Patrick Bartek wrote:
> Hi! all,
>
> Thought putting an old, retired system to good use would be better than
> letting it gather dust in a closet. And by old, I mean OOOOOLD! I
> built it 13 years ago. However, it's been upgraded many times since,
> and was still my main box running Stretch until last year. Its current
> specs: ASRock A770DE+ AM3 MB, AMD Phenom II x4 @ 3.0 GHZ, 8GB DDR2 RAM
> (max 16GB), 6 - SATA II & 1 - IDE connections, USB2.0.
>
> The problem I've run into is finding a NAS OS to run on it. They all
> seem to require UEFI. which this MB does not support. (I said it was
> old.) However, in my search I did come across OpenMediaVault which is
> a simple, lightweight NAS OS based on Debian Jessie that will work with
> either MBR or UEFI. One nice feature OMV has is it can be installed as
> a service on top of any Debian OS. So, I can use something more
> contemporary and still supported.
>
> Anyone currently using OpenMediaVault, or have recommendations for
> another package, or advice, in general, on homebuilt NAS?
Debian with ZFS.
Not "built on two-releases-ago Debian". Current, stable Debian.
I recommend making sure you have a new power supply and a UPS,
too. Cyberpower makes decent ones for reasonable prices and nut
supports them.
Maxing out the RAM will probably only cost $10 or so, if
you can find the person in your city who hoards old RAM.
nut - UPS management
samba - if you need to share files with Windows
netatalk - if you need to share files with Mac OS, or be a TimeMachine
mythtv or gerbera or kodi - home theater operations
forked-daapd - music server (has web client, speaks ITunes and
MPD and Chromecast)
Having any web server set up to serve a directory tree is
generally useful.
-dsr-
