Poor mans File Server

Biohazard

Biohazard

Biohazard

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Right just want someone to give this the once over. Building a Mini ITX File Server for the house. Parts so far are…

Socket 370 Mobo 815E with onboard Intel® 82562 NIC (two ports) / onboard graphics.

P3 1000Mhz FC-PGA 133fsb (on way)

512Mb SD-Ram

The motherboard has a two PCI riser, so I have these options:

SCSI for relative cheap speed… although would a SCSI I/O system be too much for this?

Or tiny laptop drives to save on space with the build?

Just so I have storage away from the main machine, its going to be run stand alone no monitor. Windows 2003 server be ok for this?
 
I wouldnt do the laptop HDD's as they are not as fast as standard HDD's, and if your building a file server you want access speed to be fast...

The CPU seems abit overkill for a file server (im runing a 533mhz on mine) which is more than enough. but if thats what you have coming then thats ok.
 
what speed could I start to run the cooling passively? I hjave a 733 kicking about I am sure

I am hoping to expand the remit of the server once its running, yes now that you say that I'll avoid laptop hard drives. Anyone know of a low profile RAID ATA/SATA cards? (Sata pref less cable).
 
Personally, I would get a SATA PCI card and a couple of SATA drives and RAID them. I *think* low profile SATA cards are avaliable but I can't mention where here. I wouldn't of thought that noise from the CPU cooler would be a problem though as the fans for S370 heatsinks are tiny anyway :)
 
If you're after a Micro-ATX case then you could look at the Antec Aria which comes with a 300W PSU IIRC :) As for drives, I'd get some of the new Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 drives, here :cool:
 
cheers found a case, can't post link but its nice and alu.

with a SATA controller I can fit anysize disk I want, not going to be limited to chipset is it?

either going to be 2 x 160's or 250's.

I can still use the mobos ata headers to run the OS off, and keep the two sata drives as storage yes?
 
Biohazard said:
cheers found a case, can't post link but its nice and alu.
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Great, should run nice and cool then :)

Biohazard said:
with a SATA controller I can fit anysize disk I want, not going to be limited to chipset is it?

either going to be 2 x 160's or 250's.
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I wouldn't of thought so as the drives won't be *directly* connected to the southbridge controller :)

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I can still use the mobos ata headers to run the OS off, and keep the two sata drives as storage yes?
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Yes, that will be the best way to do it :)
 
Trigger said:
If you're after a Micro-ATX case then you could look at the Antec Aria which comes with a 300W PSU IIRC :) As for drives, I'd get some of the new Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 drives, here :cool:
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Antec is a nice case, just built a 3700+ system into one recently. However it would be a bad choice if you want more than one HDD in there.

While it can technically fit 3 HDDs, 2 of them would be vertical and you may have clearance issues depending on the layout of your motherboard, there is also the fact that there will be a lot of heat and the cage is attached to would cause a lot of vibration.

However, this isn't an issue since you already have another case lined up. Just thought I would add my thoughts :D By the way, what is the case you have gone for?

SiriusB
 
struggling with case actually now that I am engaging the brain, not easy finding one to take 3 x 3.5" drives (no optical required I'm sure I can install 2003 over network.


I might end up getting a 1U rack case from No competitor talk please! and sticking it under the floor crawl space, out of sight out of mind! :)


nice and cold under the floor, could maybe see if it would clock! :p
 
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