Share data/disks over Samba/AFS/NFS, Time Machine support would be nice.Problaby needs a UPS for safe shutdown in the case of power loss.Write/Read performance should be okay, but not a priority (I’m not editing 8k video on this thing).First I had to write down what I wanted out of this system. Of course, I could not run to a local electronics store and buy So, after much consideration, I decided I needed a NAS. Having to be at home and turn on your computer If you media are available when you need them. Plex is a great solution, but it works best
With a collection of over 200 DVDs, there’s plenty to watch,īut physical drives are disappearing all around. Especially if you buy the cheapest ones available and don’t I have not kept track on how many disks failed on me, but is has happened on a few occassions.īackblaze to the rescue! However, restoring 1TB+ of data is not a fun activity. Up some files, which means manually moving older photos and videso from Dropbox to But with a 5GB limit I would often be reminded to either upgrade or clean Having kids also means taking a lot more photos and videos.īefore I would automatically backup media on my phone to Dropbox, because that wasĬonvenient. With myĬurrent Oneplus 6 that means 3456×4608px per photo (roughly 4-8MB per photo). Filesize and volume of digital mediaĮvery new phone has a better camera, and I like to shoot in the best quality available. Me to use unlimited backup data for a fixed price.īut I was running into some limitations of this setup. Western Digital Green drive in my Hackintosh.īackups were already part of my setup by using Backblaze.
Up until May 2019 I stored my photos, old documents and other things on a single 3TB
I made choices relevant to my use case, yours might be different.įor you eager people, there’s a full part list at the bottom of this post.
This is by no means a definitive guide on how to build a reliable network attached Looking to start a NAS project or upgrade from a consumer-grade NAS like QNAP or I think it might still be relevant for people
Keep reading! I’ve documented several upgrades to my DIYĪfter you’re doing reading this, hop over to my latest update on my homelab server / NAS.