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Hello! I have made a small OMV NAS with a RPi and everything is working well locally, but I want to be able to access it remotely when travelling. I am very new to RPi and OMV so I did a lot of research to determine Wireguard would be perfect for that. I found a number of guides how to do that on YouTube, but every single one is outdated and most use PiVPN which is now discontinued and I don't think necessary when we have Wireguard as a plugin. Would someone please guide me through the steps to correctly setup the Wireguard 6.3.7 plugin so I can access my Raspberry Pi OpenMediaVault 6 NAS from the Internet? Thank you and I really appreciate your help!

The Setup: I8700, 32GB DDR4 @ 3200Mhz, 4X8TB HDD+256GB SSD. 1Gb LAN connection. TrueNAS SCALE Dragnofish 24.04 The Usage: File server & Plex server. The Issue: I'de like to use the SSD, I know how to add VDAV to the pool but there are several options which fits, Log, Cache and Metadata. I'm not sure which one to use for the best performance. The files I care about are about 1-2GB in size. Your advices will be very welcome.

So like many others after seeing linus’ video on this board, I went out and bought two along with drives. I installed openmediavault and nvme drives. in trying to mount the drives and create a software raid, i only see one of the four drives on each machine. I’ve reseated the drives, rebooted, etc but still only see one drive on each. If it were just one board, I’d assume an rma issue. But with two boards with the same exact issue, I’m wondering if something else is going on? Anyone else with this issue? Thank you.

Budget (including currency): $500 or ₹40000 Country: India Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: photo prism, jellybean, and some other home automation that may come up. Hi guys, i want to build a home server/NAS on a budget. I don't want it to be too powerful or too weak. My current storage requirements are 1 TB. My aim is to make it upgradable so that with time I can upgrade it. Can you guys suggest me what processor, motherboard, power supply and case should I use. I am new to pc building. Also should I prefer SSD or HDD for storage? I think though SSDs are expensive but they should last longer and consume less power. Also like HDDs, do I need to buy NAS grade SSDs?

Hi, first post. The LTT video a while ago got me in the mood to not spend 500+€ on a complete NAS solution. This just runs OMV with no streaming plugins. So here it is, I‘m just waiting for the 80mm fan to arrive, because temps are definitely an issue and leaving it just passively cooled is not a good long term idea. The idea: Basic NAS case, connect drives as you want via separate enclosure or just use it as standard with m.2 drives. Swappable PicoPSU to power 2.5“ or 3.5“ drives and the fan. Fan is controlled by a pot (in a very hacky and not so nice way, but it works) to run at 60-70% for almost complete silence. The m.2 to SATA adapters work fine, though I had issues getting 5 on the same extension to work. 16 drives seems perfectly possible. The reason for only 3 access covers is that I‘ll always keep one m.2 drive in there in case I can figure out caching some day. I can add a 4th if someone wants to print this. I haven‘t uploaded the files anywhere yet, might attach them to this post later. I need to adjust the ATX 20pin cutout a bit, doesn‘t quite fit yet. Cheers

Hi all, I am looking to build a NAS/Home server and need some help. I was originally looking at N100 CPUs but was uncertain if it would be powerful enough for my uses. I want to achieve the following: Backup for video production projects and my own personal photos. Would be a bonus to be able to work off of the NAS while editing. Will be using all SSDs Possibly the use of a Plex server Some other server related stuff such as: Ubiquiti cloud key PiHole VPN Home automation I am currently thinking of getting the following pieces for the build: SilverStone Technology CS351 Asrock B550M Pro WD Red Sata drives (maybe starting off with about 4TB and hoping to expand in the future) I just recently upgraded my PC and was wondering would my old hardware be a possible choice to use, I have a Ryzen 5 3600 and a RTX 2060. I understand that these may be extremely overkill for the applications stated above but I was thinking, if possible, I could undervolt the GPU but i'm unsure if it is possible on Linux. All input would be greatly appreciated!

https://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/X570M Pro4/ Currently in the process of building a server/NAS and after days upon upon days of searching for a decent motherboard I have came across the Asrock X570M Pro 4. Has all the specs I'm looking for, 8 SATA ports, 2 PCIe 4.0 X 16 slots, 2 hyper M.2 ports etc. I have read that it had a shaky release with some issues in relation to fan control. But it is quite old now and is still getting BIOS updates (as recent as January 2024) Was wondering has anyone used this board for a NAS/Server setup, all information is greatly appreciated!

I'm having trouble trying to access my NAS from my VPN. It's using wiregaurd from my router. It's not blocking the SMB ports or at least i dont think it is.

I recently got the idea in my head to think about getting a NAS to use as a plex server/general storage. The two options I'm considering are buying a prebuilt UGreen NAS or DIYing one myself. The DXP4800 Plus: UGreen is currently running a Kickstarter campaign with early bird prices; the DXP4800 Plus comes in at $454 (usd) and is the main reason I started considering getting a NAS in the first place. The general consensus from reviewers is that the hardware is super good at this price point but the software is still half baked. I plan to put TRUENAS on either device so the UGreen software is not a big concern; what I'm mainly interested in is comparing the hardware UGreen is offering vs what I can build myself with old PC parts. The specs are: X86 12th Generation Intel Pentium Gold 5 Cores 6 Threads (potentially this one) 8gb DDR5 (2 slots, 64gb max) 128gb ssd (this one i believe) 2 m.2 slots (2280 i think?) 4 3.5" sata hot swap drive bays 2 ethernet ports (2.5gb/10gb) 5 usb ports: 2x10gb/s, 1x5gb/s, 2 x usb2.0 SD card reader HDMI 4K Also the build quality of the UGreen NAS is quite nice; airflow is well thought out: single fan blowing over all the the HDDs/mainboard and all metal chassis passively cooling the m.2s. I also like the size of it since I plan to put this in my closet where I don't have a lot of space. DIY NAS Build: The parts list for my DIY: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/RyDmh3 I've only got the CPU and some crappy 8gb DDR4 2400 that I'll probably replace since ddr4 3200 16gb is quite cheap. The price is pretty similar here are some of my main concerns though: Stuck on DDR4 vs DDR5 2 free m.2 slots for storage vs only 1 free on the DIY airflow not as nice on the Jonsbo (no fan blowing over the mainboard) Only 2.5 gb lan (not sure if i'll even use 10gb tho) Power consumption? Noise (Jonsbo uses a 120x15mm fan which I've heard is quite loud and it runs on max speed bc it's only a 3pin?) If anyone has any thoughts I'd appreciate it since the Ugreen kickstart is only up till May

Hello everyone, I'm brand new to building a DIY NAS and I'm unsure which OS is best for my needs. That's why I'm asking you. I have an old spare PC and I want to use it to stream media on my own network. Currently, I have a 2TB HDD and a 120GB SSD boot drive installed. In the future, I'd like to add 4x 8TB drives so I can stream movies, series, and music. To keep electricity costs down, I want to shut down my NAS when it's not in use. I'll need Plex for streaming since I use a Samsung TV. Which OS should I use for this purpose?

Budget (including currency): $2000 each USD IDK? Country: USA Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Storage for small files that everyone in the office has access to. I also want to back everything up weekly or so. Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): Currently the small company that I work for keeps all of the files that the office works on, on a single drive that everyone has access to via a network share. The drive is located in a workstation that is used by someone every day. I think this drive is supposed to be backed up to a cloud service but I am not sure how often or if it even works at all. I pitched him the idea of moving the drive into a seperate machine so it is not dependent on anyones workstation. I also pitched the idea of having a local backup in the second building that we own. All of the files total to about 500GB right now but it will increase over time. I am looking for some advice on just about everything from the hardware I should buy to the software I should run. Leaning towards Truenas but not married to it. Haven't done a NAS setup before but I am a computer science major so I am not scared to learn. Also do I need something with IPMI?

I just want to hear it straight out from someone who has done this before. What is the best raid configuration for HDDs prioritizing speed over redundancy? I hear constantly that HDDs are terrible ideas for NAS but if configured properly they can have good speed? Is it possible to saturate a 2.5gigabit or even 10gigabit connection with the right raid configuration with HDDs?

I work for "Insert Major Company Here", and we are moving warehouses and scrapping out old inventory that hasn't moved. So, I have acquired two National Instruments HDD-8265's that I would love to be able to set up in my rack at home as a JBOD, however, they are PXI Chassis and that is way out of my wheelhouse. There is no motherboard, just an ARC1882IX-12/16/24 Ver. 3A Raid Card, which is connected to and being powered by, via a PCIx16 Slot Card OSS-ECA-1x4-1x6. This seems to be how it's intended to connect to the host system, however I don't have the cable for this, and it cost at best $700 for that.. I know the RAID Card is able to do what I want, however without a way for it to talk to a host system to set it up, it's basically just a brick. I had one idea, but I'd rather run it by someone who knows more than I about this than just spend any more time trying to rig a way around the inevitable. Q: Can I attach up this RAID Card to my home server in a free PCIe Slot, while leaving all the MiniSAS ports connected to the drives in the PXI Chassis, do the setup for the Raid Card in BIOS, them place it back into the PXI Chassis and use the Web Based UI to configure the rest? It makes sense in my head, but that could be due to a lack of insight. Only other thing I don't know how to accomplish in turning on the PXI Chassis itself, as it's designed to receive a signal from the Host PC, and does not have a Power On feature. Appreciate any insight, feedback, or knowledge. HDD-8265.pdf ARC1882_series_Quick_Start_Guide.pdf

Budget (including currency): USD$ 1,286.88 Country: US Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: TrueNAS Other details Existing parts: 8x 4.0TB Seagate IronWolf Pro NAS Parts Needed: MOBO: AsRock Rack X570D4I-2T Mini-ITX Server Motherboard AM4 PGA 1331 CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X - Ryzen 7 5000 Series Vermeer (Zen 3) 8-Core 3.8 GHz Memory: Kingston ValueRAM 64GB 3200MHz DDR4 Non-ECC CL22 SODIMM (x2 sticks of 32GB) CPU Fan: Noctua NH-U12S, Premium CPU Cooler with NF-F12 120mm Fan NVME: Intel Optane SSD P1600X SSDPEK1A118GA01 M.2 2280 118GB PCIe 3.0 Case: JONSBO N3 Mini-ITX NAS PC Chassis, ITX Computer Case PSU: Corsair SF Series, SF600, 600 Watt, Fully Modular Power Supply, 80+ Gold Certified I just got the HDDs because they were a great sale. The rest of the parts I am looking to buy new. The main usage of this is to be a NAS. Pleas let know what do you think of the parts, specially the PSU. Thank you very much! --sabs

Budget (including currency): $200 USD Country: USA Use Case: Jellyfin, PC backups, photo storage backups from family phones, and home assistant Other details: I'm not looking for anything fancy, just something reliable that does the job, no bells and whistles needed. Looking to start out with about 5 TB storage with the ability to add more down the line I already have Goldkey 16GB DDR4 PC2666 CL19 (2x8) Inland 256GB 2.5" SATA SSD Crucial 500GB M.2 2880 My questions: Does my budget make sense to be able to purchase the rest of what I need? If above answer is no then what do you think I need to save up until? If yes then any suggestions? Thinking about using TrueNAS does that make sense for my use case? P.S. If you haven't noticed yet i'm still a newbie at this so any help is appreciated!

Budget (including currency): $1,000 aud Country: Australia Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: 4k plex streaming Nas Other details: 4 nvme slots minimum, 4 sata slots minimum for 4 HDD. want to maintain upgradability in terms of CPU and GPU. I'm currently thinking this How does this look for a plex Nas? https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/TZ2nh3 ? I'm not too sure about the case, cpu or power supply either. Thank you

Hey, I could use a little help with something again. So yesterday I built my unRAID NAS and it worked for the most part. Today I had to restart it which works over the web UI without a problem. (So proper shutdown, no power cable type thing.) After restarting the web UI didn't work which was odd, so I plugged a monitor into the server which had now changed IP adress. After typing in the new IP, nothing happened and the site couldn't load. It seems like the server is on and working, because it shows an IP instead of an error message. What I tried: - pinging the shown IP, no response - checked multiple times the IP is correct - tried the old IP despite it showing a new one, nothing came up - tried three different browsers (Firefox, Chromium and Edge) - removing the s from https - unplugging and replugging everything network related - plugging the unRAID boot drive into Windows. Windows automatically mounted it and could read all the files so that doesn't seem corrupt. - multiple restarts How do I give it a static IP so it doesn't change every time I restart? How can I access the UI?

I have 500+ movies/TV shows that I am wanting to put in a home media server but I don’t have an existing computer/nas to store it on. I am looking for a good option the cheaper the better but I have a budget of around 450$ not including drives. If you have any suggestions please let me know. I am planing on using old drives in a raid 5 configuration so RAID compatibility and extra drive bays are one of the requirements. At max I would want to have one 4k stream from it or 2 1080p streams.

Hi! I wanted to ask for some clarification after today's video about the awesome CM3588. Linus mentioned that it would be possible to use the CM3588 for Plex with a network switch attached it and a more powerful computer actually running the Plex server application. I wanted to make sure I was understanding what he meant by that. Would all that would be required to do this be setting up the CM3588 as instructed in the start of the video and then making folder on the NAS for the Plex app to identify? Would it be like adding a new folder for Plex to look for files? Thank you for time!

Hello! I have a Raspberry Pi 3 sitting in a drawer and need a cheap NAS, so would like to use it for that. I have 0 experience with Pi and NAS, so I read a lot of guide over the past few days, but I find most of them very rushed and leaving a lot of questions, so decided to come here for help. I am aware that the Pi 3 is old and will probably be slow, but I am ok with dropping some files on it and letting it do its thing overnight. So, I hope that you can answer this for me with a detailed guide or point me to one you are sure works: How can I turn my Pi 3 into a 2 disk (RAID 1) NAS server that I can access over the Internet (for example, to upload pictures that my girlfriend will be able to see on her phone in another country)? Thank you and I really appreciate your help!

I currently have spare hardware and I need some recommendations for chassis to turn said spare hardware into a Nas to store my steam library, client documents, pictures I can lose again, and personal documents

Budget (including currency): ~$2,000 USD Country: USA Programs or workloads that it will be used for: Shared Network Storage & Plex Server, more than 20TB with 2-drive failure data redundancy Hello All, I'm building myself a new "home server" that will be used as shared network storage on the network for backing up the "User Documents" folder on a couple of PCs, some family pictures and other relevant docs w/ snapshots (which will also be backed-up on a cloud-based solution), and of course the family Plex server where I keep my Movie, TV Show, and Music Library. This new server is replacing my (very) aging Windows desktop tower which has an AMD FX-8350, nVidia GTX 960, 32GB of RAM, a couple of Samsung 850 Pro 1TB SATA SSD's (one of which is a boot drive), and a 4TB Raid 5 array (5x 1TB hard drives with a Highpoint RocketRAID controller). Additionally, I'm also using an external 4TB "WD My Cloud" (yes I'm aware its an unsupported security mess so it's blocked from internet access) as network-attached storage for the Plex Server app I have running in the background, and another WD 4TB USB3 External hard drive (mainly for document snapshots). It's a tangled web/mess, and I'm looking forward to all of it getting replaced with the new system: CPU: Ryzen 7 3800x, stock AMD Wraith Prism cooler (~$150) (I upgraded my gaming PC to a 5900x so I already had the CPU, but included price est. for completeness) Motherboard: MSI Pro B550-VC Wifi, Micro-ATX ($109.99) Graphics: MSI RTX 3050 6GB ($179.99) RAM: 64GB (4x 16GB Sticks) Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600MHz CL18 ($139.98) Boot Drive: Samsung 980 Pro 1TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD ($99.99) Western Digital OEM 256GB M.2 NVME drive ($19.99) NAS Drives: 6x WD Red Plus 6TB ($839.94) 4x WD Red Plus 12TB ($919.96) Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 650 P5, 80 Plus Platinum 650W, Fully Modular ($119.99) Case: Silverstone CS382 NAS Case ($249.99) Peripheral Cooling: case includes 2x 92mm fans for cooling NAS drives, and a 120mm fan at the back. Also add 2x 140mm Noctua NF-P14s redux PWM fans ($33.90) System Total (w/o array drives): $1,003.83 System Total (w/ drives): $1,923.79 One key goal for me was to have around 8 drive bays for the NAS drives, so I could load up an array that allowed for a RAID-Z2 array (allows two drive failures without data loss). I was also looking for a case that wasn't huge because I'm wedging this in the laundry room next to the router/switch (Ubiquiti Dream Machine SE). After much digging I found the Silverstone CS382 case which I like because it is a mid-tower kind of size with 8 hot-swap SATA sleds supporting a micro-atx motherboard and full-size ATX power supply. It might be a <bit> bigger than I was originally aiming, but the build won't be too much trouble, and the case includes filters and a sweet backplane for power and data to the drive array. Next struggle for me was choosing the drive array configuration, and I think I did choose well but you could get a lot more storage in this thing with 20TB drives, but my budget limited me (for now). I went so far as to look at different configurations of different single-failure tolerant arrays (RAIDZ1 in table below) and double-failure tolerant arrays (RAIDZ2 in table below). Trying to keep the total cost of the drives below $1,000 (I just went with prices on Amazon for simplicity, WD Red Plus), and knowing I preferred a double-tolerant array, I went with 6x 6TB 4x 12TB drives giving me a total storage of around 24TB (36TB if I went with single-failure tolerant array). This also gives me future expansion space for four more drives in the remaining sleds, which can then bump the system up to 72TB (which still allow up to 2 drive failures). Drive HDD Capacity (TB) Price Raid Z2, 4 drives Total Cost Cost Per TB Raid Z2, 6 Drives Total Cost Cost Per TB Raid Z2, 8 drives Total Cost Cost Per TB WD Red Plus 4 99.79 8 399.16 $49.90 16 598.74 $37.42 24 798.32 $33.26 WD Red Plus 6 151.22 12 604.88 $50.41 24 907.32 $37.81 36 1209.76 $33.60 WD Red Plus 8 172.99 16 691.96 $43.25 32 1037.94 $32.44 48 1383.92 $28.83 WD Red Plus 10 199.99 20 799.96 $40.00 40 1199.94 $30.00 60 1599.92 $26.67 WD Red Plus 12 229.99 24 919.96 $38.33 48 1379.94 $28.75 72 1839.92 $25.55 Some other thoughts on hardware: Given I was already locked in on CPU, I found the MSI Pro B550M-VC Wifi which has 8x SATA connections (perfect for 8 drive bays), dual M.2, and 4x PCIEx16 slots for expansion. This was kind of my best choice for Ryzen platform mATX with plenty of SATA and PCIE slots. Unfortunately no ECC RAM though... should I be concerned? I went with a 650W Platinum full modular power supply, aiming for reliability and longevity, pretty sure 650W will be enough Graphics: RTX 3050 is kind of a spicy choice for a NAS, but I was planning on using it with Plex for video transcoding (I do have some 4K content and don't want stuttering with multiple streams). Might be overkill. RAM: I went with 64GB (4x16GB sticks) thinking that will be more than enough for a large cache, but it's probably too much considering I only have 24TB right now. Let's call it future-proofing since RAM is cheap. No option for ECC with this hardware combo unfortunately. OS: Planning on trying my hand at TrueNAS Scale, I expect it will be a pretty smooth setup. Boot drive: I was thinking I'd use a 1TB Samsung M.2 drive for boot drive, but everything I read seems to indicate it will be way overkill and better repurposed as the overflow cache; I could use a SATA SSD drive for my boot drive but will be using all 8 SATA ports on the mobo for the 8 hot-swap sleds. Instead I chose to get a smaller cheap M.2 NVME drive (like 256GB) and have one spare M.2 slot if I want to put a drive in there in the future. What do you think, how did I do?

if i build a small computer in a nas case(Please help me find a nas case), put windows on it and use it as a nas with a backblaze pc backup subscription on it to keep all my dta backed up, (I wouldn't need very much bandwidth to it anyway), is it a good idea? What would the specs need to be for such a computer? Would a 2 core celeron be enough along with 8gigs of ram? It would mainly be used for backups. Also, any idea on how i could set up a decent local file sharing program? Windows samba file transfer only works on wondows and is quite crappy tbh, (I would have it backed up to backblaze anyway so i could access all the data from my phone if i need to but, say from my laptop which would be on the same LAN, is there a good way to access it other than making it a network drive?) update: why can’t I find a single NAS case under 400 usd?

Before discussing software, this is the hardware I'm working with: CPU: i5-13500 (has iGPU which I think can transcode JellyFin video in realtime) MoBo: ASRock H610M-H2/M.2 D5 (Micro ATX) RAM: Crucial DDR5 (2x16GB) PSU: Thermaltake Toughpower PF1 750W 80 Plus Platinum HDD: 3x Seagate Exos HDD 3.5'' PCI-e: Asus XG-C100C Gigabit (10Gbps) Ethernet Tower: Natec Helix Micro (Now, this tower isn't really for NAS - it can only fit 3 HDDs but I can't find any nas-specific case in skroutz.gr so tough luck for me I guess) Some background on me. I'm a Data Scientist, working with Neural Networks and needing access to datasets spanning from a few GBs to over 1TB each. I am mainly using Windows, but I am somewhat familiar with Linux, especially debian based distros, hence using the terminal is not an issue. My needs are: Tolerance for HDD failure and restoring my system when I replace the failed disk NAS Mounted drives which can be accessed on my home (Lan) network (computers on the network will work on files in there in realtime) At some time in the future I might want to use space in there for a security camera but I guess that's just 1 more mounted drive, so it's the same as the above Samba (Windows Explorer) access to the mounted drives FTP access to the mountned drives JellyFin to serve files in one of the mounted drives as a media server I know of Unraid, which as far as I understand allows you to mismatch HDD capacities (which would be a big plus for me), and of TrueNAS which as far as I understand you need to have same-capacity drives. From what I gather, and correct me if I'm wrong, with both of them I can get the basic functionality of mounting drives and exposing them with FTP/SMB out of the box, and with Docker Containers I can install JellyFin and get the media server that way. The ability to create a VM would be a plus (altough I don't think I'd needed it very often), and even better if I could attach a dedicaded GPU and be able to train neural networks remotely this way (again, I probably will never use that). Is my understanding correct? And if so, which software would you recommend for my use case (feel free to suggest some other one if you think is better), and how would you set it up? If you have any article quide or video or equivalent in mind, please do share. (P.S. It does not matter to me if it's free, or open source, or paid - either works)

So, I just put together a new NAS, and now all that's left is the fun task of transferring all my files. I've seen Linus and co. use a third-party program for doing massive data transfers over a network, anyone happen to know the name? Windows PC, both NAS units running TrueNas.