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Starter Nas System

Blacklotus84
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Hello everyone! I have just a few questions, because it has been almost a decade since i setup anything resembling a nas. I would like to know 1. which os would be the least to hassle with. 2. To use an old system and placing a few harddrives in it would suffice. 3. if software raid is even a thing. 4. if no software raid just name hard disks to correspond to the people using it...

The pc in mind is a 2014ish hp pavilion with a 2.8 ghz cpu 6gb ddr3, gtx 560 2gb and I can place in, I think, 6 hard drives in it.   I was also thinking of multiuse server like maybe in the future for security(antivirus scanning the networked pcs) and possibly BOINC researching.

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If using Windows clients, Windows is the least hassle.  Linux is the cheaper option though.

 

AV scanning remote drives is not a general thing that is done.  Usually you just run a deep packet inspection firewall/router that can scan incoming traffic for malware/viruses.  AFAIK, Linux is the better option for this too.

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Bah, absurd. You can make a NAS out of a Linux or Windows box but why would you? Do you hate your data or something?

 

The best option is FreeNAS or NAS4Free.

"Only proprietary software vendors want proprietary software." - Dexter's Law

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