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I was recently given an HP dc7800 with the Core 2 Quad and 8gbs (?) of RAM. At least that is what I was told (I haven't turned it on yet, missing a power cable)
What I want to do is load Server 2012 R2 Core and make it a file server to store all of my other devices' backup data. I have 3 laptops, a Surface, a desktop (All running Windows 8.1), several phones and other tablets, etc. and I want to have a central location on my network to store my backups.
My question is, what is the maximum number of hard drives I can load into it? Is there a limit to the drive types I can load? I would like to install something like WD Red drives. (Suggestions are very welcome!)
Ultimately, I wanted to just buy a NAS system to do all of this, but then someone suggested I build a file server from an old computer (thus I reached out to friends and family and received the HP). Is this tower a good choice? Will I need to upgrade any internal pieces to make this work? I'm guessing a USB 3.0 controller and an upgraded NIC wouldn't hurt
Thanks for any help!
What I want to do is load Server 2012 R2 Core and make it a file server to store all of my other devices' backup data. I have 3 laptops, a Surface, a desktop (All running Windows 8.1), several phones and other tablets, etc. and I want to have a central location on my network to store my backups.
My question is, what is the maximum number of hard drives I can load into it? Is there a limit to the drive types I can load? I would like to install something like WD Red drives. (Suggestions are very welcome!)
Ultimately, I wanted to just buy a NAS system to do all of this, but then someone suggested I build a file server from an old computer (thus I reached out to friends and family and received the HP). Is this tower a good choice? Will I need to upgrade any internal pieces to make this work? I'm guessing a USB 3.0 controller and an upgraded NIC wouldn't hurt
Thanks for any help!