Building an NAS from an old machine?

Sparky191 · 10 Nov 2006 at 01:09

Wondering if anyone has build a screen less NAS from an old tower PC. Or do you think its just easier to bite the bullet and buy bigger disks?

rpstewart · 10 Nov 2006 at 10:29

There's no real point in building a NAS unless the storage needs to be shared between multiple machines. If you're just after extra storage for a single machine then you'll get better performance simply by adding more or bigger disks to that machine.

smids · 10 Nov 2006 at 15:58

rpstewart said:
There's no real point in building a NAS unless the storage needs to be shared between multiple machines. If you're just after extra storage for a single machine then you'll get better performance simply by adding more or bigger disks to that machine.

As above - I need to network my files as any music I have is playable on any PC in the house and any work that needs to be shared is shared easily, hence my NAS. If it was just storage, then buying a large disk/external enclosure is more viable.

Rroff · 10 Nov 2006 at 17:31

debian linux, ssh for admin (get putty for windows side) and samba for the network sharing.

Otherwise you can use even windows 95 or 98 and put VNC on there for remote admin...

Sparky191 · 12 Nov 2006 at 12:55

Its mainly for managing a central backup of all the PC's and somewhere I can access all my project, work and other data from all the PC's in the house including wifi laptops.