Do It Yourself NAS » How-To http://www.diynas.com build your own network attached storage device Sun, 25 Jul 2010 20:49:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 How to build a NAS box http://www.diynas.com/2010/07/25/how-to-build-a-nas-box/ http://www.diynas.com/2010/07/25/how-to-build-a-nas-box/#comments Sun, 25 Jul 2010 20:38:23 +0000 nick http://www.diynas.com/?p=92 bit-tech.net has a new article on building a FreeNAS box, including choosing hardware and installing the software.

]]> http://www.diynas.com/2010/07/25/how-to-build-a-nas-box/feed/ 0 Petabytes on a budget: How to build cheap cloud storage http://www.diynas.com/2009/12/06/petabytes-on-a-budget-how-to-build-cheap-cloud-storage/ http://www.diynas.com/2009/12/06/petabytes-on-a-budget-how-to-build-cheap-cloud-storage/#comments Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:45:56 +0000 nick http://www.diynas.com/?p=60 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.

]]> http://www.diynas.com/2009/12/06/petabytes-on-a-budget-how-to-build-cheap-cloud-storage/feed/ 0 DIY NAS with Debian Lenny http://www.diynas.com/2009/11/30/diy-nas-with-debian-lenny/ http://www.diynas.com/2009/11/30/diy-nas-with-debian-lenny/#comments Tue, 01 Dec 2009 07:22:51 +0000 nick http://www.diynas.com/?p=53 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.

]]> http://www.diynas.com/2009/11/30/diy-nas-with-debian-lenny/feed/ 0 2.5 *terabyte* hot-swap storage — for $730 http://www.diynas.com/2007/05/10/25-terabyte-hot-swap-storage-%e2%80%94-for-730/ http://www.diynas.com/2007/05/10/25-terabyte-hot-swap-storage-%e2%80%94-for-730/#comments Thu, 10 May 2007 22:01:13 +0000 nick http://www.diynas.com/2007/05/10/25-terabyte-hot-swap-storage-%e2%80%94-for-730/ 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.

]]> http://www.diynas.com/2007/05/10/25-terabyte-hot-swap-storage-%e2%80%94-for-730/feed/ 1 RAIDzilla: DIY RAID5 NAS with Attitude http://www.diynas.com/2007/05/03/raidzilla-diy-raid5-nas-with-attitude/ http://www.diynas.com/2007/05/03/raidzilla-diy-raid5-nas-with-attitude/#comments Thu, 03 May 2007 19:01:22 +0000 nick http://www.diynas.com/2007/05/03/raidzilla-diy-raid5-nas-with-attitude/ SmallNetBuilder walks through building a 16 drive RAID5 NAS with FreeBSD 6.

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]]> http://www.diynas.com/2007/03/15/how-to-ubuntu-media-server/feed/ 0 Network File System (NFS) Server and Client Configuration in Debian http://www.diynas.com/2007/03/13/network-file-system-nfs-server-and-client-configuration-in-debian/ http://www.diynas.com/2007/03/13/network-file-system-nfs-server-and-client-configuration-in-debian/#comments Wed, 14 Mar 2007 05:21:13 +0000 nick http://www.diynas.com/2007/03/13/network-file-system-nfs-server-and-client-configuration-in-debian/ Debian Admin has an article detailing NFS setup and tuning.

]]> http://www.diynas.com/2007/03/13/network-file-system-nfs-server-and-client-configuration-in-debian/feed/ 0 Set Up A Fileserver For Small/Medium Enterprises With SME Server 7.1 http://www.diynas.com/2007/02/28/set-up-a-fileserver-for-smallmedium-enterprises-with-sme-server-71/ http://www.diynas.com/2007/02/28/set-up-a-fileserver-for-smallmedium-enterprises-with-sme-server-71/#comments Thu, 01 Mar 2007 00:06:14 +0000 nick http://www.diynas.com/2007/02/28/set-up-a-fileserver-for-smallmedium-enterprises-with-sme-server-71/ HowtoForge has detailed instructions for setting up a fileserver by focusing on the relevant parts of SME Server.

]]> http://www.diynas.com/2007/02/28/set-up-a-fileserver-for-smallmedium-enterprises-with-sme-server-71/feed/ 1 Building your own Nas http://www.diynas.com/2007/02/28/building-your-own-nas/ http://www.diynas.com/2007/02/28/building-your-own-nas/#comments Wed, 28 Feb 2007 18:11:32 +0000 nick http://www.diynas.com/2007/02/28/building-your-own-nas/ WhatPC? brings a complete NAS building guide involving Mini-ITX motherboards, Promise hardware RAID, and NASLite commercial NAS operating system.

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