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Convert 10 yr old PC into a File Server | DIY NAS
Convert 10 yr old PC into a File Server | DIY NAS Part 2 – Hardware
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Build your own DIY Network Attached Storage (NAS) … it’s actually pretty easy – even for a beginner. In this video (part 2 of 3) I go over the cheap (free), 10 year old hardware (HP ProLiant Microserver N40L) I am converting into my file server, fix some of the issues it had, and discuss…
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Here is a fun little hack – Still using the USB to boot – Use a USB to SATA converter and an old laptop hard drive for your boot disk. If you can find an old disk with decent capacity, you even get some usable space for installing applications without eating into your storage.
My home build NAS's (yes I have more than 1) use Mini-ITX Intel 4th gen H87I-Plus motherboards, they have 6 SATA ports.
Power consumption is typically in the range 20 to 30 Watts.
I know that I'm couple of years late to the party, but it looks like you can upgrade the enclosure to SAS drives by replacing the backplane's SAS cable and getting an additional SAS RAID card. N20L backplane has removable SATA connectors and is upgradable to DELL PowerEdge T110 SAS cable with Mini-SAS SFF-8087 (p/n 0VM72C) with some modifications. I have confirmed that built in connector doesn't support SAS.
Thanks for your video. Does the machine support hard drives for each larger then 4TB? Thanks.
I'm running old PCs with Athlon X2 and SATA2 as a NAS with a MB that has two 1Gb NICs. Perfectly fine if the home network is just 1Gb Ethernet. Never going to transfer more than 1.2Gb/sec SATA2.
Thank you this is a good overview of what is possible with old hardware. It would be interesting to compare the power consumption over time and a pros/cons review once you're done to see how you find the overall experience. Thanks for sharing!