[Scratch] Project: Crimson Server Desk Module
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Cheers Tom1!! It´s good to be able to have some time now to visit forums
On a side note, while sorting out the workshop I found a little something I had completely forgotten about, a rather old but fully functional via itx system, with a 1ghz via cpu and 1gb of ram, if I remember correctly it´s power needs are rather low, so, I have to make some measurements but if I could also fit this in here and add a switch inside as well, I could use that for overnight downloading, set up rsync between both so when both are on (i.e. in the morning) all downloaded stuff will automatically be copied on to the main server.
I´m also debating raid solutions for the main server, considering all drives are of different sizes I´m wondering what I could do, mostly so I don´t see so many drives in windows or linux (haven´t chosen yet what I´ll use) specially since I plan to add even more drives (having 11 sata ports and all), any suggestions are more than welcomed! Jbod came to mind but of course that means if one drive is lost, the whole thing is screwed so... no.
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planning system which windows version you have chosen?
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I haven´t decided yet, currently on the server I use W7, but if linux offers me more software raid flexibility I may go with that (either one is fine as I use ubuntu daily for work).
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I think that windows OS is your best choice otherwise FreeNas
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FreeNAS? What is it (aside from the obvious nas software?)
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FreeNAS 8 | Storage For Open Source
http://www.xtremehardware.com/forum/f162/guida_al_nas_home_made_con_freenas-32936/
Let me know what you think on this
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Will have a look at it after lunch and get back to you on this
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Perfect
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Right so I downloaded it, loaded it into vmware on the server, had a play around with it and while I think it´s fantastic for a NAS, I think I would sooner rather than later find out it limits me, so I think if I don´t find a better solution I could stick with it, but I rather try something else.
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Ok bro
. It' better try it then no do it 
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Definately!
As it turns out I had some time today to work on this so, update!
My original idea was to fill the "T" with 6mm glass, however I´ve been recommended by several people in that area not to do so because aparently cutting one single glass piece in this shape would not be very sturdy so instead I went with plexy. I have several bits and pieces of it in the workshop but unfortunately non that are 6mm so instead of having to go out and buy a new 6mm piece, I found some 1mm and 5mm so figured I´d cut those two to size and use it instead (no sense to waste decent material!) Have in mind that the final look will have all those wood-colour parts painted so it will all match.
Unfortunately I didn´t get my camera back today as I thought I would so, phone pictures again, sorry about that.
So first I cut the 1mm to size:
And here we go:
There´s some sanding needed for a perfect fit though:
Perfect! it was a pain to do though, 1mm is somewhat fragile and it´s very easy to over-sand the sides.
I also found that I already had one of these cutting tools so no need for the one I bought, I´ll be taking it back tomorrow as this old one works just fine, plus I am fan of bosch for power tools but they are always so expensive. Anyhow, started on the 5mm piece, this is much easier to work with.
Just need to do the round borders now and hopefully I´m done with that by tomorrow. The plan is to aply a smoked effect vynil between both pieces as I´m really liking the smoked look, so I will go out and see if I can find some tomorrow. After that, I will paint the parts of the plexy that sit on the standoffs black as opposed to painting the surface of the standoff black in order to get a perfectly smooth look.
On a side note, brought up the small via itx pc from the workshop and I´ve started taking it apart and will check if it still works shortly. But it´s definately looking promising! I still have to do some calculations taking in to account the lenght of both motherboards, the psu and the pico psu to make sure I can fit all the backplates properly (i.e. if there´s enough space) in to the back of the desk.
Here are the specs:
I´ll update when I make the calculations and check if this thing still lives!
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All people making their own NAS!
Me too! But I'll buy the case, unfortunately I've neither 1/10 of your skills
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nice i follow this project
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hey guys, just like to clarify that this is not a NAS but a server, the NAS concept came from Tom1´s idea of using FreeNAS as the OS
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Yes, sorry Luciel. Mine also will be a sort of server. I think I'll put use a Linux distribution and put Owncloud running on it to backup large amount of data from remote, as additional cloud space to the too small dropbox. I plan to put it near the television and to install the XMBC player.
Ok I'll stop to be Off Topic now!
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Actually sounds like a very interestin config!
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nice start , but he never considered the plywood a good wood for modding IMHO
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Welcome back, James!
Thank you for sharing with us your excellent mods!
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Thanks guys, oh I completely agree with mdf not being the ideal material for mods but as I said in the first post I didn´t want to risk buying good wood and wasting it if things didn´t work out being my first scratch mod and wood mod.
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Alright
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