Recent content by mejmo06

These are not for backup. They will be used for temporary "scratch" storage. Possibly game storage. My hope is that I will get the read speed of three drives (or at least two) and have the comfort of a mirror for uptime when a drive fails. I will probably end up striping the three of them and...

I have three used HDDs that are in good working order and passed SMART tests. I don't want them to go to waste but I also want to get some decent performance out of them as one volume. There are 2 500gb and 1 1tb drives. I thought I knew a lot a bout RAID and storage seeing as I've configured...

The title pretty much says it all. I have been planning a NAS build on an old Dell Optiplex 760 and I am balking at some of the info that I've come across. This MOBO and BIOS does not support RAID according to DELL and I have yet to find a thread with a workaround. My concern is if I need to buy...

I am actually in the same situation as you are minus the cable thing. I am looking to be piping in free OTA content via HTPC with TV Tuner as well as having a NAS host media to other devices from DVD's, music, and converted VHS tapes. I am still torn between the OS for my NAS build; freeNAS or...

I have been in the process of planning a retro fit of an old Optiplex 760 into a home server/NAS. Just as soon as I get ready to pull the trigger on some components, I come up with another "idea" for this build. I am primarily seeking a storage solution and media server for the household as well...

Well, I have several spare routers that are not being used so I would like to try the no cost solution if it could work. http://lifehacker.com/178132/hack-attack-turn-your-60-router-into-a-600-router This is what I meant by "overclocking." Does anyone have experience with how much this will...

Been doing some research and I may have hit a snag on this Optiplex 760. The motherboard does not have RAID support so I would have to install a controller (assumption...maybe there is a work around). I have found some that may work: http://www.cellularfactory.com/computer/DELL/4/39473/430817/...

We are talking about 120 feet from the router source. That is through some walls though. Would this be overkill? I am hoping for a low cost solution...

I have just moved into a new home with several barns on the property. I would really like to get wifi in at least the workshop if not all three. I am just wondering what my options are and if anyone has any experience with the like. I have read about repeaters and "over-clocking" routers to get...

I am still curious about the security issues I would need to solve if I had access to my home server via internet? What would that look like with a router set up? Would I need more than my current wireless router for security measures?

FreeNAS does look like it will meet my needs nicely but I am curious about the possibility of running a VPN on Amahi. I need to do more research on the software side of things. I am basically thinking out loud at my possibilities with my main concern being if my hardware is up to the task. I...

My download speed isn't great at 6mbs but the upload is right about there at 5-6mbs as well so I figured that is a pretty decent situation to stream from. As far as the watch tv in bed option, our schedules would always dictate that we don't watch live broadcasts and would stick to recordings...

I'll preface this by stating that I am only a moderate user at best and am a near novice when it comes to networking and servers. However, I have a spare Dell Optiplex 760 with an E8500 Core 2 Duo processor that is begging to be used. I acquired four of these systems from a university surplus...