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06-25-2012, 11:48 AM #1
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Transform G5 into a NAS?I'm looking into either purchasing or building a NAS as a backup for my media center, and i was looking at the Lacie 5Big, as well as transforming my G5 tower into a storage server. Now the drives need to be seen at all times by my Windows media center, which, right now with my home network, the Windows and Macs have a difficult time seeing each other over the network for some stupid reason. They do see each other when i don't need them, but when i do, they don't work. In any case, I would like to set one up, for remote access outside of my network as well. I was looking at the Sonnet G5 Jive to add 3 more drives to the unit, but i don't know what i would use to run the server, should i use OSX server, or FreeNAS, or something else? Any advice or opinions? Thanks
-Matt
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06-25-2012, 01:35 PM #2
If I were you I wouldn't use the G5 as a media server for a couple reasons:
1. The G5 uses quite a bit of power
2. Of all PowerPC mac's it holds the fewest drives.
I'd sell the G5 and find a nice G4 pack the drives in and go to town..or I'd build something cheap put and put Linux in it.Mac Pro 4,1 (Flashed to 5,1) W3570 3.2 Quad..48GB RAM..Gainward GTX 570 "Phantom."
MacBook Pro 5,2..2.8Ghz C2D..8GB RAM..240GB Vertex +
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06-25-2012, 03:21 PM #3
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I actually wasn't going to use it as a media server since i have a Dell Precision tower for that, i was thinking about using it as a storage server, but yea, it does take a lot of power, which is probably the reason why i'll invest in a NAS and hope i can turn RAID off.
-Matt
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