NAS box with big storage and RAID?

[reggiep]

Hi All,

I'm trying to find a decent NAS box that is large in capacity 8Gb but can be formatted in ntfs, as I need to do server 2008 backups to it.

I will need to rsync to it.

 

 

Has anyone used anything similar recently?

 

Thanks

[dhicks]

I'm trying to find a decent NAS box that is large in capacity 8Gb but can be formatted in ntfs, as I need to do server 2008 backups to it.

 

We simply bought an Antec 1200 case, 12 Antec external drive mounting bays, 12 2TB harddrives and motherboard / RAM / processor from CPLTD, stuck it all together and installed Debian. Cost around £2,000 for 20TB.

 

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David Hicks

[soveryapt]

How about building something using FreeNAS [FreeNAS]

[reggiep]

@dhicks and @aptproductions...

FreeNas? Was that what you used in your setup dhicks?

[soveryapt]

It's a prebuilt NAS solution based on FreeBSD. I've had a quick play with it, but had no real need for a NAS until recently (looking to use it at home) but I know a few people who have used it an recommended it to me ..

[dhicks]

FreeNas? Was that what you used in your setup dhicks?

 

Nope, just went for plain Debian in the end. I joined the machine to the domain and configured a bunch of Samba shares, that was about it. This thread might come in handy:

 

http://www.edugeek.net/forums/nix/48032-configuring-samba.html

 

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David Hicks