Old Desktop into NAS

[CTX-SLPR]

So I’m working on rounding out my 3-2-1 plan for data backup.  I have the local backup setup on the machines and backing up to Google Drive.  I want to add a NAS to my local network made out of my old desktop system using FreeNAS.  Also because I don’t plan on running a media server or anything off of this, I was going to tune the processor down to save power.

Have:

Intel P67 board with a i5-2500 on it

12Gb of DDR3 RAM

500Gb left over boot HDD from a laptop I upgraded

500W power supply (older mid range unit). <- Might replace with an 80+ micro ATX unit to increase efficiency and switch to a smaller case

 

Was thinking adding 3x2Tb WD Reds in RAID 5 through FreeNAS considering I’m backing up a pair of laptops and my new desktop all of which are running 500Gb SSD’s and the desktop has a 320Gb data HD in it that I back my camera up to.

 

Thoughts?

 

Edited January 21, 2020 by CTX-SLPR
Wrong RAM DIMM size

[Windows7ge]

I don't see anything inherently wrong here. It's a good way of breathing new life into old equipment. Your planned configuration should work fine. You have backups of backups. Looks good to me.

 

If you want a little more performance you can look into 10Gbit networking. About the only extra I can think to add.

[Wh0_Am_1]

I would recommend upgrading the RAM a bit.

[Biomecanoid]

I have done that in the past to re-purpose old computers but got a serious hit in the electricity bill.

Since them i use embedded boards or low powered mini-itx atom boards

[Salacious B Crum]

20 hours ago, CTX-SLPR said:

So I’m working on rounding out my 3-2-1 plan for data backup.  I have the local backup setup on the machines and backing up to Google Drive.  I want to add a NAS to my local network made out of my old desktop system using FreeNAS.  Also because I don’t plan on running a media server or anything off of this, I was going to tune the processor down to save power.

Have:

Intel P67 board with a i5-2500 on it

12Gb of DDR3 RAM

500Gb left over boot HDD from a laptop I upgraded

500W power supply (older mid range unit). <- Might replace with an 80+ micro ATX unit to increase efficiency and switch to a smaller case

 

Was thinking adding 3x2Tb WD Reds in RAID 5 through FreeNAS considering I’m backing up a pair of laptops and my new desktop all of which are running 500Gb SSD’s and the desktop has a 320Gb data HD in it that I back my camera up to.

 

Thoughts?

 

Go for it my unRAID box is built around my old I7 6700 and its rock solid serves as my NAS, my HTPC running Plex and is my homeassistant server

[CTX-SLPR]

Sounds like I need to check out power supplies and plan the morph from beater PC to NAS.  

 

MrBilky, did you tune down the processor for power consumption or just leaving it running standard because of your home server useage?

[Salacious B Crum]

7 hours ago, CTX-SLPR said:

MrBilky, did you tune down the processor for power consumption or just leaving it running standard because of your home server useage?

No I did not as it is serving many functions as my HTPC and my home assistant server and I am running many dockers on it I'll post what its pulling from the wall when I get the chance 

[WereCatf]

On 1/21/2020 at 11:57 AM, Biomecanoid said:

I have done that in the past to re-purpose old computers but got a serious hit in the electricity bill.

Since them i use embedded boards or low powered mini-itx atom boards

I've got several older PCs running as servers and I haven't had any sort of a huge hit on my bill. That said, I have tuned things a tad to lower their power-consumption, like e.g. I set the CPU-governor to conservative, all drives go to sleep when they're not needed, all fans are off as long as temps are below 50C and things like that. I should get off my ass and undervolt the CPUs as well, but it's kind of a hassle, so I haven't bothered with it yet.