Hey guys,
After debating a long time, I finally bit the bullet and went a (cheap) route to a server. I bought a NZXT case, and am using some old components to run all my current spare HDD's. I will have 7 2TB drives and 4 3TB drives housed in the case, and 4 3TB drives mounted via eSATA in an external case.
I want at least 2 arrays, probably 3. I'm think one array using the 4 3TB internal drives, and one of the 4 3TB external drives, both a mirror copy of the data. This will be for my essential data, the stuff I really don't want to lose.
I'm thinking with the 7 2TB drives, I'd do something else. I don't care really what size the array is, maybe have 1-2 of the drive be parity and the rest storage?
Anyway, what OS should I run?
I have licenses for Server 2008 (Not R2), WHS 2008, and Windows 7 as my options. Anything else you may suggest needs to be a free OS, as I don't want to spend any more on this setup.
After debating a long time, I finally bit the bullet and went a (cheap) route to a server. I bought a NZXT case, and am using some old components to run all my current spare HDD's. I will have 7 2TB drives and 4 3TB drives housed in the case, and 4 3TB drives mounted via eSATA in an external case.
I want at least 2 arrays, probably 3. I'm think one array using the 4 3TB internal drives, and one of the 4 3TB external drives, both a mirror copy of the data. This will be for my essential data, the stuff I really don't want to lose.
I'm thinking with the 7 2TB drives, I'd do something else. I don't care really what size the array is, maybe have 1-2 of the drive be parity and the rest storage?
Anyway, what OS should I run?
I have licenses for Server 2008 (Not R2), WHS 2008, and Windows 7 as my options. Anything else you may suggest needs to be a free OS, as I don't want to spend any more on this setup.