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Whats up everyone

So i've been thinking about buying a 2 bay NAS enclosure for a while now. I'd purchase 2 3TB WD RED hdd's to fill it up.

Suddenly i realised that i have an older desktop gathering dust upstairs that no one EVER uses. So my question is: except for the 2 wd red drives, do I have all the necessary components to make my own NAS server for only 2 drives???

Spec list:

4gb 1600 mhz RAM
300W psu
AMD athlon 64 x2 cpu
MSI N1996 Motherboard
360gb HDD (doesn't really matter I know)
An old cpu cooler
A basic no-idea-what-brand-case
A tv/dvb-t combo card (???????)
No dedicated gpu

I of course am willing to purchase some additional components but I don't really want to spend hundreds of dollars, cuz I could just as well by an enclosure then.
I'm really also looking to use 2 drives and MAYBE in the far future a third one or so, but not sure...
Performance doesn't have to be ground breaking but a decent transfer speed would be nice

Thanks in advance to everyone, all help is appreciated :)

Cheers

Joni
 
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You didn't specify that you had an OS. Were you planning on using FreeNAS, Linux, or Windows? Depending on how you want to use the two disks, a hardware RAID card would be advantageous. With the cost of a 2 drive NAS enclosure less than $200, would the lower electricity cost more than pay for the lower wattage NAS unit over the lifespan of the device? Also, do the features that are pre-baked into the NAS OS worth the extra cost? Look at the feature sets of the top tier NAS OS (QNAP, Synology, Thecus) and see if there is sufficient reason to skip the DIY.
 
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I'm planning to use windows, power consumption isn't really an issue. But i'm not 100% sure I know what such a NAS is capable of, I only really want a 6tb cloud drive that all my devices (laptop, phone, tablet, media player) can connect to, i don't really care for thousands of features other than that.

I don't know what do you think??

Thanks :)
 
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To get 6TB, you will have to stripe. You increase your risk of losing data by striping. You are accepting a higher risk of losing EVERYTHING on that striped volume. Is everything backed up somewhere? 6TB is a lot to lose....
Do you want to access your data from the internet or only on the LAN? Commercial NAS units have tools to simplify internet access while minimizing risks. Having a windows host visible to the internet is a risky proposition also. Be sure you have a good software firewall on that box as well.
Spend some $$$ on a good UPS and be sure you have configured the network storage to shutdown cleanly when power is lost to the UPS.
 
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It only needs to be accessible in my home, on my own network, not elsewhere online. I have almost all my data backed up on some external drives. I'd just like for the server to be accessible as a lettered drive in the "my computer" section of windows. Is that possible?
If so, could you link me to any video or article or whatever on how to do it?
I've been looking around but I just don't know wich methods aply to me in all the different videos :/

Thanks
 
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