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I have always used Linux PCs. The tricky thing is finding a good small case that can support enough drives without breaking the bank. Currently I have an old Ha
by JeremyNT 6y ago
I have always used Linux PCs. The tricky thing is finding a good small case that can support enough drives without breaking the bank. Currently I have an old Haswell i3 in a MiniITX Fractal Design node 304 case - it's fine, but it only supports 4 drives.
- justapassenger 6y agoSo did I, until I’ve decided I’m too old for dealing with it. I’ve been working professionally with Linux systems for 20 years and counting, and finally decided that at home I just want an appliance that just works, even if it doesn’t give me all the features/flexibility I’d want.
- jnxx 6y agoI have been working professionally with Linux since 22 years, and I have tried the same with a NAS - and found out that it has just so many annoying quirks and shortcoming that I am definitively far better off, and waste far less time if I am just using standard Debian on standard hardware. No need to work around the shortcomings of a prehistoric NFS implementation or things like that... no need to set up things from scratch because some hardware breaks or there are no updates for the system it runs.
- layoutIfNeeded 6y agoI'm also running a Debian-based NAS at home. If you want to expand beyond 4 drives I can recommend the 8-bay U-NAS chassis: https://www.u-nas.com/xcart/cart.php?target=product&product_id=17617 https://www.u-nas.com/xcart/cart.php?target=product&product_... Same Mini-ITX form factor, 8 hot-swappable drives, pretty solid build qualtiy in my experience.
- ValentineC 6y agoDoesn't the Node 304 support up to six 3.5" drives? I have one myself.