Hi All.
I currently have my storage split amongst 2 NAS (1x6 2Tb and 1x5 3Tb drives) using an old Netgear NAS (ReadyNas Pro) and an HP NL54 server. Both are currently setup in RAID 5 and are used for media/file/backup.
I'm currently looking to move to a single unit with more hard drive capacity. I've been looking around for different options including building a NAS from scratch using a Fractal case or buying a used server (possible a supermicro one) in the range of 500€. One of the options I'm evaluating is to buy a used supermicro server and bumped with one with the following specs:
Supermicro Server cse-826
2x 6c Xeon e5-2620 v2 2,1ghz
32gb
4 xlff asr5405z
My plan is to buy a server along with 2 8Tb drives, move some of the files there and then add the drives from the 1st NAS and then do the same for the 2nd one. I would like your advice on the following:
1. Does this plan make sense? Would this supermicro server be a good fit for a home NAS?
2. Will I be able to add drives to the NAS using raid 0 to move the files to the new server and then change to Raid 5 when all the files are copied?
Thanks for your advice.
I currently have my storage split amongst 2 NAS (1x6 2Tb and 1x5 3Tb drives) using an old Netgear NAS (ReadyNas Pro) and an HP NL54 server. Both are currently setup in RAID 5 and are used for media/file/backup.
I'm currently looking to move to a single unit with more hard drive capacity. I've been looking around for different options including building a NAS from scratch using a Fractal case or buying a used server (possible a supermicro one) in the range of 500€. One of the options I'm evaluating is to buy a used supermicro server and bumped with one with the following specs:
Supermicro Server cse-826
2x 6c Xeon e5-2620 v2 2,1ghz
32gb
4 xlff asr5405z
My plan is to buy a server along with 2 8Tb drives, move some of the files there and then add the drives from the 1st NAS and then do the same for the 2nd one. I would like your advice on the following:
1. Does this plan make sense? Would this supermicro server be a good fit for a home NAS?
2. Will I be able to add drives to the NAS using raid 0 to move the files to the new server and then change to Raid 5 when all the files are copied?
Thanks for your advice.