Home server, rack mounts, NAS
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Home server, rack mounts, NAS
ok chaps and chapesses,
my home system is now becoming a bit unwieldy with 20 odd hard drives varying in size from 80GB to 1.5TB over 4 machines i have in various location around the house. i bought a Lian Li Cube case which is massive and have 11 drives in that.
I would like to set up some sort of rack mounted system using old server stuff. i have no interest in gaming just shifting information like movies and music round the various machines. the 4 computer i have hardwired on a gigabit network and the two laptops and blackberry can access via wireless. i was talking to someone yesterday who said old Linux stuff can be picked up of fleabay for a song.
so what are my options. opteron boards seem to work and i see scoobylou has a dell win2k server for sale. would that suit my need?
i know nothing about all this stuff (setting up servers etc.)
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my home system is now becoming a bit unwieldy with 20 odd hard drives varying in size from 80GB to 1.5TB over 4 machines i have in various location around the house. i bought a Lian Li Cube case which is massive and have 11 drives in that.
I would like to set up some sort of rack mounted system using old server stuff. i have no interest in gaming just shifting information like movies and music round the various machines. the 4 computer i have hardwired on a gigabit network and the two laptops and blackberry can access via wireless. i was talking to someone yesterday who said old Linux stuff can be picked up of fleabay for a song.
so what are my options. opteron boards seem to work and i see scoobylou has a dell win2k server for sale. would that suit my need?
i know nothing about all this stuff (setting up servers etc.)
TIA
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Budget probably is the key.
If you've nice, deep pockets, Supermicro have some lovely kit:
Super Micro Computer, Inc. - Products | Supermicro Storage Chassis Solutions
The SC846A takes 24 3.5" HDs in 4U - 24TB enough space for you? You'll just need somewhere cool to put it (oh, and it's probably a bit noisy!).
If you've nice, deep pockets, Supermicro have some lovely kit:
Super Micro Computer, Inc. - Products | Supermicro Storage Chassis Solutions
The SC846A takes 24 3.5" HDs in 4U - 24TB enough space for you? You'll just need somewhere cool to put it (oh, and it's probably a bit noisy!).
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12-15 TB at the moment. Yes i would like one central system. and yes as cheap as possible. don't mind old second hand gear as long as it can feed the data to the various PCs, music systems and various home entertainment systems
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The cheapest 2Tb drives are about £150. For 16Tb you'd need 8 at a cost of £1200 and that wouldn't include any redundancy.
Do you have £1200 for this project or are you planning/hoping to re-use the existing disks?
Do you have £1200 for this project or are you planning/hoping to re-use the existing disks?
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Or am i wasting my time?
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If you are going rack mount, do you have the depth available to house one?
I like the Supermicro 800 something series rack mount that has 24 hot swap bays in
Are all you drives the same type of interface? Sata?
I like the Supermicro 800 something series rack mount that has 24 hot swap bays in
Are all you drives the same type of interface? Sata?
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sinky - take a look at Free NAS or Open filer - in my opinion Free NAS is the better of the two products.
I have one old PC - doenst need to be a huge spec machine, P3 with 512 will do well. Up to you weather you want to install a raid card or use software raid or run as JBOD as you suggest. It will work with either SATA or IDE drives. The NAS software can be installed and booted from a USB stick, or flash card or a hard disk, all managed through a web interface.
If you are looking for a a decent media manager, have a look at Jinzora.
If you want to go down the true NAS route I would opt for something from QNAP - they are expensive but vey good.
I have one old PC - doenst need to be a huge spec machine, P3 with 512 will do well. Up to you weather you want to install a raid card or use software raid or run as JBOD as you suggest. It will work with either SATA or IDE drives. The NAS software can be installed and booted from a USB stick, or flash card or a hard disk, all managed through a web interface.
If you are looking for a a decent media manager, have a look at Jinzora.
If you want to go down the true NAS route I would opt for something from QNAP - they are expensive but vey good.
Last edited by tarmac terror; 18 August 2009 at 10:52 PM.
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I'm experimenting with FreeNas (on fair modern but cheap hardware) with 3 x 500gb HDD's. It seems pretty good so far. I went for this as I wanted Wake-On-Lan so the system isn't running 24/7.
I actually get faster file transfers with that on a gigabit network, then with the Win2k server software I was.....evalulating.
I actually get faster file transfers with that on a gigabit network, then with the Win2k server software I was.....evalulating.
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