Home-built NAS

My existing DNS-323 died last week, and since I was not pleased with the networking performance of the toaster, I've decided to build my next NAS from scratch. Nothing fancy, but with some requirements.

Card to fit a 2U case
I already have 4 Samsung F1s, 1Tb each
I have a spare HDD for the OS
I have a new Intel DG41MJ board (mini-ITX), socket 775 that I would like to use, since it already has a Gb network card and onboard graphics. I could slap an E1400 in there and call it quits. But the board only has 3 SATA ports and a single PCI slot.

Budget? Cheapest possible, but I will not compromise quality.

Ideas?

http://ncix.com/products/?sku=34950&...ufacture=3Ware
and
http://ncix.com/products/?sku=36842&...ufacture=3Ware
ordered.

[lcdguy]

any reason you went with the 9650 and not the 9690SA-4I. in my build i am going to be using a 9690SA-4i with a supermicro SC846E1 Chassis (totally overkill for you) but something from norco might be up your alley.

pair this -> http://ncix.com/products/index.php?s...ologies%20Inc.

with your raid card and that should meet your requirements. Although you need a 2U power supply so you need something like this.

http://ncix.com/products/?sku=42489&...y%20Technology

just some thoughts.

[MarkOne]

So bad you already order a raid card . because with the Windows Home Server, you will not have need it with the stuf you have.

Originally Posted by lcdguy

any reason you went with the 9650 and not the 9690SA-4I. in my build i am going to be using a 9690SA-4i with a supermicro SC846E1 Chassis (totally overkill for you) but something from norco might be up your alley.

pair this -> http://ncix.com/products/index.php?s...ologies%20Inc.

with your raid card and that should meet your requirements. Although you need a 2U power supply so you need something like this.

http://ncix.com/products/?sku=42489&...y%20Technology

just some thoughts.

This is my rig - a Supermicro X8DAi, using a Norco RPC-270 2U case. I bought the 9650 for the low-profile form factor and the fact that I did not need external ports, like the 9690. This is an old pic, without the card and array (Sammy F1s) installed.

Originally Posted by MarkOne

So bad you already order a raid card . because with the Windows Home Server, you will not have need it with the stuf you have.

I use W7 Ultimate, and did not want to either re-install an OS, or use the Supermicro onboard (software) RAID solution.