[Cialug] SANs/NASes

[Jim Cole]

you should hang out on ServeTheHome forums..best place to get deals on
server parts.
https://forums.servethehome.com/index.php?forums/for-sale-for-trade-want-to-buy.2/
https://forums.servethehome.com/index.php?forums/great-deals.8/


I will be selling my rack mount shortly. I dont really need it and I'm
moving in a different direction.

On Thu, May 18, 2017 at 10:20 AM, <khamil8686 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I’m looking into building my own for a fun project. I am checking into
> parts, but thinking of creating a nas out of an old pc box and mod it to
> hold lots of 1Tb+ hard drives if there isn’t room enough already. Then add
> a raid card, make sure the NIC is gigabit, and I was thinking maybe I could
> add a fibre channel card to make it more like a real san if the cards
> exist? 😊
>
> From: Tim Champion
> Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2017 10:18 AM
> To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Cialug] SANs/NASes
>
> I am using low end, 2 bay Synology NAS's with 4TB WD Red NAS drives in a
> business environment for SMB shares for about 40 people. We have 7 offices,
> and each one has a NAS. I use their built in Cloudstation Sharesync to sync
> them all up. It works seamlessly on a minimum of at 10/10 internet
> connection.
>
> With drives, I recall them costing me about $500 or so. The cheapest 2 by
> Synology NAS on newegg is $149. (plus drives)
> https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822108213
>
>
>
> Tim Champion
> timchampion at gmail.com
>
> On Wed, May 17, 2017 at 3:44 PM, Jeffrey Ollie <jeff at ocjtech.us> wrote:
>
> > On Wed, May 17, 2017 at 1:03 PM, <khamil8686 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Thank you. Does anyone have any old cases/cpus/mobos/ram to donate to
> my
> > > project of building a freenas server? I’m tight on funds right now to
> > build
> > > so the project might be poking along until I get some saved up. I will
> > > probably get a lot of parts from craigslist, salvage stores like
> Midwest
> > > Electronic Recycling, other suggestions of places. Thanks everyone 😊
> > >
> >
> > +1 for Midwest Electronic Recycling
> >
> > --
> > Jeff Ollie
> > The majestik møøse is one of the mäni interesting furry animals in
> Sweden.
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