NAS OS

[grimreeper132]

I have an old Desktop that I want to turn into a NAS, and I was wondering what OS I should use. Specs are as follows
CPU: Core 2 Duo E6550 (dual core, 2.33GHz)
Motherboard: Not a clue, it's a HP one

RAM: 6GB of DDR2 (2x2GB sticks, 2x1GB sticks) that I have scavenged from old computers and put in it
GPU: GeForce 8400GS
storage:  
Western Digital WD10EZEX 1TB
Seagate barracuda 7200.12 1TB
(want to put these into RAID 1, not sure how to do that/if I can do that though for free, help here would be nice)

PSU: liteon 300w
Case: something biggish, heavy, ugly and awkward to move
Optical Drive: Yes, and it has light scribe, but due having 2 HDDs I can't plug it in, due to lack of SATA power cables, but I can sort that out cheaply

The OS requirements are;
1) easy to set up
2) Free
3) compatible with my high end components

[Guest]

FreeNAS is the one that I know.

Plus it's open source.

http://www.freenas.org/

[Electronics Wizardy]

You can use linux(i normally use debian or centos) and setup raid with btrfs and make a file share with samba.

[grimreeper132]

On 8/2/2016 at 3:57 PM, Electronics Wizardy said:

You can use linux(i normally use debian or centos) and setup raid with btrfs and make a file share with samba.

What linux distro do you recommend to use, and I have absolutely no idea how to use btrfs to set up RAID, or how to set file share with samba, as I know very little about how to use linux.

[Electronics Wizardy]

Just now, grimreeper132 said:

What linux distro do you recommend to use, and I have absolutely no idea how to use btrfs to set up RAID, or how to set file share with samba, as I know very little about how to use linux.

I personally use Centos. I can give you a gide, or help you set it up with something like teamviewer it you want.

[grimreeper132]

Just now, Electronics Wizardy said:

I personally use Centos. I can give you a gide, or help you set it up with something like teamviewer it you want.

A guide will be fine, if I get stuck, and can't google it then I will ask you then, but I'd rather do it myself reading a guide, because I'm more likely to remember and learn about using linux that way

[Electronics Wizardy]

1 minute ago, grimreeper132 said:

A guide will be fine, if I get stuck, and can't google it then I will ask you then, but I'd rather do it myself reading a guide, because I'm more likely to remember and learn about using linux that way

1. Download centos here http://mirror.atlanticmetro.net/centos/7/isos/x86_64/CentOS-7-x86_64-Minimal-1511.iso

 

2. put it on a usb with rufus and then install it on a system

 

3. Follow this guide for raid 1 setup http://www.ictdude.com/howto/install-centos-7-software-raid-lvm/

 

4. Then make a folder for the share /share for example

 

5. make a samba share. here a guide.https://www.server-world.info/en/note?os=CentOS_7&p=samba

[Aekim]

On 3.8.2016 at 7:18 PM, grimreeper132 said:

What linux distro do you recommend to use, and I have absolutely no idea how to use btrfs to set up RAID, or how to set file share with samba, as I know very little about how to use linux.

Go with rockstor http://rockstor.com/

You can try the demo on their website, it's easy ( unraid is better imho but not free)

They have a quickstart guide and a good documentation.

Perhaps get a small cheap ssd as boot drive (32gb should be enough), I don't know if it works with usb sticks.