I currently have an '08 model ATX case which is running a few webserver VMs inside a Windows host and hosting a 6tb RAID5 store on an i7 920 and the UD4P mobo's integrated RAID controller.
It's time to upgrade!
At the time that I built the current setup I was much more into gaming than dev and ran a 24/7 file share. Now I just don't want or need this kind of power hungry beast running 24/7 and would like to replace it with smaller, more efficient gear.
I was thinking of an external NAS (possibly with a wake on LAN solution?) and a much smaller server for hosting a couple of tiny websites and services.
Things I've looked at:
-RAID
I looked at RAID migration options and did not see much that wouldn't (at least) involve building a new RAID entirely. I've looked at QNAP and similar solutions, but they seem prohibitively expensive and targeted more for SMBs than power users.
Am I missing a product tier here or is there a DIY solution that wouldn't be > $600 for a 6TB solution?
-SERVER
I considered trying to host the few services on a raspberry pi, but have read reviews saying the pi does not perform well with more than one or two primary focuses. I've also looked at running something on AWS's 'free' tier, but running anything 24/7 there will still cost ~$10 on the micro machines. Heroku and similar are nice, but are limited to running remote web services exclusively. I still want to be able to run some local services like ownCloud or Sublime..
I have a feeling that I'm approaching rack mount territory by looking for a 24/7 availability, high reliability/redundancy/capacity solution, but I needed a sounding board at this point.
It's time to upgrade!
At the time that I built the current setup I was much more into gaming than dev and ran a 24/7 file share. Now I just don't want or need this kind of power hungry beast running 24/7 and would like to replace it with smaller, more efficient gear.
I was thinking of an external NAS (possibly with a wake on LAN solution?) and a much smaller server for hosting a couple of tiny websites and services.
Things I've looked at:
-RAID
I looked at RAID migration options and did not see much that wouldn't (at least) involve building a new RAID entirely. I've looked at QNAP and similar solutions, but they seem prohibitively expensive and targeted more for SMBs than power users.
Am I missing a product tier here or is there a DIY solution that wouldn't be > $600 for a 6TB solution?
-SERVER
I considered trying to host the few services on a raspberry pi, but have read reviews saying the pi does not perform well with more than one or two primary focuses. I've also looked at running something on AWS's 'free' tier, but running anything 24/7 there will still cost ~$10 on the micro machines. Heroku and similar are nice, but are limited to running remote web services exclusively. I still want to be able to run some local services like ownCloud or Sublime..
I have a feeling that I'm approaching rack mount territory by looking for a 24/7 availability, high reliability/redundancy/capacity solution, but I needed a sounding board at this point.
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