Network Harddrive ?

MarkW7 · 30 May 2009 at 14:24

Hey all,

As i now have several pcs / laptops and i'm finding passing files between them to be a nightmare!

What im after is a network harddrive? - This needs to be avaliable to several pcs running different OS's.

Linux,
XP,
Vista,
Win 7.

Computers are connected to the network wired and wirelessly.

Current Setup; [Includeds a nice picture

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So, internet goes into router, router gives wireless to 2 laptops, router is also wired to one pc and then a switch, switch is wired to 5more pcs.
All of which need to be able to access this 'Network drive'

Is this possible?

Any ideas? -Please post below.

Thank you! Mark.

MarkW7 · 30 May 2009 at 18:04

Power is something i am worried about as what i have spare is a 500MHz pentium 3, which takes ide and only has 2 harddrive spaces.

MarkW7 · 31 May 2009 at 12:31

smids said:
What type of switch is that and what kind of files are you wanting to share?

Switch is a standard 8 port unmanaged.
Files will range from notepad .txt to games, 15gb and up.

MarkW7 · 31 May 2009 at 23:00

Would the DIY NAS route mean the FREENAS machine would need to be connected to the router? , As the router is downstairs and im based up stairs with the rest of my pcs / laptops.
And will it be avaliable wirelessly.

MarkW7 · 1 Jun 2009 at 15:42

smids said:
Yes, it would need to be connected to the switch.

Can the wireless devices still communicate with it this way?

And i have a few old harddrive but they are 6 / 8gb's can i make them all into one big drive?

MarkW7 · 1 Jun 2009 at 21:28

um, no theres no way to make one big drive.

MarkW7 · 1 Jun 2009 at 22:49

Sweet, thats cool - and i think this is avaliable in freenas which means i can get like 50gb off loads of old drives lol.

MarkW7 · 2 Jun 2009 at 22:40

Does anyone know if i can just get the LAN case were i can put my own SATA drive in.

MarkW7 · 6 Jun 2009 at 10:15

Yep, the OC's range is a little expensive for what i need.
And 1TB is a litle big for now I was thinking around 320gb or a cage i can put my 320gb sata in., had a little google and most i've seen seem to be IDE attachments.