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How to build a NAS box

Cases, FreeNAS, Hard Drives, How-To, Promise Supertrak, RAID Cards

bit-tech.net has a new article on building a FreeNAS box, including choosing hardware and installing the software.

Petabytes on a budget: How to build cheap cloud storage

Chassis, Hard Drives, How-To, Linux Software RAID

Backblaze details how they build a 67 TB 4U storage server for less than $8,000. C0T0D0S0 then takes a look at some of the trade offs of the device against much more expensive systems.

DIY NAS with Debian Lenny

Complete Systems, Debian, FreeBSD, How-To, Linux Software RAID, VIA ARTiGO

Versia has a comprehensive guide to setting up Debian 5.0 on a VIA ARTiGO A2000 barebones storage server.

This post will explain how to set up a NAS server with Debian running essential services such as ssh, samba, nfs, cups, rdiff-backup and rtorrent with a web interface; and using two HDDs in RAID 1 mode with everything encrypted. It took me awhile to research all bits and pieces, hopefully it will save you time if you are going to do a similar set up.

2.5 *terabyte* hot-swap storage — for $730

Chassis, Hard Drives, How-To

George Ou over at ZDNet.com has a blog post about adding a good chunk of storage to his computer. All that is needed to duplicate this is 3 free drive bays, 5 free SATA ports, and a power supply that can handle the extra 150 watts while the drives spin up.

Fast forward 15 years later, and I just bought 2.5 terabytes of hot-swappable SATA-300 storage for just under $730.

RAIDzilla: DIY RAID5 NAS with Attitude

3Ware/AMCC, Complete Systems, FreeBSD, How-To, Samba

SmallNetBuilder walks through building a 16 drive RAID5 NAS with FreeBSD 6.

Software RAID5 and LVM with the Etch Installer

How-To, LVM, Linux Software RAID

Debian Administration looks at setting up Software RAID5 with the new Debian installer.

How-To: Ubuntu Media Server

How-To, Samba, Ubuntu Linux

rubbervir.us shows how to quickly turn an old computer into a file server running Samba.

Network File System (NFS) Server and Client Configuration in Debian

How-To, NFS

Debian Admin has an article detailing NFS setup and tuning.

Set Up A Fileserver For Small/Medium Enterprises With SME Server 7.1

How-To, SME Server

HowtoForge has detailed instructions for setting up a fileserver by focusing on the relevant parts of SME Server.

Building your own Nas

Complete Systems, Guides, How-To, NASLite, Promise Supertrak, RAID Cards

WhatPC? brings a complete NAS building guide involving Mini-ITX motherboards, Promise hardware RAID, and NASLite commercial NAS operating system.

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