Oh, I was thinking you were going to say $200 or something! You have a TON of options. http://www.ecost.com/p/LaCie-NAS-(Network-Attached-Storage)/product~dpno~8082533~pdp.gbajeei http://www.ecost.com/p/Buffalo-NAS-(Network-Attached-Storage)/product~dpno~8319920~pdp.gdegehh
You could easily build your own for that money too. FreeNAS/Nexenta (generic) box: Decent processor (i3?) 32GB RAM 3 SSD's (as low capacity as you can get) 2 for write cache (mirror, I picked up 2x32GB bc that's as small as I could find), 1 for read cache (As big as you can find (I used a 256GB). SATA controller with lots of ports, or two of them At least 3 HD's I built a 16TB box for a little over 1800, so I know you could build a decent system for under a grand. That system has ~50 VM's running on it without breaking a sweat. Take care, Julian ---- Julian On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 3:54 PM, Steve Tomporowski <[email protected]>wrote: > Right now, I have two systems with usb disks for backup. Backup is not > automatic, but I use Synctoy, so I have to plan on initiating backups. My > thoughts were that a NAS raid would be it's own backup (I was thinking Raid > 5) and I could dispense with the USB disks and just put everything on the > RAID. And, well, there is no budget, I have to get along with as cheap as > possible. I've had one USB drive die on me after a year and looking at the > WD My Book Live Duo, there are as many 1's as there are 5's. Doesn't look > like a good bet. Is there something in a NAS that doesn't cost you over > $1000 by the time you add disks? > > > On 1/12/2013 3:39 PM, Julian Zottl wrote: > >> What's your budget like? Just file serving (through SMB/NFS) or are you >> going to do any VM's and such? >> >> ---- >> Julian >> >> >> On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 3:32 PM, Steve Tomporowski <[email protected] >> >wrote: >> >> True, I'd have to pump in some money for extra memory and a raid card. >>> My >>> Book Live doesn't give you RAID until you get to the DUO and that looks >>> like a WD fully fledged disaster. Even their responses seem to be trying >>> to put the blame on the customer. Besides, the Duo would not be >>> expandable. And not cheap. I'd have to weight out the price >>> differences. >>> Getting a NAS is ideal, but they aren't cheap and you still have to buy >>> all the disks. Time for a spreadsheet.... >>> >>> Thanks...Steve >>> >>> >>> On 1/12/2013 2:30 PM, Christopher Fisk wrote: >>> >>> The amount of power you will pay for to run an ancient PC like a P4 >>>> means >>>> you'll quite quickly spend enough to buy yourself a network enabled HDD >>>> like a WD My Book Live. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 2:15 PM, Steve Tomporowski <[email protected] >>>> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>> My sister just gave me her old computer. With the emphasis on old. >>>> It's >>>> >>>>> a >>>>> Compaq Presario, P4 2.6GHz, 512 memory. The motherboard is an Asus and >>>>> does have two sata ports on board. Is this thing worth turning into a >>>>> file >>>>> server (I'd want to put a raid card in it), or is this a give-away? >>>>> Also, >>>>> what software should I use? I'd want to run it headless and just power >>>>> everything down when not being accessed. >>>>> >>>>> It came with one of the weirdest flat panel monitors I've ever dealt >>>>> with. >>>>> It's a 19" Planar, and it has the odd quirk, now that I remember >>>>> back >>>>> to >>>>> when she got it, that it has to be plugged in for about 5 minutes >>>>> before >>>>> you can turn it on. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks...Steve >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >
