Simple NAS setup?
reddit / selfhosted

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simen64 · 2023-11-06 08:05

I am in the state of planning out my selfhosted setup. So far my plan
is to have a topton mini pc with OPNsense as a firewall. Then host
most of the things i want to host like home assistant, wazuh, and
those things on a Raspberry Pi 5 8gb. I also want a NAS to host
documents and files. Probably nothing more than 1-2 tb of storage. Is
it best then to just get two ssds and use a Raspberry Pi 3 or
something to make it a NAS. One of the ssds will just mirror the other
one incase one fails. Is this a good plan mainly the NAS part?

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ElevenNotes · 2023-11-06 09:04

You could do all of that on a single device like a HP workstation. The
RPi is arm, if you are fine with that, go for it. Do not complicated
setups. Rather spend 100$ more for an easy to use solution than
fiddling with complex sub-par solutions. NAS for storage, and a device
for compute. I would recommend both used: Synology and Intel NUC.

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Larkonath · 2023-11-06 10:11

In my experience Rpi aren't reliable enough to run 24/24, they always
end up causing problems down the line.

I know, someone here will tell me they run Rpis since 10 years without
a hitch but it's not my experience at all. We had to replace 6 Rpis at
work with Intel Nucs and since then everything is smooth sailing.

For me, Rpis are "toys", useful to test things and fool around. I'd go
with a "real" machine since in a year from now you probably will not
want to investigate why all the services you now depend on are down.

As always YMMV.

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GrumpyCat79 · 2023-11-06 19:45

Never had issues with my Pis, but you are right to say Raspberry Pis
are toys and we can't compare them to NUC or any other x86 PC

I started with Raspberry Pis but replaced them due to their
limitations (ARM, soldered RAM, the need of USB enclosures, etc)

I still have a Pi that runs snapcast and is used as a quorum device
for my proxmox cluster. It has been running 24/7 for years, but I
don't push it a lot either

If OP decide to use Pi, the two most important things to remember are:
- Get a good power supply that provide enought power (you want 3A, not
less than that)
- Avoid SD cards if you can, use a USB 3.0 SSD if possible. If you go
with a SD card, go with a high endurance one from a reputable brand.
SD cards usually get killed/corrupted pretty quickly in those little
guy!
- A rapsberry Pi looks cheap, but when you get a case, a good power
supply, a USB3 adaptor/enclosure or a good SD card, the price gets
higer than second hand TinyMiniMicros. They consume a bit more
electricity, but they are worth it!