NAS or Home Server

[blackthorn87]

I have an old machine which I would like to use to backup my data and do a few other tasks.

Here are the specs of the machine I have spare:

 

Motherboard: ASUS F1A55-M LX Plus
CPU: AMD A4 3300
RAM: 8GB (2x 4GB)
GPU: MSI GTX760 2GB
SSD: none
HDD: 320GB + 4x4TB
OS: Windows
PSU: 500w
Optical Drive: DVD RW

 

I'd like to do the following:
- backup the data I have in my one drive account
- backup the data in my Google drive x2 accounts
- create a copy of all my media
- run an instance of a Plex media server using the backed up media
- install something to backup photos from my phone (and maybe other family members phones eventually)
- have something to give a Google photos like experience for my photos (this can be at a later date)

 

I'm quite tech savvy and would like to able to expand the storage in the future. I'm not sure whether I should use TrueNas or Unraid on the machine. Or maybe something else entirely. I'm after some advice as to which direction to head in.

 

Thanks.

[Anghammarad]

I would for starters, if the system supports virtualization, put a windows 10 on it. then hyper-v for a linux setup

 

On the windows you can use the Google and onedrive Plugins to mirror the online stuff.

You can setup Plex or Kodi

on the Linux set up a Nextcloud for Mobile picture and file sync. 

 

I got my own Home"Lab" here it started as a Core2Duo E8400 and Windows, 1,5 tb diskspace and 8gb ram. Running then Windows 10 and XBMC.

 

Now the machine got through several iterations.. I got a post for that her in the forums. 

 

In Short base OS is win 10 Pro running:

Hyper-V running Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, that running Docker with Wireguard, NPM, PiHole, Wazuh, PFSense

Kodi 22.irgendwas

SFTP Server

 

Feel free to send me any questions.

 

 

[m9x3mos]

5 hours ago, Anghammarad said:

I would for starters, if the system supports virtualization, put a windows 10 on it. then hyper-v for a linux setup

 

On the windows you can use the Google and onedrive Plugins to mirror the online stuff.

You can setup Plex or Kodi

on the Linux set up a Nextcloud for Mobile picture and file sync. 

 

I got my own Home"Lab" here it started as a Core2Duo E8400 and Windows, 1,5 tb diskspace and 8gb ram. Running then Windows 10 and XBMC.

 

Now the machine got through several iterations.. I got a post for that her in the forums. 

 

In Short base OS is win 10 Pro running:

Hyper-V running Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, that running Docker with Wireguard, NPM, PiHole, Wazuh, PFSense

Kodi 22.irgendwas

SFTP Server

 

Feel free to send me any questions.

 

 

This is exactly what I have done as well. 

Windows 11 pro with hyper v and then a vm for truenas and another running services for my server needs in Linux mint. The latter running haproxy, guacamole, next cloud, and pihole.