Using old Core 2 duo as a nas/server

[loadironmania]

so i have old pc (core 2 duo E7500, 2gb ram 7500,card)  i was hoping to use it as a photo/file backup server and if possible for streaming (probably 1080p videos to my tv) in sometime. i don't want to spent any money on this project if possible. is this viable ? could you give me a general idea of how to do this?

 

thank you for your help : )

[emosun]

yeah should work fine just connect it to the network and share the drives

[Radium_Angel]

A NAS doesn't need much in the way of power, so your system will function fine.

AS to the drives, how many are in your box, and what OS do you currently have on the system or what are you planning on installing?

 

[Haraikomono]

sure it will work, but dont get your hopes up about the performance of the streaming.

 

install any linux distro onto the main drive of the system

Id suggest doing it with a debian based distro

then you can follow pretty much any tutorial online on how to setup a ftp server

https://techmonger.github.io/3/linux-windows-ftp/

like that one for example

 

 

Of course, if you want to have the capabilities of a NAS system,  drive redundancy, support for afp,nfs,ftp etc you will need some additional steps, but all in all it shouldnt take you more than couple hours researching what suits your needs the most and how to set it up

 

once you found something that you would like to setup, you can create a new topic in Linux thread to ask for assistance

[BondiBlue]

Yes, a Core 2 Duo is plenty for a NAS. My NAS has a Core 2 Duo E8500, and it maxes out the speed of my disks and my local network. You might run into issues with streaming if you need to do any sort of transcoding, but otherwise it'll be fine. 

[loadironmania]

2 hours ago, Radium_Angel said:

A NAS doesn't need much in the way of power, so your system will function fine.

AS to the drives, how many are in your box, and what OS do you currently have on the system or what are you planning on installing?

 

drives I'd need to buy i guess, I have a SATA 320 GB hard disk. i currently have linux lite on it. i guess freenas? (i'm a newbie so idk)

[loadironmania]

2 hours ago, BondiBlue said:

Yes, a Core 2 Duo is plenty for a NAS. My NAS has a Core 2 Duo E8500, and it maxes out the speed of my disks and my local network. You might run into issues with streaming if you need to do any sort of transcoding, but otherwise it'll be fine. 

oh, thank you.

 

[loadironmania]

2 hours ago, Haraikomono said:

sure it will work, but dont get your hopes up about the performance of the streaming.

 

install any linux distro onto the main drive of the system

Id suggest doing it with a debian based distro

then you can follow pretty much any tutorial online on how to setup a ftp server

https://techmonger.github.io/3/linux-windows-ftp/

like that one for example

 

 

Of course, if you want to have the capabilities of a NAS system,  drive redundancy, support for afp,nfs,ftp etc you will need some additional steps, but all in all it shouldnt take you more than couple hours researching what suits your needs the most and how to set it up

 

once you found something that you would like to setup, you can create a new topic in Linux thread to ask for assistance

streaming was a nice to have so i guess that's okay. my main use is for backups and a ftp server.

[Electronics Wizardy]

1 hour ago, loadironmania said:

streaming was a nice to have so i guess that's okay. my main use is for backups and a ftp server.

Streaming video will work fine, its basically just a slow file copy. Transcoding with something like plex probably won't happen though.