John R Pierce wrote:
Rudi Ahlers wrote:
Hi all
I want to look at setting up a simple / cheap SAN / NAS server using
normal PIV motherboard, 2GB (or even more) RAM, Core 2 Duo CPU
(probably a Intel 6700 / 6750 / 6800) & some SATA HDD's (4 or 6x
320GB - 750GB). My budget is limited, so I can't afford a pre-built
NAS device.
Can this be done with CentOS? I've been looking FreeNAS (which is
built on FreeBSD), and it look like a great project, but since the
hardware support in FreeBSD is limit, I'd rather use Linux for it.
Has anyone done this? If so, please share a bit in your experiences :)
you might look at openfiler, too. same idea as opennas, only its
linux based. web management interface, supports NFS and CIFS/SMB
sharing, etc etc.
IMHO, a storage server really /should/ have ECC memory to minimize the
potential for data corruption by random memory errors. this, however,
requires a server chipset, as 99% of desktop stuff doesn't support ECC
at all.
you are, btw, way overspecing the cpu. a storage server would be fine
with a much slower processor than any of those.
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What kind of processing does the NAS server really do? I mean, it won't
do actual calculations / DB access / etc, those will all be done by the
host OS / server, right?
For the price difference, the bigger CPU is a better investment, which
could also be reused for something else (xen server?) if this doesn't
work out. Unfortunately, the only ECC capable motherboards I can get my
hands on will be XEON, which is much more expensive than a normal
desktop type motherboard. And the CPU's will cost more.
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Kind Regards
Rudi Ahlers
CEO, SoftDux
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