Re: Planning on a DIY NAS

[Stuart Poulton <stuart.poulton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

TBH, unless you need the functionality of the PC, I can recommend
getting an icy box.

http://linitx.com/viewproduct.php?prodid=12131

Has performed flawlessly for me with two 500GB WD Green drives, with a
total power usage of <20w peak.

Cheers

Stuart


On Tue, 2008-11-18 at 10:56 +0000, Tim Hawes wrote:
> Hi Paul,
>
> NAS built by "some bloke" with spare drives and a mini-itx
board here:
> http://www.automatedhome.co.uk/Content/Jukebox-Server.html
> :-)
>
> It appears that you can use a CF card with FreeNAS
> (http://www.freenas.org/index.php?option=com_openwiki&Itemid=30&id=sug:en&s=card)
> but wouldn't you lose one of your IDE channels?
> FreeNAS can also run from a floppy or USB key drive memory stick
thing.
>
> HTH,
>
> Tim.
>
>
>
> On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 11:20 PM, paul_watkin
<paul.watkin33@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Moving to a Windows Home server has left me with 4 spare 250Gig
> > drives which I plan to turn into an additional NAS drive for the
> > movie collection.
> >
> > I do however have a couple of questions I hope people can help
with
> >
> > 1. Looking for a Mini ITX board powerful enough for the job but
> > extremely low power and preferably fan less
> >
> > 2. I am contemplating using FreeNAS can this be put on a CF Card
and
> > run from there??
> >
> > 3. If I use Free NAS do I have to careful about powering the
drive
> > down?? It won't be on permanently as no need for instand access
to
> > movies during day etc
> >
> > Any info greatly appreciated
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Paul
>
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