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   Caleb KE0VVT 🇮🇱🏳️‍🌈🌱 (kolev@babka.social)'s status on Monday, 11-Nov-2024 05:00:35 JST Caleb KE0VVT 🇮🇱🏳️‍🌈🌱

   • Serge from Babka

   @serge So there's a free software NAS appliance that you can buy?

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     Serge from Babka (serge@babka.social)'s status on Monday, 11-Nov-2024 05:02:07 JST Serge from Babka

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     @kolev

     Yes, but it's quite pricey. I buy it mainly to support the TrueNAS project, and because I think the hardware is OK.

     If not, what I'd do is buy a <$500 nas.

     If I were you, I'd buy an inexpensive NAS and use some 2.5 -> 3.5 inch adapters since I know you still have those older hard drives.

     Are you looking for some possible recommendations on inexpensive hardware?

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     Caleb KE0VVT 🇮🇱🏳️‍🌈🌱 (kolev@babka.social)'s status on Monday, 11-Nov-2024 05:03:26 JST Caleb KE0VVT 🇮🇱🏳️‍🌈🌱

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     • Serge from Babka

     @serge I do wish there was a magic box that held all my disks and let me upload files to it.

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     Serge from Babka (serge@babka.social)'s status on Monday, 11-Nov-2024 05:14:23 JST Serge from Babka

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     @kolev

     I'd look at a review like this one and choose from one of them:

     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ga-jBSo3Nbc

     Some things I think are really important:

     1. You want to have your NAS on an UPS to handle both spikes and dips

     2. You need ECC RAM. This should not be optional in your mind.

     3. I strongly, strongly recommend you use ZFS, which is why I use TrueNAS. ZFS has many features you want, but the big ones are that its ZFS RAID is built right into the filesystem, and more importantly, scrubbing. I think scrubbing is a crucial feature at this point.

     4. You could build it yourself in terms of both hardware and software, but I think that there are enough details in both that you really do want someone else to do it for you unless you're familiar with these issues.