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NAS for File Backup

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arnoc

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On the heels of my recent workstation build (which I still haven't purchased everything for :whiste🙂 I'm already planning on my next critical build. Seeing as how I'm looking at doing more and more work from home, I'll need a back up solution to protect these important files.

So based upon my limited knowledge, it seems to me a NAS would be one of my best choices for doing so. And from what I've seen, a good choice would either be to buy one of these: http://amzn.to/J2ykFs or to build one of my own.

There is however one big limiting factor in all this: My current router supports wireless only. And this is not something that I can change in the near future. Again, I can only connect via Wi-Fi.

Here is my list of potential parts:
Case: SilverStone SUGO SG02-BF
CPU: Intel Celeron G530
Motherboard: BIOSTAR H61MGC
Power Supply: Thermaltake TR2 Series TR-450P 450W
RAM:G.SKILL 2GB
OS: Freenas? Windows Home Server 2011?

Cost before Hard Drives: $257.95 + $21.32 Shipping = $279.27
Hp Microserver: $279.53 + $13.49 Shipping = $293.02


From where I'm sitting, I'm saving roughly 13 bucks by building my own. Even more if I can get the parts off Amazon with free shipping, which provides me with more money for HDD's.

Any advice on how to proceed would be greatly appreciated.
 
The HP N40L is a very well engineered machine for its price. The custom build gets you a significantly faster processor for about the same money, but that honestly doesn't matter for a NAS.
 
arnoc said:
There is however one big limiting factor in all this: My current router supports wireless only. And this is not something that I can change in the near future. Again, I can only connect via Wi-Fi.
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You will need to connect to the NAS or it will just look pretty and do nothing.
The cheap route will be to add a PCI wireless card. Wireless n = 150Mb/s => ~8MB/s real world (lots of variables here, can be a bit higher or lower).
But I think you should at least consider upgrading your router to something that includes gigabit lan. GigE = 1000Mb/s => 100MB/s - possibly faster than your HDD can write.
 
Ah but then you lose the fun of building it yourself :biggrin:

But I suppose the trade off is reliability + a warranty.

But if I were to also use it to stream media, such as music, in addition to the backup purposes, would I be better off with the faster processor?

While I'm willing to throw money towards something so important, I am on a bit of a tight budget, and the less I can spend for similar quality that meets all my purposes, that's what I'll probably ultimately settle for.

So far for me that's got me leaning towards the HP, but thats why I came here to double check.
 
If you're doing streaming only, that is basically the same as being a file server. If you're doing real-time transcoding of audio and video, that requires a little more CPU power.
 
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