So, I'm trying to create a NAS for my home storage. It will mostly contain media (video), but also other files.
My requirements are the following:
I think that's about it for now. I was looking at getting the Norco RPC-4020 case. I would like to re-use some of my existing hardware for the time being: MSI K9A2 Platinum mobo, PCP&C 700+W PSU, AMD Phenom quad core, 4GB RAM. I would replace at a later date if necessary to reduce power consumption, but if I can use this hardware, the extra cost of hardware won't reduce power enough to justify the added cost.
then I was gonna get some WD Green HD's and a LSISAS9201-16i card.
My current plan is to set up the drives using 2 separate JBOD instances so I can have backup capability, but i'm open to suggestions.
I'm not sure if I want to use FreeNAS, NAS4Free, Open Media Vault, etc. This will depend mainly on what features each can accomodate.
Any and all help is appreciated. Thanks!
My requirements are the following:
- power conscience - should use as little power as possible, while still having ability to encode video on the fly to my roku (currently use Plex)
- wake on lan
- put unused disks to sleep
- scalable - must be able to expand storage on demand as needed.
- not locked in to specific drives - must not require exact same disk drives as storage is expanded
- Rack mountable - I'm going to be getting a small cabinet to put all my server stuff in to tuck it away under the steps
- Easily upgradeable - Should have separate disk for OS that can be upgraded through the GUI, with a single file. If I had to maintain a standard Linux OS, I would, but would prefer to have a standalone 'embedded' type of system
- easily back up OS drive - I want to make a mirror image of the OS drive, but without using RAID. would prefer to have backup set as auto-boot only in event that primary could not boot
I think that's about it for now. I was looking at getting the Norco RPC-4020 case. I would like to re-use some of my existing hardware for the time being: MSI K9A2 Platinum mobo, PCP&C 700+W PSU, AMD Phenom quad core, 4GB RAM. I would replace at a later date if necessary to reduce power consumption, but if I can use this hardware, the extra cost of hardware won't reduce power enough to justify the added cost.
then I was gonna get some WD Green HD's and a LSISAS9201-16i card.
My current plan is to set up the drives using 2 separate JBOD instances so I can have backup capability, but i'm open to suggestions.
I'm not sure if I want to use FreeNAS, NAS4Free, Open Media Vault, etc. This will depend mainly on what features each can accomodate.
Any and all help is appreciated. Thanks!