Hi, first post so please bare with me.
I have been reading lots of the FAQ's, checked out the great PPT from cyberjock and I am now starting to trawl through the guide.
Mind you nothing beats a bit of hands on to learn so I am tempted to use some old hardware I have knocking about to get a server up and running, but I'm worried this may just cause me more problems than it's worth.
Ideally I would like to replace my synology 209 and buy Fractal node 304 case and fill it with the relevant h/w. nothing too fancy as I want to use as little power as possible. Mainly for storing hdtv, movies, mp3's, photos to share on different devices around the house.
I have got an old Asus P7P55D Pro mobo & i7-860 CPU which I am tempted to use in an old case to get started, but I think they would be overkill for a simple server & wouldn't be that efficient. Or I could sell these and put the money towards the right hardware.
Advice & opinions please
I have been reading lots of the FAQ's, checked out the great PPT from cyberjock and I am now starting to trawl through the guide.
Mind you nothing beats a bit of hands on to learn so I am tempted to use some old hardware I have knocking about to get a server up and running, but I'm worried this may just cause me more problems than it's worth.
Ideally I would like to replace my synology 209 and buy Fractal node 304 case and fill it with the relevant h/w. nothing too fancy as I want to use as little power as possible. Mainly for storing hdtv, movies, mp3's, photos to share on different devices around the house.
I have got an old Asus P7P55D Pro mobo & i7-860 CPU which I am tempted to use in an old case to get started, but I think they would be overkill for a simple server & wouldn't be that efficient. Or I could sell these and put the money towards the right hardware.
Advice & opinions please