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Harry Putnam schrieb: |
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> A few I can think of are space and noise.. but having never been |
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> around our run a nas setup... I'm not sure if that is really true. |
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> Anyway, a few thoughts on what I might be running into doing it myself, |
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> or missing compared to storebought. Maybe maintenance |
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> considerations.. or whatever, would be welcome. |
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I am running my old AthlonXP system with 2 gig ram, a minimal |
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installation on a small extra disk, 3 disks for data as raid 5 and some |
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crypto, as a home nas. The system is build from spare parts except the |
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data disks and a small sata controller, which i had to buy. The old |
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miditower resides in a lumber-room under a shelf. So noise and space is |
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no problem. Of course you could build such a system in a smaller case. |
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The system only runs nfs, samba and a cups server. I do not use some |
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fancy guis or anything like that. So settings have to be made in the |
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config files manualy, except the cupsd which brings a web gui. Maybe |
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that is something some people would miss. But i do not think a gentoo |
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user would care. |
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As maintainence i do ,beside the regular emerge --sync and updates, a |
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raidcheck every weekend, but that can be cronjobed of course. |
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One point i feel mentionable is scalability. You buy a home nas with two |
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disks and you are stuck with that two disks because the case can not |
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handle more than that. Your do-it-yourself nas can do that. |
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It is a point of personal liking i think. I mean, you buy a home nas |
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click 5 minutes in the gui an you are done. Selfmade nas needs |
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understanding of the system, setting the whole thing up and some |
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configfile changes every now and then. |
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Regards |
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Norman |