NAS built in 2015? No, SFF instead!

[Dylan]

@ulfn This is fantastic! I love the design and implementation - how will you be using it?

(this is really fun stuff!!)

[ulfn]

So, @Dylan , I plan to use it for my files mostly, not a lot of apps on my mind, yet. Files being the regular ones:

• Digital photos
• Libreoffice files
• CD collection ripped to computer as files and played through a streamer.

If buddy backup is offered it would seem like a good idea in general, but I wouldn’t be a very good buddy 😉 My storage drives so far only has space for my own growing collection of files. I may put a second NAS in my sister’s apartment for backup and security, and/or(?) some form of cloud arrangement, like ownclud or Nextcloud. Any suggestions are welcome!

And my NAS may not end up staying on the shelf in my hallway. I put it there to show it’s not something you absolutely would want to hide somewhere. The white ”box” on the wall to the left is for fiber internet, not yet implemented by me. I use some form of mobile broadband for now.

I’ve got  5-6 linux ISOs to play with for storage, as long as HexOS is under development. If catastrophe happens they are only a download away. As I described in an earlier post I tried to establish some RAID10 inspired setup in the TrueNAS environment. @Sonic suggested I try to take away one or two drives to see what happens. That’s what I’m going to do, when I got smb shares ABC in order, and the ISOs are in place.

Edited Thursday at 04:36 PM by ulfn

[Dylan]

Keep us posted @ulfn!

[ulfn]

About two weeks ago I mentioned I got a 48GB RAM stick, for a spare or for upgrade at some point. Could I resist installing it now? No.

48GB is the max RAM possible here, and I believe it doesn’t hurt with a little more of it 😉

[ulfn]

By now I feel comfortable opening up this computer case, and here is the pre-installed RAM, top of the picture. The two shiny metal ”handles” left and right of the stick you push outwards to release the stick.

New RAM installed, ready to be pushed down, to sit properly. Second picture.

Edited 9 hours ago by ulfn

[ulfn]

Just one thing I forgot to mention earlier. My SSD chip should be connected to SATA 2 or SATA 3 on the motherboard, according to ipc.net support (Jessica Fang).

The one I used, the more easily available is SATA 3 to the middle right in this photo, with the black connector and cable visible. You can also see half of another SATA port just below in the photo, with the other half hidden under the board above it.

Edited 9 hours ago by ulfn
Polishing my English

[ulfn]

So, installed and ready, would it work? TrueNAS dashboard has the answer. Success 😀

Next step would be playing with storage files. After I got the hang of smb shares…

Edited 9 hours ago by ulfn
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