[poofyhairguy]

who's with me?

[eskro]

that's the confirmation i've been waiting

so should i follow these setups? --> http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=7998.0

or better re-do with you Poof?

thx

[poofyhairguy]

or better re-do with you Poof?

thx

Lets redo some. Those builds are not super cost efficient.

I have to go to class in a bit, but please post what build you are considering and we will tweak it. Hint: stick to Corsair or Antec NEO PSUs.

[eskro]

ok will do, i'll create a new Thread about my NAS though,

i dont want to hijack this thread here...

link to my new thread --> http://fwd4.me/u7h

everybody is invited

[maxinc]

You don't need to spend silly money. The list is more like a starting point to highlight differences and limitations as the NAS grows.

I've built mine from leftovers and has been treating me well for 2.5 years now.
http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.p...ic=10173.0

[SwissElite]

@ maxinc... not everyone has leftovers

here is my suggestion to build my FreeNAS:

[MB] AsRock M3N78D, nForce 720D, AM3,
http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview.asp?Model=M3N78D
66$ (USD! not British Pound )

[CPU] AMD Athlon II X2 250 BOX C3 Stepping, 3.0GHz, AM3, 2C/2T
http://digitec.ch/ProdukteDetails2.aspx?...kel=196133
72$

[HDDs] Western Digital Caviar Green, 64MB, 2TB, SATA-II
http://digitec.ch/ProdukteDetails2.aspx?...kel=180061
3*99$=297$

[RAM] Kingston ValueRAM, 2 GB, DDR3-1333, CL9, SODIMM
http://digitec.ch/ProdukteDetails2.aspx?...kel=197507
27$

[PSU] Corsair Netzteil 500 CX - 500 Watt
http://digitec.ch/ProdukteDetails2.aspx?...kel=204407
70$

[USB Stick] Kingston DataTraveler G2 2GB, USB 2.0
http://digitec.ch/ProdukteDetails2.aspx?...kel=184904
12$

[Case] Have a left over
0$

Total: 544$ for a 6 TB NAS (incl. HDDs)


whats ur opinion on it?


ps. im sorry that some links are in german, nevertheless i hope the "core data" is understandable

[maxinc]

Looks good but did you account for the parity drive since you only mentioned 3 Drives? Also, are going to run other programs from your server or usit just for storage? If the later, you may save some money on the cpu.

[eskro]

Looks good indeed....

You might be able to save some more on the CPU...
Go with the AMD SEMPRON 140 if you just gonna run FreeNAS....

you can save on those 3 hard drives too...

and on your PSU too!

shop around!!


here's my 6TB NAS build (expandable up to 10 Hard Disk Drives):
............................................................................................
[CPU] AMD Sempron 2.7GHz AM3 45W Single-Core ($37 + $0)
[RAM] Kingston 1GB 240-Pin DDR3 1066Mhz ($13 + $10)
[MOBO] Foxconn M61PMP-K AM3 MicroATX ($47 + $0)
[PSU] CORSAIR CX430 430W ATX12V ($45 + $4 - $20 MIR)
[CASE] Antec VSK-2000 ($44 + $0)
[HDD] 3 x Seagate 2TB 5900 rpm SATAII 32MB ($240 + $0)
[TOTAL] $442 CAD

[YodaEXE]

Anyone have any experience with Windows Home Server? I'm thinking about setting up a version of it on a new machine to host my media. I'm trying to avoid other software, since I want to be able to easily run other software on the host machine as well. FreeNAS could work, but it sounds like a huge pain to add more storage. UnRaid won't work, since I refuse to give them that $119 or whatever it is that they want so that I can use the number of drives that I want. I've played briefly with a trial of WHS in a VM, and it seems like it will work well, but I'm wondering if anyone has any personal experience with it.

[jmarshall]

So you'll pay for WHS instead?

[poofyhairguy]

UnRaid won't work, since I refuse to give them that $119 or whatever it is that they want so that I can use the number of drives that I want.

Umm, its basically the same price as WHS with the bonus being that instead of having space eating duplication technology you get effective single disk parity technology.

[maxinc]

Price for the unRAID licence can be easily recovered and even make profit from the fact you can add new drives so easily and you don't have to buy more than 1 at at given time.
By the time you need to add another disk, the prices probably have dropped and you saves some $$$. Even more, you can get a generous discount if you purchase 2 licenses at the same time (friend or family maybe?).

By using a single parity drive saves money over other configurations which require more extra drives for the task as the array grows. And saving wasted space by being able to combine disks of different sizes into the same array while keeping all data protected.

It will even save money on electricity since it only spins one disc only when watching a movie for example (as opposed to a raid5 which would have to keep all disks in the array spinning for the same task).

[SwissElite]

i finally think, for me it is still best to combine the mediapc and the storage-pc in one device - and i think i will opt for a win7 software raid 1... i posted the hardware configuration i think would do the trick HERE - any input is appreciated

[eskro]

i finally think, for me it is still best to combine the mediapc and the storage-pc in one device - and i think i will opt for a win7 software raid 1...

could be somewhat be more cost effective regarding
"not" having to buy a seperate PC for using as NAS...

but, on the other hand,
you'd have to use HardWare RAID provided by your Motherboard,,,
which is not recommended...

and use RAID1 for media storage is not ideal...
a 4TB NAS can only use 2TB as true media storage....
the other 2GB acts as a mirror....

[SwissElite]

could be somewhat be more cost effective regarding
"not" having to buy a seperate PC for using as NAS...

i absolutely agree...

but, on the other hand,
you'd have to use HardWare RAID provided by your Motherboard,,,
which is not recommended...

nope - I will use a software Raid-1 which is provided by Win 7.
see HERE

and use RAID1 for media storage is not ideal...
a 4TB NAS can only use 2TB as true media storage....
the other 2GB acts as a mirror....

your absolutely right! however, at this point 2 TB are still sufficient for me - thus, no problem. However, I selected the hardware in a way that in case i need more storage at some point in the future, I simply can build an additional Nas, eg. with FreeNas... which then would solve my problem... For now, mirroring the 2TB (and thereby losing another entire 2TB) might seem not the most data-efficient way, but cost-wise it certainly is and fullfils my needs.