At 11:04 AM +0800 4/7/09, Jaime Ignacio posted: Hi guys, I've seen a couple of articles around the web about turning a PowerMacg4 into a servicable NAS but I have a particular problem where I live in Hong Kong and getting parts that are compatible with older macs is a real headache (especially if you don't speak Cantonese).
I was just wondering what suggestions people have with regards to parts I should get... whether I should go the IDE or SATA PCI card route, etc? The current configuartaion of my old PowerMac G4 is as follows: PowerMac G4 Gigabit Ethernet 400Mhz single processor 1GB ram 40GB HDD 1x DVD-rom drive stock ATI Rage Pro graphics card (i think! it has both VGA and ADC connections on it) OS X 10.4.11 Tiger There is currently only the 1 HDD, but the screw to hold the HDD frame to the bottom of the case is missing, and there is no alternate frame next to it. Ideally I'd like to have a TB or more of storage inside, and I know that I have to use an add-in card but I wasn't sure if any old PCI card would do (do they need specific mac drivers? etc). The PowerMac is currently standing on the floor next to my 22" ViewSonic LCD TV, connected by the VGA cable, I'd like to be able to use it as both my main media server, serving music, photos, etc to my white MacBook, as well as watching the occassional HD movie/television episode on my tv. It's currently quite noisy, even though I've tried my best to clear dust out from inside it... Any suggestions? Depending on how much all the parts are going to run you for the G4, you may want to consider purchasing a dedicated NAS device like the D-Link DNS-323. It does everything you mentioned, and a bit more with the fun_plug installed. Up side, it's the size of a toaster, uses very little electricity, fits 2-SATA drives (up to 1.5TB each) that could be RAIDed or not, and has a pretty blue light. Downside, it's a linux box that needs some initial setup via Windows, everything after that via telnet or web interface. This site gives a fairly decent review of what the box will do: <http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/content/view/29671/75/> There are other NAS boxes that might be a better choice. I think Bruce has one -- don't know if it does everything you want. Steve R --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
