Recommend me a NAS drive
08 January 2012, 06:38 PM
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If you have an old pc knocking around with a semi reasonable spec, you have a NAS unit..
Download a copy of freenas & serviio install the drives, set up the network
bobs your etc
Mart
Download a copy of freenas & serviio install the drives, set up the network
bobs your etc
Mart
08 January 2012, 10:22 PM
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I got one off these off flebay for £75 with a 1tb on board, easy to set up and ticks all the boxes I wanted, there is one running on link below
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Netgear-St...item45ffea3c95
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Netgear-St...item45ffea3c95
15 January 2012, 10:52 PM
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I have a wd live 2tb nas is good basic nas and much faster than anything else for the price, streams full bluray Iso files to my media pc via gigabit LAN no problems and is much faster than my usb2 drive, would recommend one as they are also fanless and very quiet, mine is in the bedroom and can't be heard at all. Can also access it with my iPad and iPhone from anywhere with free app and can play compatible files via the Internet.
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19 January 2012, 04:56 PM
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how about a 2-bay NAS with 2x 1TB HDD included in the price of £185?
http://www.ebuyer.com/261411-d-link-...ve-dns-325-1tb
http://www.ebuyer.com/261411-d-link-...ve-dns-325-1tb
19 January 2012, 09:02 PM
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I picked up a HP Microserver for £150 (They give £100 cashback). It has 4 hard disk bays which are accessible from the front via a door. Add your own disks and OS and you are away. I have a Freesat tuner, graphics card with HDMI and running Windows 7 so it is a media PC as well as a NAS box. Much more versatile and cheaper than most 4 bay dedicated NAS boxes.
http://www.ebuyer.com/281915-hp-prol...ack-658553-421
http://www.ebuyer.com/281915-hp-prol...ack-658553-421
20 January 2012, 09:28 AM
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I picked up a HP Microserver for £150 (They give £100 cashback). It has 4 hard disk bays which are accessible from the front via a door. Add your own disks and OS and you are away. I have a Freesat tuner, graphics card with HDMI and running Windows 7 so it is a media PC as well as a NAS box. Much more versatile and cheaper than most 4 bay dedicated NAS boxes.
http://www.ebuyer.com/281915-hp-prol...ack-658553-421
http://www.ebuyer.com/281915-hp-prol...ack-658553-421
21 January 2012, 11:24 AM
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I really like my synology for features. I went for a four-bay DS410 (for Raid5) but you could get the 2-bay one. Lots of features and the OS is very good. I don't think power consumption is the lowest but it does have power management features (and wakeup / shutdown from iPhone and possibly Android).
Another option of you have an old computer if FreeNas. It's a free linux-based (actuall, FreeBSD) OS that will run on any old hardware. Great for filesharing / storage.
I'm moving over to some self-build hardware with Windows Home server so I can run iTunes and Plex to serve my TV/Computers/iOS devices/AppleTV. I can't run plex on the synology otherwise i'd keep it
Another option of you have an old computer if FreeNas. It's a free linux-based (actuall, FreeBSD) OS that will run on any old hardware. Great for filesharing / storage.
I'm moving over to some self-build hardware with Windows Home server so I can run iTunes and Plex to serve my TV/Computers/iOS devices/AppleTV. I can't run plex on the synology otherwise i'd keep it
21 January 2012, 01:25 PM
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I'm looking at using some of my old computer bits to run Freenas. I have a couple of 2TB hard drives ready to go in, but the motherboards are both 10 years old, though they both have sata. Just fired up one configuration with an Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe, AMD XP 2800+ and a gig of RAM. Running Vista (very slowly) at the moment. Will this give me a decent server?
I also have an Asus A7V880 which might be better as I believe I can get it to boot from a USB stick.
I also have an Asus A7V880 which might be better as I believe I can get it to boot from a USB stick.
21 January 2012, 02:15 PM
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I would say the XP 2800 would be fine for general storage tasks. The OS is so lightweight it's not going to do anything taxing.
I did run it on a core 2 duo but I think that was probably massively over-specced. I moved away from Freenas at the time as getting Wake On Lan / Shutdown was tricky at the time.
I wonder if your motherboard (BIOS) will support 2tb hard drives though?
I did run it on a core 2 duo but I think that was probably massively over-specced. I moved away from Freenas at the time as getting Wake On Lan / Shutdown was tricky at the time.
I wonder if your motherboard (BIOS) will support 2tb hard drives though?
21 January 2012, 03:18 PM
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Ah yes, I'd forgotten about that. I seem to remember there was a way round it.
May be back to the drawing board, but it did seem to be a good way of using some of the old kit lying around......
May be back to the drawing board, but it did seem to be a good way of using some of the old kit lying around......
21 January 2012, 08:33 PM
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Just done some upgrades, one of which was to do the BIOS tweaks to contain a new Silicon Image driver for better SATA support. I've always had a 36GB main SATA drive but recently added a 1TB SATA data drive. Some Googling brought up the tools for the job. I did it a couple of months ago so the details are a little vague right now but you need to look for forum threads that go through the process, particularly ones that mention 'cbrom'.Not tested this but I have a hunch that a lot of the "issues" that people are having with these larger drives is when they are used a boot drives. I had no problems with using one as a data drive.
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26 January 2012, 03:03 PM
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Gave up on the old stuff. The HP Proliant Microserver arrived today 
Now I can find a use for those 2TB hard drives I bought a few months ago when they were about £40
Now I can find a use for those 2TB hard drives I bought a few months ago when they were about £40
26 January 2012, 03:11 PM
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My girlfriend has a 5 bay Synology NAS with 2TB drives in. sounds like a helicopter when they're all on full chat ! quick and with dual disk redundancy too.
It was 1500 quid with drives in it though.
It was 1500 quid with drives in it though.
26 January 2012, 09:50 PM
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i was inches away from buying a Microserver with Home Server when disks went "sillyprice" - so will have to wait until they drop substantially before getting my new toy!
Poo!
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28 January 2012, 06:24 AM
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Now have the microserver running on OpenMediaVault, booting from the internal USB. Very neat.
Now I've got to figure out how to configure it all. Never used Linux before.
Must see if there's a manual.......
Now I've got to figure out how to configure it all. Never used Linux before.
Must see if there's a manual.......
28 January 2012, 02:12 PM
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28 January 2012, 04:36 PM
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More reading to do I think.
Have tried to configure in BIOS with 2 x 2TB drives in RAID 1 and 1 x 2TB as parity, but OMV will not allow me to set up any RAID arrangement (RAID 5 I believe). Have tried this both with RAID enabled in the BIOS and without. Also have miniDLNA plugin set up, but my Humax downstairs can't see it, so presumably I've missed something out.
Ah well, my son will be visiting in a few weeks, and he can sort it out!
Have tried to configure in BIOS with 2 x 2TB drives in RAID 1 and 1 x 2TB as parity, but OMV will not allow me to set up any RAID arrangement (RAID 5 I believe). Have tried this both with RAID enabled in the BIOS and without. Also have miniDLNA plugin set up, but my Humax downstairs can't see it, so presumably I've missed something out.
Ah well, my son will be visiting in a few weeks, and he can sort it out!
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