Subj : Re: Hola
To   : The Godfather
From : Vorlon
Date : Thu May 04 2023 09:50:57

Hi The Godfather,

 On Wednesday May 03 2023, The Godfather said to deon:

 de>> I recently went through the exercise of exploring how much to "build
 de>> my own" vs buying a NAS. I wanted the small form factor (that the

 TG> Eh, not sure I want to build my own .. I have noticed a few "less
 TG> expensive" options then the first brand that pulled up with a quick
 TG> search such as the Terramaster F4-210 for $209 (4 bay,) and the Sabrent
 TG> USB 3.2 DS-SC4B is $229.  This is all new to me so these names mean
 TG> nothing, maybe are just that ..  But for sure much cheaper to buy which
 TG> is my intent (other then purchasing the HD's separately.)

Do you have a oldish pc that's not being used? If you do then put either
Nas4Free or Truenas on a USB memory stick and then install the HD's.

Use ZFS and you then have a system that will survive moves to different
hardware, as long as the drives are ok.. I've done that just recently with a
client.. Moved from a *old* dell core 2 something, to a I3-3240. The only
thing that changed was adding an extra 4gb of ram (Now 8), and moving the
HD's across.

ZFS dosn't care about what port the drives are on, as they get 'label' and
then just re-connects them.


\/orlon
aka
Stephen

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