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From: Jesco Lincke on 11 Jan 2008 11:58 Hi, I'm looking for some reasonably simple instructions on how to build a NAS-box from scratch. The result should be something like the Tera-Station (http://www.buffalo-technology.com/products/network-storage/terastation/terastation-pro-ii/), just not as expensive. Could anybody point me to some "how-to" on the internet? I should add that I'm not completely clueless as to hardware assemblage, just would appreciate some inputs on selection of parts and software. Emphasis would be on low energy consumption and noise level. Oh, and I HAVE used google, only I'm not knowledgeable enough to filter through the overwhelming amount of hits (which each seem to tell completely different stories). Cheers, Jesco
From: Rod Speed on 11 Jan 2008 12:48 Jesco Lincke <ichwill(a)keine.mail> wrote: > I'm looking for some reasonably simple instructions on how to build a > NAS-box from scratch. The result should be something like the Tera-Station > (http://www.buffalo-technology.com/products/network-storage/terastation/terastation-pro-ii/), > just not as expensive. > Could anybody point me to some "how-to" on the internet? > I should add that I'm not completely clueless as to hardware assemblage, just would appreciate some inputs on > selection of parts and software. Emphasis would be on low energy consumption and noise level. > Oh, and I HAVE used google, only I'm not knowledgeable enough to filter through the overwhelming amount of hits (which > each seem to tell completely different stories). Thats because there are a number of perfectly viable ways to do it. Just what would suit you really depends on what sort of performance you need.
From: Jesco Lincke on 11 Jan 2008 13:56 Rod Speed schrieb: > Jesco Lincke <ichwill(a)keine.mail> wrote: > >> I'm looking for some reasonably simple instructions on how to build a >> NAS-box from scratch. The result should be something like the Tera-Station >> (http://www.buffalo-technology.com/products/network-storage/terastation/terastation-pro-ii/), >> just not as expensive. > >> Could anybody point me to some "how-to" on the internet? > >> I should add that I'm not completely clueless as to hardware assemblage, just would appreciate some inputs on >> selection of parts and software. Emphasis would be on low energy consumption and noise level. > >> Oh, and I HAVE used google, only I'm not knowledgeable enough to filter through the overwhelming amount of hits (which >> each seem to tell completely different stories). > > Thats because there are a number of perfectly viable ways to do it. > > Just what would suit you really depends on what sort of performance you need. > > Setup is for a home storage system to avoid multiple copies (and/or versions) of files being used from more than one PC. Nothing too big, mostly pictures, audio files and (redundant) backup files of said PCs. Should allow read/write from all connected PCs (don't know if that's an issue here, it certainly is with the one NAS-drive I'm using now) I was thinking about a 4 drive RAID5 setup with about 1TB in storage space (so maybe 4x 320GB or 400GB) Drive replacement and subsequent raid rebuild should be as user-friendly as possible, since I might not always personally be around to do it. Don't know if hard- or software-raid would work better here.
From: Rod Speed on 11 Jan 2008 14:18 Jesco Lincke <ichwill(a)keine.mail> wrote > Rod Speed wrote >> Jesco Lincke <ichwill(a)keine.mail> wrote: >>> I'm looking for some reasonably simple instructions on how to build a NAS-box from scratch. The result should be >>> something like the Tera-Station >>> (http://www.buffalo-technology.com/products/network-storage/terastation/terastation-pro-ii/), >>> just not as expensive. >>> Could anybody point me to some "how-to" on the internet? >>> I should add that I'm not completely clueless as to hardware assemblage, just would appreciate some inputs on >>> selection of parts and software. Emphasis would be on low energy consumption and noise level. >>> Oh, and I HAVE used google, only I'm not knowledgeable enough to >>> filter through the overwhelming amount of hits (which each seem to >>> tell completely different stories). >> Thats because there are a number of perfectly viable ways to do it. >> Just what would suit you really depends on what sort of performance you need. > Setup is for a home storage system to avoid multiple copies (and/or > versions) of files being used from more than one PC. Nothing too big, > mostly pictures, audio files and (redundant) backup files of said PCs. > Should allow read/write from all connected PCs (don't know if that's > an issue here, it certainly is with the one NAS-drive I'm using now) > I was thinking about a 4 drive RAID5 setup with about 1TB in storage space (so maybe 4x 320GB or 400GB) > Drive replacement and subsequent raid rebuild should be as user-friendly as possible, since I might not always > personally be around to do it. > Don't know if hard- or software-raid would work better here. The noise is easy to handle, just use quiet drives like samsungs and dont get too carried away with noisy fans, have a free slot between the drives. The power use isnt as easy tho, how much do you care about getting that as low as the terastation ?
From: Jesco Lincke on 11 Jan 2008 14:41 Rod Speed schrieb: > Jesco Lincke <ichwill(a)keine.mail> wrote >> Rod Speed wrote >>> Jesco Lincke <ichwill(a)keine.mail> wrote: > >>>> I'm looking for some reasonably simple instructions on how to build a NAS-box from scratch. The result should be >>>> something like the Tera-Station >>>> (http://www.buffalo-technology.com/products/network-storage/terastation/terastation-pro-ii/), >>>> just not as expensive. > >>>> Could anybody point me to some "how-to" on the internet? > >>>> I should add that I'm not completely clueless as to hardware assemblage, just would appreciate some inputs on >>>> selection of parts and software. Emphasis would be on low energy consumption and noise level. > >>>> Oh, and I HAVE used google, only I'm not knowledgeable enough to >>>> filter through the overwhelming amount of hits (which each seem to >>>> tell completely different stories). > >>> Thats because there are a number of perfectly viable ways to do it. > >>> Just what would suit you really depends on what sort of performance you need. > >> Setup is for a home storage system to avoid multiple copies (and/or >> versions) of files being used from more than one PC. Nothing too big, >> mostly pictures, audio files and (redundant) backup files of said PCs. > >> Should allow read/write from all connected PCs (don't know if that's >> an issue here, it certainly is with the one NAS-drive I'm using now) > >> I was thinking about a 4 drive RAID5 setup with about 1TB in storage space (so maybe 4x 320GB or 400GB) > >> Drive replacement and subsequent raid rebuild should be as user-friendly as possible, since I might not always >> personally be around to do it. > >> Don't know if hard- or software-raid would work better here. > > The noise is easy to handle, just use quiet drives like samsungs and dont > get too carried away with noisy fans, have a free slot between the drives. > > The power use isnt as easy tho, how much do you care about getting that as low as the terastation ? > > > Well, the TeraStation claims to have an energy consumption of 60W. I can only assume that this is an average, but still. A self-built system will certainly need more (peak) power than that, but it should have a reasonably low consumption when at idle. As far as I know, idle consumption of HDs is below 10W per drive, usually around 8W. When active it would be around 12-15W with peaks up to 30W at spin-up. So would a 4-drive setup need much more than 150-200W available, including power for the MB? Would a RAM-buffer help keeping drive activity low? I realize this is getting more and more complicated...
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