Hello,
I am thinking of building a home NAS with the main purpose of redundantly storing my family's pictures and important info.
Will also probably use the thing for other daily activities, as for example - I have 2x 1TB Seagate Baracudas that I run in a RAID-0(motherboard controller) in my PC (which has a SSD for the OS). this array is used as a general storage/unimportant programs/games install space, which I intend to morph into RAID-5 (or smth like this) on the NAS with the same purpose.
I have an old box, which I wish I can use for my future NAS, with P5Pl2 Asus motherboard (2 GB - max), a Celeron(32bit) 1 core CPU @ 2.3MHz, 4 S-ATA connectors on the motherboard, 450 W corsair PSU.
I am thinking of a build around the freeNAS OS(but am not very familiar with any such OS), but it needs 64 bit and 8GB RAM for streaming, which is impossible to have in my old box.
I am thinking of buying 3x TOSHIBA DT01ACA300 3TB HDDs as they are best at $/MB per $/MB for a RAID-5 (or the freeNAS equivalent of it). And maybe another 1TB HDD for another RAID-5 with my current drives, or just transfer the 2 1TB RAID-0 to that NAS.
I also have old 2,5 in HDDs (a 200 GB and a 320 GB and maybe some other) that I might include... as I hear freeNAS has such a capabilities.
I use 2-3 local PCs on Windows mainly, some phones and tablets (Android), but the storage will be used through the web from some other computers (for backup of pictures and such). I intend this not to be very intensely used machine but it will be on 24/7, although I am guestimating no more than 4-6 hours of daily usage.
So my questions:
1. Will such a hardware setup work at all?
2. Will I be able to stream video from such a setup (given the connection speeds are good enough)?
3. I understand that the latest freeNAS won't work but there are older versions running on 32bit CPUs, is it likely to run older version without the RAM-hungry ZFS and still stream video?
4. Better OS for my purpose maybe?
5. I intend to use a PCI to S-ATA card for another 4x S-ATA connectors to have like up to 8 HDDs in the box - is this a good idea?
6. What about managing and using different (speed, size, etc., etc.) HDDs on a single NAS - any thoughts on that?
7. What about using different arrays in the same NAS?
8. And finally, an almost random one, does a GPU presence improves the streaming capabilities of such a setup?
Any toughs are welcome as I feel a little lost right now (I am in the phase of the intensive reading to find those answers but maybe you have them ready
Thanks in advance.
I am thinking of building a home NAS with the main purpose of redundantly storing my family's pictures and important info.
Will also probably use the thing for other daily activities, as for example - I have 2x 1TB Seagate Baracudas that I run in a RAID-0(motherboard controller) in my PC (which has a SSD for the OS). this array is used as a general storage/unimportant programs/games install space, which I intend to morph into RAID-5 (or smth like this) on the NAS with the same purpose.
I have an old box, which I wish I can use for my future NAS, with P5Pl2 Asus motherboard (2 GB - max), a Celeron(32bit) 1 core CPU @ 2.3MHz, 4 S-ATA connectors on the motherboard, 450 W corsair PSU.
I am thinking of a build around the freeNAS OS(but am not very familiar with any such OS), but it needs 64 bit and 8GB RAM for streaming, which is impossible to have in my old box.
I am thinking of buying 3x TOSHIBA DT01ACA300 3TB HDDs as they are best at $/MB per $/MB for a RAID-5 (or the freeNAS equivalent of it). And maybe another 1TB HDD for another RAID-5 with my current drives, or just transfer the 2 1TB RAID-0 to that NAS.
I also have old 2,5 in HDDs (a 200 GB and a 320 GB and maybe some other) that I might include... as I hear freeNAS has such a capabilities.
I use 2-3 local PCs on Windows mainly, some phones and tablets (Android), but the storage will be used through the web from some other computers (for backup of pictures and such). I intend this not to be very intensely used machine but it will be on 24/7, although I am guestimating no more than 4-6 hours of daily usage.
So my questions:
1. Will such a hardware setup work at all?
2. Will I be able to stream video from such a setup (given the connection speeds are good enough)?
3. I understand that the latest freeNAS won't work but there are older versions running on 32bit CPUs, is it likely to run older version without the RAM-hungry ZFS and still stream video?
4. Better OS for my purpose maybe?
5. I intend to use a PCI to S-ATA card for another 4x S-ATA connectors to have like up to 8 HDDs in the box - is this a good idea?
6. What about managing and using different (speed, size, etc., etc.) HDDs on a single NAS - any thoughts on that?
7. What about using different arrays in the same NAS?
8. And finally, an almost random one, does a GPU presence improves the streaming capabilities of such a setup?
Any toughs are welcome as I feel a little lost right now (I am in the phase of the intensive reading to find those answers but maybe you have them ready
Thanks in advance.
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