2nd NAS

Just like me to build two at once...my first try.
The 2nd NAS will be built from a standard old desktop, Dell Dimension 2400.  It has 3 32 bit PCI ports and 512mb of memory.  It has a DVD, CR-R,  No Flopply Drive, Wireless Network Card, and a modem.  A It will just barely hold 4 drives.

As and end product, I will have to remove the DVD, CD-R, wireless card, and the modem.

I will add:

2 - 1gm memory card
1 - Addonics 4-port RAID5/JBOD SATA II PCI controller. 
4 - SAMSUNG Spinpoint F4 HD204UI 2TB 5400 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drives
1 - drive bracket
1 - Floppy Drive Bracket
2 - ide to SATA Power y splitters
4 - SATA cables
4 - 2TB Sata Drives
1 - IDE Flash Drive
1 - Compact Flash Card
2 - Drive brackets Covert 3.5 to 5.25
1 - 3COM 3C2000-T Gigabit Network Interface Card

Addonics 4-port RAID5/JBOD SATA II PCI controller

Samsung Drives

Drive Bracket

Floppy Drive Bracket

This machine will need to boot from an IDE Flash drive.  I really don't have enough room to waste on another hard drive.  Plus, I have really wanted to try out a flash drive.  So, from NewEgg I purchased:

I figure that Freenas will need about 8gb so I purchased an 16gb flash card:

3COM NIC

I already have the PC and the additional parts are starting to arrive. 

Removed the IDE Drive and Bracket.
Removed the CD-R out of the 2nd 5.25" bay.
Removed the Wireless NIC card.
Removed the Modem.

Installed:
    IDE Flash Drive
    2 GB Memory
    Sata Controller Card
    3COM NIC

Booted to BIOS.  Disabled the Floppy and the onboard NIC.  Made sure it saw all the cards and the memory.  Set the Boot Sequence to be the DVD Drive.  Everything looked good!

Now the drives!

The first SATA Drive.  I put 3.5 to 5.25 rails on the first drive and installed it in the second 5.25 bay.

The second SATA Drive. I put it in the Floppy Drive bracket and attached the bracket to the bottom of the 2nd 5.25 bay.

The third SATA Drive.  I basically put it in the standard drive bay at the bottom of the box in the bracket that previously housed the boot IDE drive.

The fourth and final SATA drive.  I used the drive brackets to connect the fourth drive to the third drive.

Then, I connected up the power and SATA cables, placed the Freenas CD in the DVD drive.  Now, it was a matter of installing Freenas and configuring it just like NAS1.

So, I ended up with:
     Dell Dimension 2400
     2 GB Memory
     1 16GB IDE Flash Drive (Boot)
     8 TB Disk Space
     1 gigabit NIC


Everything went off without a problem and I am now using NAS2!