First, I would like to thank this community for being an understanding, open-minded and Novice friendly like myself. I have learned a lot in the past few weeks thanks to this community, unlike Reddit’s toxic communities where asking a question is illegal.
I have built most of my NAS; the only missing component (CPU) I will be collecting in the morning. I just wanted to ask general questions or tips. Dos and Donts. I will be using Unraid as OS.
https://www.serverbuilds.net/ is a popular website online for folks building NASes at home. They’re fans of Unraid as well. They’ve got a Discord if you’re looking for something more interactive. Worth checking out. 👍
What OS are you planning on running? I personally use FreeNAS(TrueNAS) and largely love it. There’s a steep initial learning curve, but it’s not too high.
I run it in a VM inside of esxi so I don’t need a lot of it’s more advanced features. But I do have a jail with deluge in it to handle my torrents. Deluge isn’t up to the task though so I may migrate to a separate VM with something else, or just make a new jail with a different client.
I don’t use unraid by my advice for everyone is that you can’t have too many backups of data that you really care about, use the 3-2-1 rule at a minimum.
Also, welcome to your new hobby you will love and hate at the same time sometimes :D
unlike Reddit’s toxic communities where asking a question is illegal.
I agree Reddit is toxic. I’d argue reddit actually stopped being Reddit around 2016. But it’s posts like this that clog it all up and are partially why it is the way it is today.
You didn’t even ask a question. You just posted a comment and said give me information. You don’t respond to anyone kind enough to ask questions to you,so they can get the slightest insight into what information may be useful to you. I don’t see anything about what you have already looked into. I see nothing about intention or use case. You mentioned something about a CPU? I dunno. I’ll take the downvotes but just because you say please and thank you doesn’t make your post any less of a waste of bits.
Maybe provide some info about your setup. Your requirements?
what are you trying to accomplish with a raid setup? Speed, storage or maybe redundancy?
what kind of drives are you planning on using? This can be a huge deal.
what’s your budget?
how many drives?
what kind of data? Large files? Tons of small files?
what kind of storage controller are you using?
There are a lot of tech people in lemmy who do storage and compute for a living, but they are going to need something from you. Don’t be like Reddit. Meet us half way.
BTW. I’ve worked with a lot of folks in tech over the years. All at different levels of experience. I don’t care what field you are in or what your expertise is…. the most newb move is not knowing how to ask questions. The rest is just work and time. Best of luck friend.
I agree Reddit is toxic. I’d argue reddit actually stopped being Reddit around 2016. But it’s posts like this that clog it all up and are partially why it is the way it is today.
I gotta agree with this. The toxicity in any reddit thread increases dramatically when the poster pre-emptively complains about all the toxicity they expect to receive. Whereas when you just ask straight without going into a whole speech about comment quality, you get much better replies. Particularly because it’s hijacking your own thread; changing it from whatever question you wanted to ask into an analysis of the comments.
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https://www.serverbuilds.net/ is a popular website online for folks building NASes at home. They’re fans of Unraid as well. They’ve got a Discord if you’re looking for something more interactive. Worth checking out. 👍
Thanks.
What OS are you planning on running? I personally use FreeNAS(TrueNAS) and largely love it. There’s a steep initial learning curve, but it’s not too high.
I run it in a VM inside of esxi so I don’t need a lot of it’s more advanced features. But I do have a jail with deluge in it to handle my torrents. Deluge isn’t up to the task though so I may migrate to a separate VM with something else, or just make a new jail with a different client.
I don’t use unraid by my advice for everyone is that you can’t have too many backups of data that you really care about, use the 3-2-1 rule at a minimum.
Also, welcome to your new hobby you will love and hate at the same time sometimes :D
I agree Reddit is toxic. I’d argue reddit actually stopped being Reddit around 2016. But it’s posts like this that clog it all up and are partially why it is the way it is today. You didn’t even ask a question. You just posted a comment and said give me information. You don’t respond to anyone kind enough to ask questions to you,so they can get the slightest insight into what information may be useful to you. I don’t see anything about what you have already looked into. I see nothing about intention or use case. You mentioned something about a CPU? I dunno. I’ll take the downvotes but just because you say please and thank you doesn’t make your post any less of a waste of bits.
Maybe provide some info about your setup. Your requirements?
There are a lot of tech people in lemmy who do storage and compute for a living, but they are going to need something from you. Don’t be like Reddit. Meet us half way.
BTW. I’ve worked with a lot of folks in tech over the years. All at different levels of experience. I don’t care what field you are in or what your expertise is…. the most newb move is not knowing how to ask questions. The rest is just work and time. Best of luck friend.
I gotta agree with this. The toxicity in any reddit thread increases dramatically when the poster pre-emptively complains about all the toxicity they expect to receive. Whereas when you just ask straight without going into a whole speech about comment quality, you get much better replies. Particularly because it’s hijacking your own thread; changing it from whatever question you wanted to ask into an analysis of the comments.
I apologise for not being clear.
These are the specs of my NAS build:
Node 804 case
16GB DDR4 RAM
Seagate IronWolf Pro 2x 4TB
1TB nvme Samsung 970 evo plus
Gigabyte H610M S2H V2 Intel H610 LGA1200 DDR4 Micro-ATX Motherboardd
DeepCool GAMMAXX GT CPU Cooler A-RGB 120mm PWM Addressable RGB LED Fan Intel AMD
500W EVGA Power Supply Unit / PSU VAT INC
Intel core i5-12400t QS 6c/12t Support ASUS ROG Strix B660-I Gaming WiFi LGA1700.
I want to store all data onto the NAS, past projects, pics, etc.
Set up automatic backups for Windows, Mac
Set up media server (Jellyfin) with Arr apps using a VPN (I’m not sure how to set up a VPN with torrent client)
Set up headscale to access my NAS from anywhere (also, I can’t find any tutorials).
For 3-2-1 backups, I have decided to get an external HDD and use cloud storage.
Self-host services such as Nextcloud, Immich and Bitwarden.
VMs - Future
Web hosting - Future
Home assistant - Future
To be clear, I want to do all that; however, I have never done it before, so that any tutorials would be appreciated.
By “Dos and Don’ts,” I’m referring to the settings that should be adjusted for optimal performance, security, and privacy.
Also, any other recommendations would be appreciated.