Do It Yourself NAS http://www.diynas.com build your own network attached storage device Wed, 27 Jun 2007 21:12:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 en Meet Drobo: A Data-Saving Robot http://www.diynas.com/2007/06/27/meet-drobo-a-data-saving-robot/ http://www.diynas.com/2007/06/27/meet-drobo-a-data-saving-robot/#comments Wed, 27 Jun 2007 21:12:07 +0000 nick http://www.diynas.com/2007/06/27/meet-drobo-a-data-saving-robot/ Toms Hardware reviews the Drobo USB DAS device.

]]> http://www.diynas.com/2007/06/27/meet-drobo-a-data-saving-robot/feed/ Understanding RAID http://www.diynas.com/2007/06/12/understanding-raid/ http://www.diynas.com/2007/06/12/understanding-raid/#comments Tue, 12 Jun 2007 18:15:53 +0000 nick http://www.diynas.com/2007/06/12/understanding-raid/ bit-tech.net has a good overview of different RAID levels. Pros and Cons of each level are explained in a clear manner.

In the last few years RAID has become really quite popular. Once purely in the domain of high-end enterprise servers, today, any self respecting enthusiast motherboard had better have onboard RAID if it wants to be taken seriously. The abundance of onboard RAID controllers mean that it’s not unusual to see small arrays in today’s home computers. The reasons for this can be for increased speed, increased reliability or simply for bragging rights. After all, two or more disks are better than one, right?

]]> http://www.diynas.com/2007/06/12/understanding-raid/feed/ Thecus 1U4500 Review: Rackmount NAS with focus on performance http://www.diynas.com/2007/05/10/thecus-1u4500-review-rackmount-nas-with-focus-on-performance/ http://www.diynas.com/2007/05/10/thecus-1u4500-review-rackmount-nas-with-focus-on-performance/#comments Fri, 11 May 2007 03:16:23 +0000 nick http://www.diynas.com/2007/05/10/thecus-1u4500-review-rackmount-nas-with-focus-on-performance/ SmallNetBuilder checks out the rackmount Thecus 1U4500 which can hold four SATA drives.

]]> http://www.diynas.com/2007/05/10/thecus-1u4500-review-rackmount-nas-with-focus-on-performance/feed/ 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/ Comprehensive RAID Performance Report http://www.diynas.com/2007/05/10/comprehensive-raid-performance-report/ http://www.diynas.com/2007/05/10/comprehensive-raid-performance-report/#comments Thu, 10 May 2007 21:53:49 +0000 nick http://www.diynas.com/2007/05/10/comprehensive-raid-performance-report/ George Ou over at ZDNet has RAID benchmarks for various flavors of RAID, based mainly around the RAID10 and the Intel ICH8R RAID controller.

]]> http://www.diynas.com/2007/05/10/comprehensive-raid-performance-report/feed/ 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.

]]> http://www.diynas.com/2007/05/03/raidzilla-diy-raid5-nas-with-attitude/feed/ Linksys NSS4000: Biz-class NAS with pizazz http://www.diynas.com/2007/04/30/linksys-nss4000-biz-class-nas-with-pizazz/ http://www.diynas.com/2007/04/30/linksys-nss4000-biz-class-nas-with-pizazz/#comments Tue, 01 May 2007 06:38:14 +0000 nick http://www.diynas.com/2007/04/30/linksys-nss4000-biz-class-nas-with-pizazz/ SmallNetBuilder reviews the  Linksys NSS4000 NAS.

]]> http://www.diynas.com/2007/04/30/linksys-nss4000-biz-class-nas-with-pizazz/feed/ NAS Basics http://www.diynas.com/2007/03/22/nas-basics/ http://www.diynas.com/2007/03/22/nas-basics/#comments Fri, 23 Mar 2007 05:56:30 +0000 nick http://www.diynas.com/2007/03/22/nas-basics/ SmallNetBuilder has a writeup of the different types of prebuilt NAS devices available.

]]> http://www.diynas.com/2007/03/22/nas-basics/feed/ Prebuilt NAS Benchmarks http://www.diynas.com/2007/03/22/prebuilt-nas-benchmarks/ http://www.diynas.com/2007/03/22/prebuilt-nas-benchmarks/#comments Fri, 23 Mar 2007 05:52:34 +0000 nick http://www.diynas.com/2007/03/22/prebuilt-nas-benchmarks/ SmallNetBuilder has a list of NAS devices benchmarked by different criteria. A homebuilt Ubuntu NAS device make an appearance in several benchmarks.

]]> http://www.diynas.com/2007/03/22/prebuilt-nas-benchmarks/feed/ Software RAID5 and LVM with the Etch Installer http://www.diynas.com/2007/03/22/software-raid5-and-lvm-with-the-etch-installer/ http://www.diynas.com/2007/03/22/software-raid5-and-lvm-with-the-etch-installer/#comments Thu, 22 Mar 2007 20:26:22 +0000 nick http://www.diynas.com/2007/03/22/software-raid5-and-lvm-with-the-etch-installer/ Debian Administration looks at setting up Software RAID5 with the new Debian installer.

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