Here i go again, Linux what flavour?

LeperousDust · 28-10-2007, 17:42

I've got a PC sat behind me now with specs:
P4C800-E Deluxe
2.8ghz P4C
512mb General 400mz DDR
4 * 400gb hard drives (2 cconnected to motherboard, 2 connected to RocketRAID 1540)
2 * 40gb hard drives (mirrored on the motherboard)
Random samsung (possible intermittantly faulty) DVD
Geforce 3 ti something AGP

Now i need this to serve first and formost as a NAS, i want that space RAIDed and to used for good measure, generally storing media and more importantly backups. If something goes wrong i'd like it recoverable.

I also need this PC to server as a print server, we've got one printer throughout the flat and this is the only PC (everyone uses laptops over wireless) so being able to print from anyones laptop is crucial too, thats all it serves atm running windows with sharing enabled. What linux shizzle should i be looking at?

I want it simple and easy, with a HTTP or some kind of remote interface. Looked at FreeNAS Perfect for the NAS doesn't really seem to do anything with printers? Same for Openfiler. Then i found eBox great as a server but RAID kinda NAS stuff seems thin on the ground there. Apart from installing Ubuntu and doing this the hard way (i'd really don't think i want to do this) what else could i do?

28-10-2007, 17:42	#1
LeperousDust Bananaman Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Liverpool/Edinburgh Posts: 4,817	UPDATED - Ubuntu problems: Here i go again, Linux what flavour? I've got a PC sat behind me now with specs: P4C800-E Deluxe 2.8ghz P4C 512mb General 400mz DDR 4 * 400gb hard drives (2 cconnected to motherboard, 2 connected to RocketRAID 1540) 2 * 40gb hard drives (mirrored on the motherboard) Random samsung (possible intermittantly faulty) DVD Geforce 3 ti something AGP Now i need this to serve first and formost as a NAS, i want that space RAIDed and to used for good measure, generally storing media and more importantly backups. If something goes wrong i'd like it recoverable. I also need this PC to server as a print server, we've got one printer throughout the flat and this is the only PC (everyone uses laptops over wireless) so being able to print from anyones laptop is crucial too, thats all it serves atm running windows with sharing enabled. What linux shizzle should i be looking at? I want it simple and easy, with a HTTP or some kind of remote interface. Looked at FreeNAS Perfect for the NAS doesn't really seem to do anything with printers? Same for Openfiler. Then i found eBox great as a server but RAID kinda NAS stuff seems thin on the ground there. Apart from installing Ubuntu and doing this the hard way (i'd really don't think i want to do this) what else could i do? __________________ Last edited by LeperousDust; 17-11-2007 at 03:17.