Storage Solutions Ideas invited for my network storage

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m-jeri

m-jeri

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Hi All...

I have a real big pblm...

Most of my ext HDDs, other than MyBooks, are on generic ext cases.
So sometime when booting up they wont be recognised. It will show
a small dialog box saying to format. If i connect the HDD to my PC
via SATA then it works ok. I guess the case is the culprit here.

So i need another ext storage solution, similar to a NAS.

I have abt 5 HDDs of abt 5 TB to be shared. My idea is to get a
very low end Proccy+Mobo+Ram with a low capacity OS drive and
install WHS in it, making it headless and connected to my router.
Then connect the 5 HDD's via SATA. and share them.And map them to my PC's
and laptops. Is this idea good or bad?

Or is FreeNAS on a CF card is a better choice?. Anyone know whats the boot time
will be for this thing?

And the hardware.

I am looking for a cheap Proccy+Mobo+Ram, but most mobos have
very low number of SATA ports, so is getting a SATA expansion card
good. Any models to recommend and prices?

And is using a Atom board with a PCI SATA card good enough?.
As it got only 2 SATA ports. My OS option is FreeNAS on a CF card for this.

Any potential pit falls? Or any better ideas?

These HDD's will be storing videos, HD and non HD...
so the trasnfer speeds should be good enough.

And i have a genric 450w PSU. I was plannign to use it with this.
It got 4 Molex power and 1 PCIe power, will use with SATA power coneverters.
Is this good? or which one is good enough for me.. with room for expansion.

Any advices will be appreciated.

m-J
 
I've tried FreeNAS and I was not able to get good transfer speeds on a Gigabit Network. Right now I am using Ubuntu and transfer speeds are much much better.

But if you consider the easy of setup or use FreeNAS is awesome. Everything can be managed using the web gui.
 
Why not get one of those dedicate HDD docks that connect via ethernet? I'm sure Buffalo, etc make some. Should be much less painful and easy to manage.

Why not get one of those HDD docks that connect via ethernet? I mean dedicated NAS devices. I'm sure Buffalo, etc make some. Should be much less painful and easy to manage.
 
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