Hello I have an old pc sitting around just missing HDD's and a PSU (Here's the rest: link)
I wasn't sure which I should make, a home windows 10 server or a NAS. The idea of having a small box that acts as a NAS that I can hook up to my UPS sounds really nice but at the same time it would be nice to host my own server for games like minecraft but I don't know how to do that on a NAS or if its even possible. I also thought maybe it would save money to reuse my old pc along with it using windows 10 instead to make things easier.
I'm looking for advice on whether I should get a new smaller pc(maybe ITX) that I use to NAS with a NAS OS or if I should use my old full tower and use windows 10. Even maybe if I should use my old pc with NAS?
Also is this a good HDD to get for this project? The reviews keep complaining about bad sectors or failing drives but everywhere seems to say seagate drives are best for NAS. I was going to buy 2 of these.
One other thing is I was watching linus's video about home NAS and he mentioned using a non-raid HBA card to properly monitor data and disk health. Obviously I would put one in if I'm using a NAS OS but If I'm using my old pc with windows 10 do I need that still? (I tried googling what it is and it just seems like a card that manages storage so the CPU can focus on other stuff like streaming?)
I appreciate any help! I've never really done anything with NAS or RAID so this is my first time in this area.
I wasn't sure which I should make, a home windows 10 server or a NAS. The idea of having a small box that acts as a NAS that I can hook up to my UPS sounds really nice but at the same time it would be nice to host my own server for games like minecraft but I don't know how to do that on a NAS or if its even possible. I also thought maybe it would save money to reuse my old pc along with it using windows 10 instead to make things easier.
I'm looking for advice on whether I should get a new smaller pc(maybe ITX) that I use to NAS with a NAS OS or if I should use my old full tower and use windows 10. Even maybe if I should use my old pc with NAS?
Also is this a good HDD to get for this project? The reviews keep complaining about bad sectors or failing drives but everywhere seems to say seagate drives are best for NAS. I was going to buy 2 of these.
One other thing is I was watching linus's video about home NAS and he mentioned using a non-raid HBA card to properly monitor data and disk health. Obviously I would put one in if I'm using a NAS OS but If I'm using my old pc with windows 10 do I need that still? (I tried googling what it is and it just seems like a card that manages storage so the CPU can focus on other stuff like streaming?)
I appreciate any help! I've never really done anything with NAS or RAID so this is my first time in this area.