WestsideCharlie
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Please let me know if this is the correct sub-forum:
I'm thinking of converting my old Dell 620s Windows 7 machine to FreeNAS OS. I actually just replaced the hard drive in that 620s with a new 2TB Seagate drive, and reinstalled Windows 7 OS on it from the Dell recovery drives. Now I've changed my mind and want to make it a file server, using FreeNas.
This is all new to me and I've been reading a lot and am now a bit concerned that I should really have two drives, not one (except the 620 won't handle that.)
If all I'm really trying to do is use this box as a file server for the home (pix, videos, music) shared by several family members, does it make sense to just have this one volume for storage?
(Can I add another external drive later and use that to mirror data on the main drive?)
I'll run FreeNAS off a 16 GB flash drive.
The 620s specs are:
Processor: i5-2300 CPU @ 2.8GH
RAM: 6 GB
System: 64-bit
Thanks in advance for any advice and insight.:)
I'm thinking of converting my old Dell 620s Windows 7 machine to FreeNAS OS. I actually just replaced the hard drive in that 620s with a new 2TB Seagate drive, and reinstalled Windows 7 OS on it from the Dell recovery drives. Now I've changed my mind and want to make it a file server, using FreeNas.
This is all new to me and I've been reading a lot and am now a bit concerned that I should really have two drives, not one (except the 620 won't handle that.)
If all I'm really trying to do is use this box as a file server for the home (pix, videos, music) shared by several family members, does it make sense to just have this one volume for storage?
(Can I add another external drive later and use that to mirror data on the main drive?)
I'll run FreeNAS off a 16 GB flash drive.
The 620s specs are:
Processor: i5-2300 CPU @ 2.8GH
RAM: 6 GB
System: 64-bit
Thanks in advance for any advice and insight.:)