NAS Build Idea

Looking to see if you would do a NAS build using the Rasberry Pi and with hot swap bays that can accept 3.5" and/or 2.5" HDD's. Software could be FreeNAS. Needs to connect with gigabit ethernet to the home network.

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benheck over 12 years ago +1

Personally, I would use an older full-sized PC with Linux for a NAS. Unless there's a reason it needs to be small, not sure why I'd use the Pi.

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jeffclough over 12 years ago

Steve,
Me again. I don't know whether it's cool to post links to other blogs here, but with apologies to Ben, check out Hack a Day's "Build a file server inside an old external optical drive enclosure" post, where the author looks like he's doing something very similar to what you're asking about.

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jeffclough over 12 years ago

Steve,
Me again. I don't know whether it's cool to post links to other blogs here, but with apologies to Ben, check out Hack a Day's "Build a file server inside an old external optical drive enclosure" post, where the author looks like he's doing something very similar to what you're asking about.

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