NAS question

**sgt fetterman** · 07-04-2007, 04:23 PM

Can I use an older PC for a NAS system on our lan? they are P III vintage, I had an 500, 933 and duron 700 given to me. they work fine. I hate to toss out a working machine I could find a use for.

thanks

Acreo Aeneas · 07-05-2007, 10:58 AM

Yes, you can. You will need to share your old computer's partition(s) with the rest of the network. Also depending on how much room you need for the NAS server, you might want to put in a bigger hard drive (or add another hard drive).

**Apophis** · 07-05-2007, 11:08 AM

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Originally Posted by sgt fetterman

Can I use an older PC for a NAS system on our lan? they are P III vintage, I had an 500, 933 and duron 700 given to me. they work fine. I hate to toss out a working machine I could find a use for.

thanks

Absolutely. You might want to look into FreeNAS (http://www.freenas.org).

It would work great on some of those older PC's and is quite feature rich. It will allow for sharing via iSCSI, CIFS, NFS and more. I use FreeNAS at home for all my media files (audio, video, digital photography) with an iSCSI mount on my desktop and uPNP shares for my Xbox 360 and PS3 so I can view the media on those devices as well.

icky · 07-05-2007, 01:23 PM

I have an old(er) machine set up as a file/print server at home.

The only thing I hate is that the network access to the files isn't fast enough as a source to burn DVD's. You need to do a temp copy of the files before the burn. Gig-E might solve that, but I just stuck a burner in the server.

**sgt fetterman** · 07-05-2007, 06:06 PM

cool. thanks alot fellows. I have a couple 100 gigers collecting dust and I'll use them on the 933.
freenas, cool. I'll read more about it after super, thanks apophis

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Acreo Aeneas Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: DePaul University (Chicago) Age: 22 Posts: 3,667	Re: NAS question Yes, you can. You will need to share your old computer's partition(s) with the rest of the network. Also depending on how much room you need for the NAS server, you might want to put in a bigger hard drive (or add another hard drive). __________________ Acreo_Aeneas Former 9th Member "People usually see me and ask if I speak Chinese. I respond by asking if they speak American."

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icky Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Ottawa Valley Posts: 6,154	Re: NAS question I have an old(er) machine set up as a file/print server at home. The only thing I hate is that the network access to the files isn't fast enough as a source to burn DVD's. You need to do a temp copy of the files before the burn. Gig-E might solve that, but I just stuck a burner in the server. __________________ Peace through fear... since 1947!

07-05-2007, 06:06 PM	#5 (permalink)
sgt fetterman Join Date: Feb 2007 Age: 47 Posts: 384	Re: NAS question cool. thanks alot fellows. I have a couple 100 gigers collecting dust and I'll use them on the 933. freenas, cool. I'll read more about it after super, thanks apophis __________________ {Once again, Fetterman wins "Grumpiest Pirate of the Week" award.} "Axis of Eeevil" Proud Member of "TG-IRR" Since 14 Sept 2007. Never give up, never give in. Fight until you die, or until you win. Failure does not come from a lack of knowledge or skill... It comes from a lack of will.

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