zelgadis85
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So, I'm thinking of building a personal (file-)server. I have some ideas about what I should get, but seeing as I currently don't have money for building it, it's still in planning stage.
I'm thinking of building a RAID5 server, which runs on Linux (which distro, I do not yet know, but I'm considering later Ubuntu versions). While I say 'personal', I will still allow my family (and closest friends) access to it (maybe over LAN only, for security reasons, if this is possible).
Seeing as I have many, many large files, there is also a great need for disk space.
Therefore I am thinking of buying five hard disks (one terabyte each) for RAID5 (where one will be 'lost' for parity) and one small(ish) hard disk for the O/S to run from.
I also am thinking of running software RAID, so I am *not* going to use money on external RAID controller, unless absolutely necessary.
Requirements for hardware are:
Chassis: Must be able to house six hard drives and at least one CD/DVD rom drive. Does not need floppy. Must be able to install sufficient cooling. May or may not include PSU.
Motherboard: Integrated sound/graphics/network card. RAID5 support. DDR2 800MHz (or higher) RAM support. At least six SATA connectors. Also at least one IDE connector for CD/DVD rom drive.
CPU: Probably dual-core with decent frequency. Not sure what to say here. Obviously must be supported by mobo.
Memory: Two or four gigabytes of 800 (or higher) MHz DDR2 RAM.
Hard drives: Five hard drives with at least 1 TB each (Used in RAID5). One (cheap) hard drive with preferably 10000RPM (for O/S). All of these must be SATA/SATAII drives. No Samsung drives (had enough troubles with them in the past). EDIT: May start with less drives in RAID5 if I understood the "mdadm" command correctly (as in that you can add additional drives (semi-)easily later on)
CD/DVD drive: IDE drive. No other requirements. Used mainly for installing the O/S, not much else.
All of this should not cost more than €1,000 (little less than $1,600). Some extra may be used for cooling (and possible PSU). Absolute maximum is €1,150 ($1,800).
Taking suggestions, will probably build this in November (as a personal birthday present for myself
)
I'm thinking of building a RAID5 server, which runs on Linux (which distro, I do not yet know, but I'm considering later Ubuntu versions). While I say 'personal', I will still allow my family (and closest friends) access to it (maybe over LAN only, for security reasons, if this is possible).
Seeing as I have many, many large files, there is also a great need for disk space.
Therefore I am thinking of buying five hard disks (one terabyte each) for RAID5 (where one will be 'lost' for parity) and one small(ish) hard disk for the O/S to run from.
I also am thinking of running software RAID, so I am *not* going to use money on external RAID controller, unless absolutely necessary.
Requirements for hardware are:
Chassis: Must be able to house six hard drives and at least one CD/DVD rom drive. Does not need floppy. Must be able to install sufficient cooling. May or may not include PSU.
Motherboard: Integrated sound/graphics/network card. RAID5 support. DDR2 800MHz (or higher) RAM support. At least six SATA connectors. Also at least one IDE connector for CD/DVD rom drive.
CPU: Probably dual-core with decent frequency. Not sure what to say here. Obviously must be supported by mobo.
Memory: Two or four gigabytes of 800 (or higher) MHz DDR2 RAM.
Hard drives: Five hard drives with at least 1 TB each (Used in RAID5). One (cheap) hard drive with preferably 10000RPM (for O/S). All of these must be SATA/SATAII drives. No Samsung drives (had enough troubles with them in the past). EDIT: May start with less drives in RAID5 if I understood the "mdadm" command correctly (as in that you can add additional drives (semi-)easily later on)
CD/DVD drive: IDE drive. No other requirements. Used mainly for installing the O/S, not much else.
All of this should not cost more than €1,000 (little less than $1,600). Some extra may be used for cooling (and possible PSU). Absolute maximum is €1,150 ($1,800).
Taking suggestions, will probably build this in November (as a personal birthday present for myself
)
