Rudi Ahlers wrote:
Hi all
I want to look at setting up a simple / cheap SAN / NAS server using
normal PIV motherboard, 2GB (or even more) RAM, Core 2 Duo CPU
(probably a Intel 6700 / 6750 / 6800) & some SATA HDD's (4 or 6x 320GB
- 750GB). My budget is limited, so I can't afford a pre-built NAS device.
Can this be done with CentOS? I've been looking FreeNAS (which is
built on FreeBSD), and it look like a great project, but since the
hardware support in FreeBSD is limit, I'd rather use Linux for it.
Has anyone done this? If so, please share a bit in your experiences :)
probably a /little/ expensive but not excessively so, you might check
out the Intel 2U 'kit' servers, like
http://developer.intel.com/design/servers/platforms/SR1500-2500/index.htm
specifically, the SR2500LX configuration, this is a 2U rack server with
6 SAS/SATA bays using the S5000PAL motherboard, the base kit is about
$1300, you add a CPU like an E5205 ($200), RAM to suit (up to 32GB ECC
FBDRAM, $200 for 4GB), and drives.
of course, if this is for HOME use, a rack mount server is probably NOT
a good idea, they tend to be quite noisy.
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