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Another newbie NAS question - Lake Camelot - 2013-09-03

I am going to build a NAS as cheap as I can. I have an old case I am going to reuse. I have picked the motherboard,CPU, and RAM.
I plan on buying two WD Red 3TB Drives.

My question is: I have an Old 5400 IDEA 120GB drive from an old computer.

If I used it for the O/S would that slow down the NAS or would that free up resources. If it won't hurt performance, I would like to use it to leave me more room on the other drives.


RE: Another newbie NAS question - nokdim - 2013-09-03

the OS drive will not slow down your system as far as NAS access but does waste a spot for a drive in the future.
I would suggest a system like unRaid that uses a thumb drive as the OS driveso you can add additional drives in the future.


RE: Another newbie NAS question - GortWillSaveUs - 2013-09-03

and with unRaid,..you can use any size drive you want.


RE: Another newbie NAS question - Christer K - 2013-09-03

If you´re gonna buy new WD Reds , why even thinking about reusing an old hdd? That old drive is probably 10 years old by now so throw it in the bin! You want uptime!


RE: Another newbie NAS question - Lake Camelot - 2013-09-04

OK, guys thanks for the advice. I think the Unraid sounds like a good deal. I am just looking for any bargains that can help me with the cost. I guess I will forget about the 120GB drive.Have a good one.


RE: Another newbie NAS question - GortWillSaveUs - 2013-09-04

A 120GB drive would make an excellent cache drive for unRaid. Just saying... Wink


RE: Another newbie NAS question - Christer K - 2013-09-07

(2013-09-04, 16:06)GortWillSaveUs Wrote: A 120GB drive would make an excellent cache drive for unRaid. Just saying... Wink

Yay for IDE-discs....Rolleyes