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| Thread ID: 95156 | 2008-11-26 07:30:00 | NAS OS recommendations? | pcuser42 (130) | Press F1 |
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| 723103 | 2008-11-26 07:30:00 | We have just bought some hardware to convert an old PC into a NAS box. I'm not entirely sure what OS to use - in this case, Windows may not seem appropriate. The box MAY eventually do other tasks, such as monitoring a webcam. The PC required a SATA card, which will be bootable, so it needs to support SATA PCI cards. What OS to use? Size doesn't really matter, as the new drive is 750GB. :banana |
pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 723104 | 2008-11-26 07:35:00 | Windows NT :D Or XP/Vista if it needs SATA drivers.... |
jwil1 (65) | ||
| 723105 | 2008-11-26 07:41:00 | And where would I obtain a copy of NT? :p | pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 723106 | 2008-11-26 07:49:00 | FreeNAS? | Blam (54) | ||
| 723107 | 2008-11-26 08:00:00 | I'm not sure how "expandable" FreeNAS is. I have given that a thought, though. | pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 723108 | 2008-11-26 08:05:00 | Have a look at This thread (pressf1.pcworld.co.nz) - another possible solution. Post 13 I think it was I wrote a little about it. And if you want to see more about the OS go Here (darrenyates.com.au) - about half way down the page is a few more links. |
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| 723109 | 2008-11-26 08:36:00 | FreeNAS is a good choice, but is really only suitable for filesharing (though it does have other - quite interesting - features). If you don't want to run windows, my personal favourite weapons of choice are a combination of debian and samba. |
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| 723110 | 2008-11-26 08:45:00 | What is the spec of the box??? | jwil1 (65) | ||
| 723111 | 2008-11-26 09:17:00 | Openfiler...linky... (http://www.openfiler.com/) | SolMiester (139) | ||
| 723112 | 2008-11-26 16:45:00 | And where would I obtain a copy of NT? :p I have an unopened version, still in the wrap. But aside from that, I've used Debian (no GUI) quite successfully. It can be accessed very easily by PuTTy, Filezilla or, a neat programme I bought, called sftp drive, which treats the debian server just as if it's another windows drive. Then of course there's Samba:confused:. |
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