IOMEGA Rackmount NAS 400r
I found an older Iomega rackmount NAS. The model is 400r. It has a license for Windows Storage Server 2003 and searching confirmed that is what it shipped with. So I'm assuming it is x86 architecture.
Apparently, Iomega had Windows installed on the RAID array somehow because there is no other drive in it. However, at some point, someone just wiped all the drives. I'm not sure how to get WSS installed back on it.
It does have both a PCI (not PCI-e) and an IDE header. If I got either a PCI or IDE to Compact Flash adapter, do you think I could get FreeNAS running on this? It currently only has 1GB of RAM (2x 512MB), but I'm assuming this could upgraded at least to 2GB (maybe more, I don't know).
I know it may not be the ideal platform, but since it didn't cost me anything, I thought maybe I could still use it as a decent NAS. Can anyone offer any help?
I found an older Iomega rackmount NAS. The model is 400r. It has a license for Windows Storage Server 2003 and searching confirmed that is what it shipped with. So I'm assuming it is x86 architecture.
Apparently, Iomega had Windows installed on the RAID array somehow because there is no other drive in it. However, at some point, someone just wiped all the drives. I'm not sure how to get WSS installed back on it.
It does have both a PCI (not PCI-e) and an IDE header. If I got either a PCI or IDE to Compact Flash adapter, do you think I could get FreeNAS running on this? It currently only has 1GB of RAM (2x 512MB), but I'm assuming this could upgraded at least to 2GB (maybe more, I don't know).
I know it may not be the ideal platform, but since it didn't cost me anything, I thought maybe I could still use it as a decent NAS. Can anyone offer any help?