Rudi Ahlers wrote: > Hi all > > I want to look at setting up a simple / cheap SAN / NAS server using > normal PIV motherboard, 2GB (or even more) RAM, Core 2 Duo CPU > (probably a Intel 6700 / 6750 / 6800) & some SATA HDD's (4 or 6x 320GB > - 750GB). My budget is limited, so I can't afford a pre-built NAS device. > > Can this be done with CentOS? I've been looking FreeNAS (which is > built on FreeBSD), and it look like a great project, but since the > hardware support in FreeBSD is limit, I'd rather use Linux for it. > > Has anyone done this? If so, please share a bit in your experiences :) > you might look at openfiler, too. same idea as opennas, only its linux based. web management interface, supports NFS and CIFS/SMB sharing, etc etc. IMHO, a storage server really /should/ have ECC memory to minimize the potential for data corruption by random memory errors. this, however, requires a server chipset, as 99% of desktop stuff doesn't support ECC at all. you are, btw, way overspecing the cpu. a storage server would be fine with a much slower processor than any of those.