, case, cd drive

How much RAM do I need (ddr)?

Any cheap, quiet PSUs?

Anything else?

Cheers

Mr. Brightside · 11 Feb 2007 at 18:49

Software wise, unless you already have something planned, have a look into FreeNAS:
http://www.freenas.org/

HTH, null

wesley · 11 Feb 2007 at 19:53

i like freenas but bit complicated to setup

wait for WHS = Windows Home Server

http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=270965

http://onten.net/Blogs/jesse/windows-home-server-will-live-in-your-closet-simplify-your-life/

http://www.winsupersite.com/reviews/whs_preview.asp

zetec452 · 11 Feb 2007 at 20:09

WHS won't be out for sometime according to your links.

In the mean time download ubuntu. Will make a perfect nas box.

gasdoctor · 26 Feb 2007 at 18:58

Cheers, looked at Freenas etc will give them ago.
In the mean time, any recommedations on how much memory I need as I want to keep it cheap (otherwise ill just buy an off the shelf one). Seems 256b ddr is only about 20 quid.

(Im gonna start off with XP as I want to get it up and running and its already installed, dump my files on my new rig, wipe the old drive and then set up with freenas etc and store stuff)

squiffy · 26 Feb 2007 at 19:00

Or you could look at a proper NAS, lower power consumption.

platty · 26 Feb 2007 at 19:37

I put together a NAS box with some old parts a few months ago, works very well. An old XP1900 with 512 RAM and some HDD's.

Used FREENAS, quite easy to setup I thought. I use it to backup stuff onto so set the mobo bios to turn the machine on at 8pm and configured FREENAS to turn it off at 10pm so its on for a 2 hour slot to back up on. I suppose you could extend this to say 9am - midnight if you need it all day. Saves some power.

Works great.