Comments on: Network storage options http://os-agnostic.com/2008/08/network-storage-options/ Karin's blog about random stuff Sun, 28 Feb 2010 23:09:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: spkthed http://os-agnostic.com/2008/08/network-storage-options/#comment-49 spkthed Sun, 11 Jan 2009 07:35:14 +0000 http://www.os-agnostic.com/?p=62#comment-49 Three separate thoughts. One: LinuxMCE rolls a build of MythTV and some other really cool features into a giant, pre-configured package. It's intensely cool. Two: The 640GB drives from WD are about the best hard drives out there currently. Three: If you go the Linux route, a couple of 640's in a RAID'd LVM is incredibly easy to manage. Have a backup strategy though because putting backups on one computer is a recipe for disaster. If you go the NAS route, it's a great plan for a backup system but for a fileserver, you're likely going to want more control. Also, no matter what, have a backup plan, using at least two storage points on different machines (LVM snapshots onto the NAS, etc.) Three separate thoughts. One: LinuxMCE rolls a build of MythTV and some other really cool features into a giant, pre-configured package. It’s intensely cool.

Two: The 640GB drives from WD are about the best hard drives out there currently.

Three: If you go the Linux route, a couple of 640′s in a RAID’d LVM is incredibly easy to manage. Have a backup strategy though because putting backups on one computer is a recipe for disaster. If you go the NAS route, it’s a great plan for a backup system but for a fileserver, you’re likely going to want more control. Also, no matter what, have a backup plan, using at least two storage points on different machines (LVM snapshots onto the NAS, etc.)

]]> By: JoshMiller http://os-agnostic.com/2008/08/network-storage-options/#comment-48 JoshMiller Thu, 23 Oct 2008 15:00:20 +0000 http://www.os-agnostic.com/?p=62#comment-48 If you have access to it you could re-purpose an older machine into a file server pretty easily. The File/Web server I have using Ubuntu is only a 1.1 GHZ processor with 512Meg of ram. I got the box from work when we were expunging old equipment. I get lots of older but useful equipment from work though it also helps that I'm basically "in charge of the IT". anyway, garage sale, workplace, friend/relative, maybe even a computer recycle place. Toss in a TB drive and set up an OS and run with it. The con of course is that it'll be louder and more of a power hog than a NAS drive and may cost a comparable amount. The Pro is it's more useful if you say, wanted to set up a web server or do more than just store files. If you have access to it you could re-purpose an older machine into a file server pretty easily. The File/Web server I have using Ubuntu is only a 1.1 GHZ processor with 512Meg of ram. I got the box from work when we were expunging old equipment. I get lots of older but useful equipment from work though it also helps that I’m basically “in charge of the IT”. anyway, garage sale, workplace, friend/relative, maybe even a computer recycle place. Toss in a TB drive and set up an OS and run with it.

The con of course is that it’ll be louder and more of a power hog than a NAS drive and may cost a comparable amount. The Pro is it’s more useful if you say, wanted to set up a web server or do more than just store files.

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