Da det her er en copy-paste session fra mine to engelske build logs saa er den ja, paa engelsk.
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Update 21st September:
Resetting the whole setup for the purpose of building a Hackintosh Server running OSX instead... Will make a completely new build log when I am done (just so it's not getting as cluttered as this one).
For now you can follow the new build on my blog - Hackingtosh.info
(yes, it has a G in it...)
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I have for about a month now wanted to build a NAS/Home server and finally I have seriously started.
The past month I have researched a lot about various details, an have to say Bit-tech users are awesome, you have been so much help!
My initial idea was something super small, mITX and absolutely silent.
After giving that some thought I found out that super small is a bad idea for future expansions and absolute silent could mean the death to most hardware if not done with enough care.
So the idea I had gone with instead was a mATX chassis with a integrated mITX motherboard inside.
I want to keep everything fairly pro/high-level because of reliability so it's not going to be a cheap NAS to build. You might ask why I even bother to build one - well, I have had NAS before and they all ended up dead within fairly short time for one reason or the other... I want to see if I can make a better one, in terms of quality.
Also I have a two requirements it has to be able to do which very few NAS can:
Backup to the cloud!
Run Plex mediaserver
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The build so far, these pictures will be regular switched out to the newest edition:
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Shopping list:
MB: Super Micro X7SPA-HF-D525 (Low power, many expansion possibilities and supports IPMI for perfect headless operation)
RAM: Hynix 2x2GB DDR1333 running at 800MHz (because thats the limit of the MB, have them from my now upgraded Mac)
Case: Lian Li PC-Q11A, small, stylish and very practical without the need for major surgery.
Fans: NoiseBlocker NB-Multiframe 1x M12-P (to make the air move, but not actual cool, I want it to be super low noise)
PSU: Seasonic X400 (fanless! 80+ GOLD! and have 33Amp on the 12v rail! AWESOME!!)
Movie drive: Hitachi 5K3000 3TB version (Hitachi 5K3000 is apparently the most reliable drive at the moment)
Music + other data drive: Hitachi 5K3000 2TB so I can go all Hitachi = high reliability
OS drive: After a long hunt I have gotten two Integral Memory Endurance SLC based 4GB and 8GB SD cards and a Kingston MobileLite G2 card reader.
Optical drive: Will disassemble my trusty Lacie D2 DVD burner and mount the drive in the server.
Just to mention, I will mount the M12-P fan somewhere in the case in a Lian Li BS03 and blow down on the hard drives below it. The SATA cables themselves will be 5x (because the case can host 2x 2.5 drives also) 12" latching SATA III 90' cables (if they are long enough) from the brand Startech.
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I have to say this is not a super fast build, I don't have enormous amounts of spare time so posts will come as I build along in a slow and steady pace.
(!) My primary language is NOT English, so please bare over with me if I write things a little strange sometimes - I am a Viking from the tiny in size but mighty in awesomeness - Denmark.
Lastly a little about me, I have used computers since I was like 6 years old and was playing Commodore 64 with my brother, loading games off casette tapes!
For close to 15 years I have been a PC user, builder and slightly starting to mod - until I a few years ago had enough of Windows Vista and wanted something that just worked - so I switched to Mac and will never go back...
Have now owned a Mac Mini version 2.1 2007 model that I turned to the dark side as the http://forums.bit-tech.net/showthread.php?t=182066"]Black Mini[/url], I have had a Mac Mini version 4.1 2010 Server I tuned to be epic fast with two Seagate Momentus XT in RAID0 and 8GB of snappy fast RAM. Lately I have tuned my newest Mac Mini 5.2 2011 model to be http://forums.bit-tech.net/showthread.php?t=227726"]one of the fastest[/url] on the planet (of it's breed/modeltype) with 8GB DDR1866 and two Intel Series 520 240GB SSDs!
My day job have nothing to do with either PCs or Macs but if I told you more I would have to silence you - for good...
So for short, thats why I call my self a Mac Mod'er