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DIY hardware for low-end NAS

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I have an old system that used to run Win XP, but is no longer in use. I was wondering if it would be feasible to re-purpose this system as a low-end NAS? I'm thinking about starting at 4-6 TB growing over time to 10-12 TB. spread across 2-3 drives plus parity drive. I know that i would need to put in a modern SATA card.

This system has a ASUS motherboard supporting dual CPU operation with AMD Athlon (?) in MP mode. It also has motherboard slots for double-width PCI cards.

If this is a feasible platform, then I can start to detail out my needs, and match that up with NAS OS's, probably Linux-based, that could run on this hardware.

If this above is not a good idea, what hardware, motherboard, CPU, etc, woudl I need for a low-end NAS?

Thanks.
 
Well I would get a killowatt meter (they are pretty cheap) and see how much the old system draws. If it's not a big deal then use that. Linux won't care either way. If the power is off the charts then consider going with new.

If you like Intel check out Avoton. I think Asrock as a unit at NewEgg.

If you like AMD check out the Athlon 5130/5350 + a board that supports ECC (I went this route and I'm still running tests).

Either solution will work.
 
kac77 said:
Well I would get a killowatt meter (they are pretty cheap) and see how much the old system draws. If it's not a big deal then use that. Linux won't care either way. If the power is off the charts then consider going with new.

If you like Intel check out Avoton. I think Asrock as a unit at NewEgg.

If you like AMD check out the Athlon 5130/5350 + a board that supports ECC (I went this route and I'm still running tests).

Either solution will work.
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Thanks.
 
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