Quick Question

[TheDevil1533]

Hello,

 

I just had some questions about doing a NAS and a computer in one. I've been thinking about doing it but saving up the money and asking some questions before i do it. 

P.S this is going to be a family computer

 

-are you able to turn off and on a VM from the local machine itself or would i have to open Freenas every time my family wanted to use the VM

 

-i don't know if this is even possible but, is there a chance to make a partition on a hard drive that acts as a NAS

 

Thanks

[keskparane]

You could just share folders on your PC.

[AbsoluteFool]

On 14.9.2018 at 6:13 AM, TheDevil1533 said:

Hello,

 

I just had some questions about doing a NAS and a computer in one. I've been thinking about doing it but saving up the money and asking some questions before i do it. 

P.S this is going to be a family computer

 

-are you able to turn off and on a VM from the local machine itself or would i have to open Freenas every time my family wanted to use the VM

 

-i don't know if this is even possible but, is there a chance to make a partition on a hard drive that acts as a NAS

 

Thanks

If you have NAS and computer in one. Basicly the PC itself would be a hypervisor with passthrought. Once you kill one of the services or turn off the pc everything goes. There is no one or the other.

 

As a family PC i wouldn't recommend building a system like this. It's way too easy to make a mistake. If the system was for you alone, it would probably work fine, but you are still better off buying a NAS instead of having PC and NAS in one.

[Jarsky]

I would either have a seperate NAS unit like just a small 2 bay QNAP/Synology/etc...or you could consider building a dual system. The new Phanteks Evolv X is a beautiful case that supports an ATX + ITX build. They also do a PSU called the Phantek Revolt X which allows you to connect 2 systems with 1 PSU