This good enough for a basic nas/download server?

[saitrix]

Hi,

Looking on ocuk I saw the following deal.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-276-OK&groupid=43&catid=1817&subcat=

Is this good enough to run a basic nas with say like 2 drives but also use it for downloading and storage for my htpc. I guess running Linux is the way forward for those duties. Just seems like a cheaper method than buying a nas, is there any downfalls other than its size?

 

[saitrix]

Hmm thats true, but I guess I could easily add a pci sata card to add more ports?

 

[saitrix]

That's good to know with the specs. Had a look and those cards are are £10 which is good. Software raid I'd be fine with. You out of interest also running sickbeard/couchpotato? The only thing is the combination of getting parts as cheap as that (I don't have any spare PC bits) and power use of an older system. 180w should be fine for powering 4 hdd and the atom system. Though nice to know what amount of power is required

Edit - I am fairly new to data storage business, it seems raid 5 is quite a good compromise between security and storage efficiency. What I had seen is you can get win XP to do software raid, I'd assume Linux, like the one you mentioned, can do raid 5?