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    Repurpose old desktop into NAS with low power usage?

    Thanks. I have three reasons for keeping one drive powered down and in another format. One, as you pointed out Windows. But I was unaware that a Samba share can take care of that problem. The second is redundancy, I rather not risk both drives dieing around the same time.. Although the data is...
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    Repurpose old desktop into NAS with low power usage?

    Hi all, I want to obtain a NAS however, I rather re-purpose my old desktop rather than buy one for the moment. Partially for the flexibility (I'm relatively comfortable with Linux) and that I can place more drive bays in my desktop than most affordable NAS solutions. However, my primary concern...
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