DIY NAS: With Old Server

[BrianXShen]

Hi LTT Community,

 

I got this idea of using Old Server hardware that one can buy on eBay to build my own NAS. I saw the video on the LTT channel from 3 weeks ago where Linus builds a computer from an Old Server motherboard and used 4 CPUs. I want to do something like that. I might not need 4 CPUs for a NAS.

 

Also, I would want to be able to fit it into a Server Rack Mount Case. 

 

Any my help would be greatly appreciated!

 

Thanks!

[jaslion]

7 minutes ago, BrianXShen said:

Hi LTT Community,

 

I got this idea of using Old Server hardware that one can buy on eBay to build my own NAS. I saw the video on the LTT channel from 3 weeks ago where Linus builds a computer from an Old Server motherboard and used 4 CPUs. I want to do something like that. I might not need 4 CPUs for a NAS.

 

Also, I would want to be able to fit it into a Server Rack Mount Case. 

 

Any my help would be greatly appreciated!

 

Thanks!

A nas needs almost no cpu power at all. If you are just using it as a network storage device even a single core atom is more than enough.

You can of course do much more with a network pc than it just being a nas like I do by letting it do auto backups of every pc. Then also storing it on a mirrored disk that is 2x as large since it holds a file history and then do a cloudbackup to backblaze.

[jaslion]

Forgot to say that it also runs a factorio server and a couple of mysql databases for a websites I build.

[BrianXShen]

24 minutes ago, jaslion said:

A nas needs almost no cpu power at all. If you are just using it as a network storage device even a single core atom is more than enough.

You can of course do much more with a network pc than it just being a nas like I do by letting it do auto backups of every pc. Then also storing it on a mirrored disk that is 2x as large since it holds a file history and then do a cloudbackup to backblaze.

Cool so this is kinda overkill unless I want to use it for something else. 

 

If I am only going to use it for a NAS, what parts do you recommend? I want to place it in a  rack mount case. 

 

If I do get a more powerful PC with used Server parts, what else can I use it for?

[jaslion]

1 hour ago, BrianXShen said:

Cool so this is kinda overkill unless I want to use it for something else. 

 

If I am only going to use it for a NAS, what parts do you recommend? I want to place it in a  rack mount case. 

 

If I do get a more powerful PC with used Server parts, what else can I use it for?

If you go new. An intel celeron + cheap b250 board and 4gb of ram and a decent 350w psu will do. Then put whatever storage space you want in it. Do note that if you go raid RAID 1 IS NOT A BACKUP. It's a mirror and if one drive has a defect it can erase the other.

 

Used it's pretty much the same situation. Get some decent low power hardware. No need for server parts since you aren't doing anything special.

[BrianXShen]

5 hours ago, jaslion said:

If you go new. An intel celeron + cheap b250 board and 4gb of ram and a decent 350w psu will do. Then put whatever storage space you want in it. Do note that if you go raid RAID 1 IS NOT A BACKUP. It's a mirror and if one drive has a defect it can erase the other.

 

Used it's pretty much the same situation. Get some decent low power hardware. No need for server parts since you aren't doing anything special.

Ok cool! Thank you for your help!