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building nas server for home network
Hi,
I'm in need for (budget) storage at home. After doing a little research i decided to build my own NAS server. I've got an "old" AMD Athlon XP 2400+ with one GB of ram, so that will be more than sufficient i guess. I've been thinking of doing the following, but i wonder if it's the best way to do it: - I can use the onboard IDE or SATA port to setup a mirrored OS (two small drives). - I'll add an 8 port SATA Raid controller, for example the FastTrak SX8300 from Promise Technology to store all data in RAID5. I can attach 8x 250GB discs = 2000 GB in total , minus one disc for Raid5 = 1750 GB for data! That should be enough for a long time!.... - With this setup i have fault tolerance for both OS and especially for the data! What do you guys think of this setup? Is the FastTrak a good choice? Are there better disc configs? One very important question remains: i'd very much like an automated backup, not expensive of course. Raid5 is fault tolerant, but of course, i still need a way to backup my data! How can i do this? Or should i add 320gb dics (to have more storage) and then use a part of the discs for backup purposes? What's good software to backup to HDD? Or is there a better solution? This is all new for me, so i can use some advice :-) Thanks in advance guys! Kris |
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On 16 mrt, 09:03, "
wrote: Hi, I'm in need for (budget) storage at home. After doing a little research i decided to build my own NAS server. I've got an "old" AMD Athlon XP 2400+ with one GB of ram, so that will be more than sufficient i guess. .... An additional question: i just read that there are SATA I and SATA II compliant raid controllers on the market. Since only two or three users will be accessing the NAS server, i wonder if this is important for me? My motherboard doesn't support PCI-Express so i'm hoping that SATA I will be sufficient. Also, isn't the network the bottleneck here and not the SATA I or II controller? thanks again! Kris |
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On 17 mrt, 04:26, Bill Todd wrote:
Well, different people can have different ideas about just what 'budget' means, but to establish a base-line from which you could work upward I'd suggest getting rid of the RAID controller (for the price of which you can buy well over 1 TB of disk today if you shop around) and using software RAID (which will allow you to mirror your OS on a small portion of some of the same disks you use to hold your data - either use slightly larger disks in those cases, or if you choose to use RAID-1 for your data just cut back on the usable data storage on one pair by the size of your OS). ... - bill- Bill, Wow! Many many thanks for all this great info! I must say that i learned a lot! -Kris |
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On Mar 26, 4:52 am, "
wrote: On 17 mrt, 04:26, Bill Todd wrote: Well, different people can have different ideas about just what 'budget' means, but to establish a base-line from which you could work upward I'd suggest getting rid of the RAID controller (for the price of which you can buy well over 1 TB of disk today if you shop around) and using software RAID (which will allow you to mirror your OS on a small portion of some of the same disks you use to hold your data - either use slightly larger disks in those cases, or if you choose to use RAID-1 for your data just cut back on the usable data storage on one pair by the size of your OS). ... - bill- Bill, Wow! Many many thanks for all this great info! I must say that i learned a lot! -Kris If you don't mind me sidetracking the discussion: How about just buying a small purpose-built mini-NAS server from Adaptec: http://www.adaptec.com/en-US/product...ap_Server_110/ http://www.adaptec.com/en-US/product...ap_Server_210/ The 210 series uses 2x HD and can be set up with RAID1 for protection against disk failure. Silent, power efficient, small. Might be more $$ up front than a BYO solution, but tested, proven, supported etc. Hey, it even supports iSCSI ! I have used the now-obsolete Snap Server 1100, and was very happy with it. |
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building nas server for home network
I just a built a home NAS (amongst other things) using off-the -shelf
components from Frys. $1100 for: Motherboard with on board graphics, Gbit NIC and SATA RAID (0, 1, 0+1) 3Ghz Dual Core P4 4GB Memory 4x300GB SATA-II Hot swap drive bay (4x 3.5 SATA drives in 3x5.25" bays) Midtower chassis Add another $30 for a DVD-burner if you want one (I already had one spare) And you are good to go. -- Nik Simpson |
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then you'd be one of the few people happy with a SNAP server NAS (or iSCSI) solution. most of the people I know, including Adaptec, are NOT happy with the performance, support or reliability of SNAP products. There are plenty of inexpensive NAS solutions around, including many based on Windows. look atwww.xtore-es.comand call or email me if you need any help figuring out the configuration. The 110/210 is different (newer/better) than the discontinued 1100/2100 series. I have heard little negative about the 1100 series, and even fewer for the 110. I would absolutely like to know what experiences people have with them (110/210), and I will happily change my mind about them. _____ . . ' \\ . . | O// . . | \_\ . . | | | . . . | / | . www.EvenEnterprises.com . . . | / .| . . . | / . | 310-544-9439 / 310-544-9309 fax . . . o ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Authorized - DIRECT VAR/VAD/Distributor for new mid-high end storage iSCSI/NAS/SAN/RAID from EMC, HP, Equallogic, Quantum, OverLand Storage Quite a long signature... And I couldn't bring up that link... |
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