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hey hey hey internet people (if this was a youtube video, comments: HEY IS FOR HORSEs)

 

So, quick question. Already posted this:

Got most of the hardware answers I needed, so now I'm hoping to pick the best OS for the build.

Thanks for the support anyone can offer.

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1 minute ago, KarathKasun said:

Free NAS

That's what I was thinking. IK UnRaid costs money, but I could absorb it. Do you support that?

 

what about CentOS

 

and finally what about other Linux distros?

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CPU: i5-8600K @Stock  GPU: RTX 2060 Zotac GAMING Amp  RAM: 4x4GB 2400 MHz DDR4 Crucial Ballistix Sport LT  MOBO: Asus Prime Z390-A  HDD: 4 TB 5400 RPM Seagate Barracuda, 2TB 7200 RPM Seagate Backup Plus Ultra Slim  SSD: Inland Professional 120 GB  Soundcard: built in  Case: NZXT H500i  Screen: HP 22cwa IPS

 

Server: Working on it (See https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/1039535-server-build/)

 

Laptop : Microsoft Surface Pro 5:

CPU: i5-7300U  GPU: Intel HD 620  RAM: 2x4GB DDR3 1866 MHz  MOBO: Microsoft Custom  SSD: Internal M.2  Soundcard: built in  Case: lol its a laptop  Screen: see case: lol its a laptop

 

Phone: Google Pixel:

CPU: Qualcomm 821  GPU: Adreno 530  RAM: 4GB LPDDR4X  Storage: 32GB eMMC  Display: 5" 16:9 1080x1920p Corning Gorilla Glass 4

 

Dog: Shorty, Absolute Mutt:

Ears: Floppy  Tail: Long  Paws: Muddy  Fur: Brown

 

Cats: Chili and Cheddar (Don't Ask):

Cute: Yes  Fur: Soft  Tail: In front of you whacking your face

 

Cereal: 

Dry: NOPE  With Milk: Cinnamon Toast Crunch  Milk: Whole % Vitamin D  Hot: Quaker Instant Maple  Steel Cooked: Wegmans with Sweetened Condensed Milk

 

Coffee:

Type: Latte  Caffeinated: very much so  Milk: Yes

 

Game consoles:

PC ALL THE WAY

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Just now, AKinsey2468 said:

That's what I was thinking. IK UnRaid costs money, but I could absorb it. Do you support that?

 

what about CentOS

 

and finally what about other Linux distros?

If you have no problem using google to figure out how to use other Linux OS's, sure.  UnRAID is a decent option, but its not worth the price for a small server AFAIK.  Its only worth it if you also need a hypervisor or its other more advanced features.

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1 minute ago, KarathKasun said:

If you have no problem using google to figure out how to use other Linux OS's, sure.  UnRAID is a decent option, but its not worth the price for a small server AFAIK.  Its only worth it if you also need a hypervisor or its other more advanced features.

K. So probally FreeNAS. What do you think on CentOS? IK 45Drives does sell it as an option in their servers, so just asking

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CPU: i5-8600K @Stock  GPU: RTX 2060 Zotac GAMING Amp  RAM: 4x4GB 2400 MHz DDR4 Crucial Ballistix Sport LT  MOBO: Asus Prime Z390-A  HDD: 4 TB 5400 RPM Seagate Barracuda, 2TB 7200 RPM Seagate Backup Plus Ultra Slim  SSD: Inland Professional 120 GB  Soundcard: built in  Case: NZXT H500i  Screen: HP 22cwa IPS

 

Server: Working on it (See https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/1039535-server-build/)

 

Laptop : Microsoft Surface Pro 5:

CPU: i5-7300U  GPU: Intel HD 620  RAM: 2x4GB DDR3 1866 MHz  MOBO: Microsoft Custom  SSD: Internal M.2  Soundcard: built in  Case: lol its a laptop  Screen: see case: lol its a laptop

 

Phone: Google Pixel:

CPU: Qualcomm 821  GPU: Adreno 530  RAM: 4GB LPDDR4X  Storage: 32GB eMMC  Display: 5" 16:9 1080x1920p Corning Gorilla Glass 4

 

Dog: Shorty, Absolute Mutt:

Ears: Floppy  Tail: Long  Paws: Muddy  Fur: Brown

 

Cats: Chili and Cheddar (Don't Ask):

Cute: Yes  Fur: Soft  Tail: In front of you whacking your face

 

Cereal: 

Dry: NOPE  With Milk: Cinnamon Toast Crunch  Milk: Whole % Vitamin D  Hot: Quaker Instant Maple  Steel Cooked: Wegmans with Sweetened Condensed Milk

 

Coffee:

Type: Latte  Caffeinated: very much so  Milk: Yes

 

Game consoles:

PC ALL THE WAY

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I used Centos on most of my server projects, ubuntu if the client specify it.

Depends on what server you want to build.

For a web server, centos and ubuntu is great.

But for NAS you can build one with Freenas.

Or you can just use Centos with Samba installed.

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1 minute ago, SupaKomputa said:

Samba

LOVE Samba. Used it to NAS my 2TB seagate portable with a RPi 3. Great fun experience. 

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CPU: i5-8600K @Stock  GPU: RTX 2060 Zotac GAMING Amp  RAM: 4x4GB 2400 MHz DDR4 Crucial Ballistix Sport LT  MOBO: Asus Prime Z390-A  HDD: 4 TB 5400 RPM Seagate Barracuda, 2TB 7200 RPM Seagate Backup Plus Ultra Slim  SSD: Inland Professional 120 GB  Soundcard: built in  Case: NZXT H500i  Screen: HP 22cwa IPS

 

Server: Working on it (See https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/1039535-server-build/)

 

Laptop : Microsoft Surface Pro 5:

CPU: i5-7300U  GPU: Intel HD 620  RAM: 2x4GB DDR3 1866 MHz  MOBO: Microsoft Custom  SSD: Internal M.2  Soundcard: built in  Case: lol its a laptop  Screen: see case: lol its a laptop

 

Phone: Google Pixel:

CPU: Qualcomm 821  GPU: Adreno 530  RAM: 4GB LPDDR4X  Storage: 32GB eMMC  Display: 5" 16:9 1080x1920p Corning Gorilla Glass 4

 

Dog: Shorty, Absolute Mutt:

Ears: Floppy  Tail: Long  Paws: Muddy  Fur: Brown

 

Cats: Chili and Cheddar (Don't Ask):

Cute: Yes  Fur: Soft  Tail: In front of you whacking your face

 

Cereal: 

Dry: NOPE  With Milk: Cinnamon Toast Crunch  Milk: Whole % Vitamin D  Hot: Quaker Instant Maple  Steel Cooked: Wegmans with Sweetened Condensed Milk

 

Coffee:

Type: Latte  Caffeinated: very much so  Milk: Yes

 

Game consoles:

PC ALL THE WAY

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@KarathKasun @SupaKomputa

Thanks everyone, Will prob. go with FreeNAS

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Primary PC:

CPU: i5-8600K @Stock  GPU: RTX 2060 Zotac GAMING Amp  RAM: 4x4GB 2400 MHz DDR4 Crucial Ballistix Sport LT  MOBO: Asus Prime Z390-A  HDD: 4 TB 5400 RPM Seagate Barracuda, 2TB 7200 RPM Seagate Backup Plus Ultra Slim  SSD: Inland Professional 120 GB  Soundcard: built in  Case: NZXT H500i  Screen: HP 22cwa IPS

 

Server: Working on it (See https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/1039535-server-build/)

 

Laptop : Microsoft Surface Pro 5:

CPU: i5-7300U  GPU: Intel HD 620  RAM: 2x4GB DDR3 1866 MHz  MOBO: Microsoft Custom  SSD: Internal M.2  Soundcard: built in  Case: lol its a laptop  Screen: see case: lol its a laptop

 

Phone: Google Pixel:

CPU: Qualcomm 821  GPU: Adreno 530  RAM: 4GB LPDDR4X  Storage: 32GB eMMC  Display: 5" 16:9 1080x1920p Corning Gorilla Glass 4

 

Dog: Shorty, Absolute Mutt:

Ears: Floppy  Tail: Long  Paws: Muddy  Fur: Brown

 

Cats: Chili and Cheddar (Don't Ask):

Cute: Yes  Fur: Soft  Tail: In front of you whacking your face

 

Cereal: 

Dry: NOPE  With Milk: Cinnamon Toast Crunch  Milk: Whole % Vitamin D  Hot: Quaker Instant Maple  Steel Cooked: Wegmans with Sweetened Condensed Milk

 

Coffee:

Type: Latte  Caffeinated: very much so  Milk: Yes

 

Game consoles:

PC ALL THE WAY

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What are you doing on your server? Are you running vms? How much do you want to mess around on here vs plug and play? Freenas will work fine, but isn't great for vms, and your tied to zfs. If you go with something like centos or ubuntu or windows you can make it much more flexable, but you need to do more config work to get it started.

 

Also what hardware? Do you want easy storage upgrades?

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Just now, Electronics Wizardy said:

What are you doing on your server? Are you running vms? How much do you want to mess around on here vs plug and play? Freenas will work fine, but isn't great for vms, and your tied to zfs. If you go with something like centos or ubuntu or windows you can make it much more flexable, but you need to do more config work to get it started.

 

Also what hardware? Do you want easy storage upgrades?

Check the sister thread in the OP to answer these questions.

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6 minutes ago, Theguywhobea said:

I like Ubuntu Server personally. I'm not super knowledgeable when it comes Linux and servers so all the community support out there goes a long way.

Ubuntu + webmin = ready to use webserver in less than 1 hour.

All you do is just wget and install.sh

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15 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

What are you doing on your server? Are you running vms? How much do you want to mess around on here vs plug and play? Freenas will work fine, but isn't great for vms, and your tied to zfs. If you go with something like centos or ubuntu or windows you can make it much more flexable, but you need to do more config work to get it started.

 

Also what hardware? Do you want easy storage upgrades?

He basically wants a small file server. So he could run whatever basically. LOL Even an old OS/2 setup :) That could actually be cool for nostalgic reasons :)

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1 hour ago, LinusOnLine said:

He basically wants a small file server. So he could run whatever basically. LOL Even an old OS/2 setup :) That could actually be cool for nostalgic reasons :)

Pretty much. I currently have 1 4TB drove (see my sig.) Want to buy another right now, and then buy more in the future

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CPU: i5-8600K @Stock  GPU: RTX 2060 Zotac GAMING Amp  RAM: 4x4GB 2400 MHz DDR4 Crucial Ballistix Sport LT  MOBO: Asus Prime Z390-A  HDD: 4 TB 5400 RPM Seagate Barracuda, 2TB 7200 RPM Seagate Backup Plus Ultra Slim  SSD: Inland Professional 120 GB  Soundcard: built in  Case: NZXT H500i  Screen: HP 22cwa IPS

 

Server: Working on it (See https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/1039535-server-build/)

 

Laptop : Microsoft Surface Pro 5:

CPU: i5-7300U  GPU: Intel HD 620  RAM: 2x4GB DDR3 1866 MHz  MOBO: Microsoft Custom  SSD: Internal M.2  Soundcard: built in  Case: lol its a laptop  Screen: see case: lol its a laptop

 

Phone: Google Pixel:

CPU: Qualcomm 821  GPU: Adreno 530  RAM: 4GB LPDDR4X  Storage: 32GB eMMC  Display: 5" 16:9 1080x1920p Corning Gorilla Glass 4

 

Dog: Shorty, Absolute Mutt:

Ears: Floppy  Tail: Long  Paws: Muddy  Fur: Brown

 

Cats: Chili and Cheddar (Don't Ask):

Cute: Yes  Fur: Soft  Tail: In front of you whacking your face

 

Cereal: 

Dry: NOPE  With Milk: Cinnamon Toast Crunch  Milk: Whole % Vitamin D  Hot: Quaker Instant Maple  Steel Cooked: Wegmans with Sweetened Condensed Milk

 

Coffee:

Type: Latte  Caffeinated: very much so  Milk: Yes

 

Game consoles:

PC ALL THE WAY

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