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sapsa:
Dear BBT Community,
Long Version:
(click to show/hide)Like always you helped me a lot i pass few months.
I learned here a lot of things - and I could see a lot of your home setups/nas/seedboxs
I finally get a full time job, not the best one but its good for start in IT, before it wasn't really related with IT (sadly)
Now I can buy things I normally wouldn't buy - like case, mobo, raid controllers for my Home NAS.
I was looking for dedicated NAS, but there are like 200$ with only 2 slots for HDDs, and thats not what I aiming. Currently, i got 5 hdd's in my desktop build which is a little overkill.
I would like to move 4 and in future more, hdd's into dedicated case for NAS. I'm thinking about buying some kind of case that have a lot of hdd slots (3.5') but it seams I can't find any cheap
Any recommendations for case/mobo/raid controller? (maybe atom cpu (low power usage))
I know I could buy USB enclosure for them, but I like to have all in once place, without problems like "omg, hdd doesn't work after unplugging USB" drama.
I saw a 3x 5.25' enclosure for 4 x 3.5 drivers with swaps for case, it was pretty nice (like the swaps in servers) but it's overkill too - I wont need to replace drivers so often (only if one of them broke)
Short version:
I want to buy case + guts for Home NAS - what you think about, and what you recommends.
Lupin:
Unraid's forum's have several builds which may useful as a reference: http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=7998.0 The cpu/mobo combinations on that thread are pretty old though.
An atom cpu will work assuming it will do nothing but make files available on the network. I do think you're better off with a AMD E350 (compared to an atom)
halfelite:
How many drives are you looking to run. are you looking at software raid or hardware raid?
You can see one of my builds here http://forums.bakabt.me/index.php?topic=27595.msg4547214#msg4547214 which is overkill for most people so i doubt you want to go that big.
kitamesume:
cheapest option:
if you got an old pc(not an ancient imho) like a core2duo or maybe a celeron, you could salvage them and turn them into a NAS, buy some PCI-to-Sata cards or even better, raid cards.
not so cheap solution:
an athlon II X2 is currently the cheapest possible rig you could make, a little bit cheaper than the atoms, correct this if its wrong.
common solution:
atoms, AMD-E350 and i3-2100T are a good candidates for a NAS.
bigshot solution:
go get a Xeon or Opteron.
datora:
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--- Quote from: kitamesume on June 13, 2011, 11:46:44 PM ---cheapest option:
if you got an old pc(not an ancient imho) like a core2duo or maybe a celeron, you could salvage them and turn them into a NAS, buy some PCI-to-Sata cards or even better, raid cards.
--- End quote ---
Agreed ... the cheapest way to go, as in you might be able to pick up such a system for free that someone doesn't see the use for anymore.
BUT.
Be aware that PCI will limit you to SATA 150 (the original SATA I) specification. It would still be a solid NAS solution for pure storage, but you'll start running into hardware legacy and obsolescence issues even if the speed doesn't concern you. Like, try finding a PCI SATA 150 or RAID card ... you can, but you'll have to dig around a bit only to find they aren't entirely cheap. And, then you need to make sure your new SATA 6.0 GB/sec drives will configure with a SATA 150 controller ... not something to take as granted.
Meaning, if you want to utilize SATA 3.0 or 6.0 GB/sec speeds/ modern hardware compatibility, you'll want to look for a mobo with PCIe slots, and they need to be x4 speed or higher; x1 PCIe slots won't be the best solution. For example, if the NAS is constructed with such a mobo and doesn't have eSATA ports, or is limited to USB 2.0 (as is likely), one of the PCIe slots is going to be needed for a USB 3.0 &/or eSATA card (if the eSATA port isn't included on one of the other card options).
[ EDIT: BTW, these SAMSUNG F4 HD204UI 2TB 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s drives will auto-detect and run on SATA 150 controllers just fine; I've plugged several of these into several older mobos w/ that spec and they just plug 'n' play under WinXP Home & Pro, no worries. If you're looking for drives, newegg puts these on special for $69.99 delivered pretty regularly these days. ]
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