First NAS

[VoyexTech]

I want to make a NAS out of my 3 y/o HP Pavilion withe an AMD A8 and running windows 10. What do I need besides some hdds? And how do I set up a NAS?  (I want to make it wired into my router for best speeds it that a good idea?)

[Steinway]

https://lime-technology.com/unraid-server-installation/

There are other options out there, if you want something with more simplicity I would google windows 10 home network sharing.

[Bacon8tor]

FreeNAS is what I am using, couple things I would make sure 

1. does the Pavillion have Gb ethernet port, if not buy a NIC maybe one with dual ports? 

2. how much RAM does it have FreeNAS min. req. is 8gb (I put 16 in mine)

3. If you have another old pc I personally set up  a pfsense router and got a gigabit switch that will allow you to not eat up anymore ports and give you the option for loadbalancing and failover. (not sure about link aggregation with freenas)  

[VoyexTech]

3 minutes ago, Bacon8tor said:

FreeNAS is what I am using, couple things I would make sure 

1. does the Pavillion have Gb ethernet port, if not buy a NIC maybe one with dual ports? 

2. how much RAM does it have FreeNAS min. req. is 8gb (I put 16 in mine)

3. If you have another old pc I personally set up  a pfsense router and got a gigabit switch that will allow you to not eat up anymore ports and give you the option for loadbalancing and failover. (not sure about link aggregation with freenas)  

I have 10gb of ram

[Bacon8tor]

Just now, VoyexTech said:

I have 10gb of ram

Then your fine there. 

I personally found FreeNAS to be fairly easy to setup, and tons of options depending on what you want to do complex or simple. Plus it offers Jails( plugins basically but a little different) that allow you to use PLEX which can stream your media content. I cant speak for unRAID i have never used it.