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I have a bunch of old machines lying around which are currently just
collecting dust. I would like to collect the disks from all of
them, put them together into a single server to act as a file server
/ NAS on our home network. There would probably be a combination of
IDE and SATA drives. What would you recommend as the best way to
achieve this (with minimal cash outlay). The home network is a
mixed Windows and Linux environment so I assume I would run Linux on
the new server and provide access to the disks via SAMBA. For now
the main function of the server would be to serve as a place to do
backups. I have never done anything with RAID so I don't know if
that is something that I should take into consideration (especially
as the disks are of varying sizes). Any information, suggestions or pointers would be appreciated. I am viewing this as a learning experience (in addition to making use of old hardware for a positive purpose). Thanks in advance, -- David Suna da...@davidsconsultants.com |
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