Spec me a NAS??

mrteabag · 4 Dec 2010 at 19:51

Freenas Live USB ?

Biz.Kid09 · 4 Dec 2010 at 20:07

Thanks mtb i will try that out now.
FreeNas easy to use?

mrteabag · 4 Dec 2010 at 20:44

To be honest I've never used it. Most popular Linux NAS distro but I never bothered trying it

Just happy using home server on a mitx atom build and its been fine

Biz.Kid09 · 4 Dec 2010 at 20:47

Will the network hard drive still be accessible even if the pc is in hibernation? or what power state apart from ON would the hard drive still be accessible?
Thanks guys.

mrteabag · 4 Dec 2010 at 20:52

Has to be on to be accessible AFAIK.

Dutchman · 4 Dec 2010 at 20:52

Hibernation won't work as to share the drive you need your OS up and running. Best power option would be to never sleep or hibernate otherwise you will lose access, but power off screen after 1 minute as you don't need it running

Biz.Kid09 · 4 Dec 2010 at 21:26

Ok thanks guys,
I have tried that guide mtb but it doesn't work. Do you have any other ideas? as to how i can get FreeNas or anything that will enable me to setup the harddrive to be accessible on the network?

mrteabag · 4 Dec 2010 at 21:32

I think you should just leave it as you had it with windows 7 if you haven't formatted the drive?

Biz.Kid09 · 4 Dec 2010 at 21:37

mtb at the moment i have a hard drive inside my pc, mapped on the network through win 7.
However at the moment i am currently working through this http://pcplus.techradar.com/node/3191/
Which seems to be exactly what i need?
However i am now considering just doing what i am doing for now and if my hard drives become full then i will invest in a proper NAS.
Thanks for all your help though guys.

mrteabag · 4 Dec 2010 at 21:42

Biz.Kid09 said:
However i am now considering just doing what i am doing for now and if my hard drives become full then i will invest in a proper NAS.
Thanks for all your help though guys.

This is what I would do.
No problem