Some questions about network storage computer
So I am already thinking ahead to when I max out my little 2 drive NAS. The problem is a nice 4+ drive unit quickly climbs in price. How powerful does a dedicated computer need to be to serve that roll. I have a 5400+ BE sitting around not doing anything. It was going to be a media computer but I took so long to get it up and running I ended up building another one with a 720 BE. It might be cheaper to just use that computer and put the 300 or so dollars toward drives instead. Also, can I use Linux and have windows computers access the drives? Would that be hard to setup?