I need to build a NAS to store the ever expanding amount of digital files that seem to be accumulating. I want to scan a bunch of transparencies and negatives and this is going to use up more space.
I have a lot of bits and pieces in the basement including an old tower computer case and power supply, cables, etc. but the motherboard in it may be too old or power hoggy to use.
I have an Adaptec 3405 raid card.
My goal is to stick three or four 3tb or 4tb drives into it and that should serve my purposes for a while. Super speed isn't a requirement, but reliability and security is. I will most likely keep it in the basement and use my house cat5e to wire it to my switch upstairs.
Some questions:
1) I have never used FreeNAS b4 is it OK for something like this?
2) What kind of motherboard should I get? The less I have to spend on this, the better.
I have a lot of bits and pieces in the basement including an old tower computer case and power supply, cables, etc. but the motherboard in it may be too old or power hoggy to use.
I have an Adaptec 3405 raid card.
My goal is to stick three or four 3tb or 4tb drives into it and that should serve my purposes for a while. Super speed isn't a requirement, but reliability and security is. I will most likely keep it in the basement and use my house cat5e to wire it to my switch upstairs.
Some questions:
1) I have never used FreeNAS b4 is it OK for something like this?
2) What kind of motherboard should I get? The less I have to spend on this, the better.