[Discuss] DIY NAS

[markw at mohawksoft.com (Mark Woodward)]

On 04/08/2012 02:39 PM, Matthew Kowalski wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I've had success with the Synology DS1511+ units in the past, which to
> my knowledge run busybox, but I was considering building my own to
> reduce the cost.  Has anyone had any success building their own 4-5
> bay NAS units?  I've looked at FreeNAS which certainly has all the
> services I need but I'm not sure the best route to go with regards to
> form factor, etc.

I guess it depends on what your criteria is. A barebones system with a 
bunch of sata bays and a goodly bit of RAM won't set you back too much. 
The next part depends on what you call a NAS.

How do you plan on sharing storage? iSCSI, NFS, CIFS? Do you want to 
share music, movies, or any non-file based services? How do you want to 
administer it?
> Thanks,
> Matt
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