School Nas Build

[Skittleslovers02]

Hello, my school just had a problem with are 1 terra byte external hard drive failing and losing a lot of important data. We have decided that we should build a Nas (Network Attached Storage). We and in Canada, and don't have a lot money for a budget ($600 - $700 with tax, %13). Any ideas?

[21rkosta]

step 1:buy a cheap pc of ebay or goodwill or craigslist

Step 2: buy a few high compacity hard drives and plug them in to it

step 3:install freenass

[Skittleslovers02]

On June 16, 2016 at 11:18 AM, 21rkosta said:

step 1:buy a cheap pc of ebay or goodwill or craigslist

Step 2: buy a few high compacity hard drives and plug them in to it

step 3:install freenass

Ok..... Any thing we need exactly?

[Alexcalibur]

Honestly for a NAS it is cheapest to buy a prebuilt one

[21rkosta]

@Skittleslovers02someone who knows stuff about PCs, and a flash drive, and a laptop/desktop to download freenas and put it on the flashdrive, and probobly ethernet wiring to the nas, maybe a raidcard if you want to do raid,

id reccomend a few of these for the high compacity hard drives THE 6 TERABYTE ONES

https://www.amazon.com/Blue-Cache-Desktop-Drive-WD10EZEX/dp/B0088PUEPK/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1466090619&sr=1-1&keywords=hdd

[Skittleslovers02]

On June 16, 2016 at 11:22 AM, IskanderEXC said:

Honestly for a NAS it is cheapest to buy a prebuilt one

Where we live, it is not

[Alexcalibur]

3 minutes ago, Skittleslovers02 said:

Where we live, it is not

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA1N83YW6278&cm_re=nas-_-22-108-181-_-Product 

Use that and then buy drives

[Skittleslovers02]

On June 16, 2016 at 11:26 AM, IskanderEXC said:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA1N83YW6278&cm_re=nas-_-22-108-181-_-Product 

Use that and then buy drives

That is US dollars not Canadian dollars

[Alexcalibur]

2 minutes ago, Skittleslovers02 said:

That is US dollars not Canadian dollars

You make life tough http://www.ncix.com/detail/synology-ds115j-diskstation-1-bay-dlna-ec-102984.htm

[Djole123]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD A6-3500 2.1GHz Triple-Core Processor  ($85.50 @ Vuugo) 
Motherboard: MSI A55M-P33 Micro ATX FM1 Motherboard  ($59.05 @ Vuugo) 
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($35.41 @ DirectCanada) 
Storage: Western Digital WD Purple 4TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($179.14 @ DirectCanada) 
Case: Antec One ATX Mid Tower Case  ($53.21 @ Amazon Canada) 
Power Supply: Antec Basiq 350W ATX Power Supply  ($31.40 @ Amazon Canada) 
Optical Drive: Lenovo 0A65618 DVD/CD Writer  ($38.03 @ Amazon Canada) 
Total: $481.74
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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