antec-300-beauty

I spent some hard earned money yesterday; I bought a new Antec 300 case and the Adaptec 2410 raid controller for my server. I still haven’t decided on which OS so I’ve left it until I receive those two components and I will try to document as much as I can to help out those who also want to build a dedicated Raid Server.

My requirements are clear:

  • Stable Operating System. So it will probably be a Linux variation (I’m open to suggestions).
  • GUI interface. I dislike CLI.
  • Dual boot to Windows 7 so it can double as a normal PC. I don’t need access to Raid partition from W7.
  • Raid 5 configuration, so it must be compatible with Adaptec 2410 controller.
  • Very reliable and updatable.

The front runner is Ubuntu Server Edition, but I don’t know enough about it to make an informed decision at this time. Researching the OS continues.

Links to Antec 300 review

*** UPDATE 25 Sept 2010 ***

There is a massive limitation of the Raid controller in that it only allows a maximum volume of 2TB. That is a huge limiting factor when I need a solution than can expand beyond 8TB in the long term. Currently I’m using Windows 7 as my third tier backup solution after my Synology DS1010+ I bought a few weeks ago.