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[kayotics]

Sorry if the title is a bit missleading but me and my friend wanted to build a 4tb server for me and my friends to stop games and were wondering how much of ram and processing power to run a server that will only be used maybe 1 or 3 times a day. Please help

[bughtoo]

2 minutes ago, kayotics said:

Sorry if the title is a bit missleading but me and my friend wanted to build a 4tb server for me and my friends to stop games and were wondering how much of ram and processing power to run a server that will only be used maybe 1 or 3 times a day. Please help

to stop games? I gueess it should be used as a NAS so you can put your files there and download them through network right? 

[Oshino Shinobu]

What do you mean by "stop games"? 

[Eniqmatic]

How long is a piece of string?

 

The answer is it depends on many factors. Which OS do you intend to use, which other hardware are you planning to use? Is it 4TB total usable space or 4TB disks you plan to use? Will it do anything else other than be a file server?

[bughtoo]

5 minutes ago, kayotics said:

Sorry if the title is a bit missleading but me and my friend wanted to build a 4tb server for me and my friends to stop games and were wondering how much of ram and processing power to run a server that will only be used maybe 1 or 3 times a day. Please help

If you want to use it as NAS you dont need anything more than a Rasberry Pi  

[matrix07012]

19 minutes ago, bughtoo said:

If you want to use it as NAS you dont need anything more than a Rasberry Pi  

100Mbit NIC isn't the best for a NAS

[bughtoo]

3 minutes ago, matrix07012 said:

100Mbit NIC isn't the best for a NAS

True but its cheap and if he doesnt need to copy from it 24/7 just once or twice a day its totally okay  Or as backup for installs

[kayotics]

It was just to save and share games and other files with my 3 friends the software we are using 2 core 2 duos 8gb of ddr3 and the software that we are using is called free nas

[matrix07012]

1 minute ago, bughtoo said:

True but its cheap and if he doesnt need to copy from it 24/7 just once or twice a day its totally okay  Or as backup for installs

Yeah, Raspberry Pi is the cheapest way to make a NAS. Some routers can do it too, but only with a one drive.

[bughtoo]

1 minute ago, matrix07012 said:

Yeah, Raspberry Pi is the cheapest way to make a NAS. Some routers can do it too, but only with a one drive.

True, OR if you have some Android phone you can install Linux there and use it instead of Rasberry pi  Thats what i am planning to do with my OnePlus One. ALready rooted it and installed Ubuntu. Now only the NAS part remains. But i probably wont do it through linux ill just install FreeNAS there instead  

[DaMainMan]

23 minutes ago, kayotics said:

It was just to save and share games and other files with my 3 friends the software we are using 2 core 2 duos 8gb of ddr3 and the software that we are using is called free nas

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Sorry if the title is a bit missleading but me and my friend wanted to build a 4tb server for me and my friends to stop games and were wondering how much of ram and processing power to run a server that will only be used maybe 1 or 3 times a day. Please help

 

Just reading this gives me a headache. You sound like an excited 8 year old in my head.

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[kayotics]

My server will be like any other one with hard drives for storing stuff and I will link my friends up to the domain which is hard cuz I am only 13 and getting server parts are hard for me to get

[kayotics]

Just now, DaMainMan said:

 

Just reading this gives me a headache. You sound like an excited 8 year old in my head.

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I know I get hyped over this stuff cuz I don't come up with these things often and my friends don't also think it is a good idea either often

[kayotics]

All I want to know is how easy it would be to build one properly with the proper motherboard and everything else

[SydneySideSteveSomewheres]

 

3 hours ago, kayotics said:

Sorry if the title is a bit missleading but me and my friend wanted to build a 4tb server for me and my friends to stop games and were wondering how much of ram and processing power to run a server that will only be used maybe 1 or 3 times a day. Please help

 

 

You can buy pretty cheap NAS like this D-Link 320L -click here-

Not really sure what you are trying to use it for I am confused by the "stop games" reference you made in your post...anyway, these have built-in DLNA® Certified UPnP AV media server. Stream digital content to....the PlayStation® 3, Microsoft® Xbox 360™, or directly to a smart TV. Does any of that seem like what you need @kayotics ?

 

[kayotics]

8 hours ago, SydneySideSteveSomewheres said:

 

 

You can buy pretty cheap NAS like this D-Link 320L -click here-

Not really sure what you are trying to use it for I am confused by the "stop games" reference you made in your post...anyway, these have built-in DLNA® Certified UPnP AV media server. Stream digital content to....the PlayStation® 3, Microsoft® Xbox 360™, or directly to a smart TV. Does any of that seem like what you need @kayotics ?

 

Sorry about that I was meaning to say store games but for very cheap and it won't be running 24/7 only on afternoons and during the holidays but thanks for helping me.