I want to build a NAS for backup.
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I'd like to "build my own" NAS for backup at home. Most of the commercial products are really expensive, so I thought I'd look to see what I already own, what free products exist, and some add-on purchases to create my own NAS system. Here's an approach I'm thinking about trying out for those with any experience in this: 1) Ever heard of DSL Linux (Dam* Small Linux)? I purchased a while back one of their Dam* Small Machines... a nano-ITX board with a 1 Gb flash drive (very cool little machine): Nano-ITX Computer The Dam* Small Machine![^] 2) I ran across this link: FreeNAS: The Free NAS Server[^] which only requires 16 MB to run (could easily run on my DSL machine. 3) Then I figured I'd purchase something like this: USB/Firewire Connected External RAID[^] I figured by combining these I could create myself a relatively cheap (and slow... but for my purposes I don't really care) NAS storage system with RAID 0 protection for possible drive failure. What do you think? Matt
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I'd like to "build my own" NAS for backup at home. Most of the commercial products are really expensive, so I thought I'd look to see what I already own, what free products exist, and some add-on purchases to create my own NAS system. Here's an approach I'm thinking about trying out for those with any experience in this: 1) Ever heard of DSL Linux (Dam* Small Linux)? I purchased a while back one of their Dam* Small Machines... a nano-ITX board with a 1 Gb flash drive (very cool little machine): Nano-ITX Computer The Dam* Small Machine![^] 2) I ran across this link: FreeNAS: The Free NAS Server[^] which only requires 16 MB to run (could easily run on my DSL machine. 3) Then I figured I'd purchase something like this: USB/Firewire Connected External RAID[^] I figured by combining these I could create myself a relatively cheap (and slow... but for my purposes I don't really care) NAS storage system with RAID 0 protection for possible drive failure. What do you think? Matt
Matt Philmon wrote:
FreeNAS: The Free NAS Server[^]
I tested it on a PC of mine, works well, except for the fact the BSD takes like forever to boot! But that shouldnt be an issue once it's up and running. Go try it on VMWare :)**
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I'd like to "build my own" NAS for backup at home. Most of the commercial products are really expensive, so I thought I'd look to see what I already own, what free products exist, and some add-on purchases to create my own NAS system. Here's an approach I'm thinking about trying out for those with any experience in this: 1) Ever heard of DSL Linux (Dam* Small Linux)? I purchased a while back one of their Dam* Small Machines... a nano-ITX board with a 1 Gb flash drive (very cool little machine): Nano-ITX Computer The Dam* Small Machine![^] 2) I ran across this link: FreeNAS: The Free NAS Server[^] which only requires 16 MB to run (could easily run on my DSL machine. 3) Then I figured I'd purchase something like this: USB/Firewire Connected External RAID[^] I figured by combining these I could create myself a relatively cheap (and slow... but for my purposes I don't really care) NAS storage system with RAID 0 protection for possible drive failure. What do you think? Matt
Matt Philmon wrote:
NAS storage system with RAID 0 protection for possible drive failure. What do you think?
I think you want RAID 5 or 1. Since 0 is just striping with no redundancy. It increases the risk of data loss but it performs the best out of all the different RAID configurations.
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I'd like to "build my own" NAS for backup at home. Most of the commercial products are really expensive, so I thought I'd look to see what I already own, what free products exist, and some add-on purchases to create my own NAS system. Here's an approach I'm thinking about trying out for those with any experience in this: 1) Ever heard of DSL Linux (Dam* Small Linux)? I purchased a while back one of their Dam* Small Machines... a nano-ITX board with a 1 Gb flash drive (very cool little machine): Nano-ITX Computer The Dam* Small Machine![^] 2) I ran across this link: FreeNAS: The Free NAS Server[^] which only requires 16 MB to run (could easily run on my DSL machine. 3) Then I figured I'd purchase something like this: USB/Firewire Connected External RAID[^] I figured by combining these I could create myself a relatively cheap (and slow... but for my purposes I don't really care) NAS storage system with RAID 0 protection for possible drive failure. What do you think? Matt
Wuldn't it just cost you less to buy a pre-built NAS appliance, or even a regular PC?
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I'd like to "build my own" NAS for backup at home. Most of the commercial products are really expensive, so I thought I'd look to see what I already own, what free products exist, and some add-on purchases to create my own NAS system. Here's an approach I'm thinking about trying out for those with any experience in this: 1) Ever heard of DSL Linux (Dam* Small Linux)? I purchased a while back one of their Dam* Small Machines... a nano-ITX board with a 1 Gb flash drive (very cool little machine): Nano-ITX Computer The Dam* Small Machine![^] 2) I ran across this link: FreeNAS: The Free NAS Server[^] which only requires 16 MB to run (could easily run on my DSL machine. 3) Then I figured I'd purchase something like this: USB/Firewire Connected External RAID[^] I figured by combining these I could create myself a relatively cheap (and slow... but for my purposes I don't really care) NAS storage system with RAID 0 protection for possible drive failure. What do you think? Matt
there are a few things like this[^] that will let you drop your own HDs in, to make a RAID 1 server. Cleek | Image Toolkits | Thumbnail maker
