Insane Compact NAS 2014 - 48TB Network-attached Storage

[nicklmg]

SilverStone DS380

NCIX: http://bit.ly/1pTSzL2

Amazon: http://geni.us/2t6A

 

Seagate 6TB Enterprise Capacity

NCIX: http://bit.ly/14gvN6k

Amazon: http://geni.us/1Q0w

 

Seagate 4TB NAS HDD

NCIX: http://bit.ly/1yD3yaN

Amazon: http://geni.us/2F3t

 

What do you do when you come across 48TB of HDD storage? You build a NAS!

 

[UltraNeonGaming]

48TB! DAMN!

[AlexStriz]

48tb? God damn!

[XTankSlayerX]

I've been waiting for this!

[Rune]

Whoa. I thought the 6TB in mine was a lot.

[Speedbird]

Bro, do you even storage?

[AlexStriz]

I have 1.2tb in my system, so I'm a pretty big badass myself..

[Frosty11]

Its great to see LMG adapt new stuff and grow. Nice video!

[ERSCreeper]

I just woke up and I get this What a good start to the day

[Jerakl]

Will it join the 10 Tb + club?

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[MrSuperb]

Is this a replacement for your old(er) big Rack-Server? @LinusTech @nichImg

[BossMann]

This reminds me of a idea I had a while back about installing steam games on a NAS...

 

@LinusTech Maybe we could get a video about that in the future?

[BossMann]

Is this a replacement for your old(er) big Rack-Server? @LinusTech @nichImg

The server hosting http://linustechtips.com/ or the server in the bathtub?

[MrSuperb]

The server hosting http://linustechtips.com/ or the server in the bathtub?

 

Yeah, I meant the bathtub server.

I highly doubt, that linustechtps.com would need anywhere near 48TB of storage

[BossMann]

Yeah, I meant the bathtub server.

I highly doubt, that linustechtips.com would need anywhere near 48TB of storage

:lol:

 

I doubt it is replacing the bathtub server. With all the new 4K footage the storage on both servers will probably be needed. Having the two servers also helps with the load on the network pipes.

[Guest]

I highly doubt, that linustechtps.com would need anywhere near 48TB of storage

 

Bandwidth&storage fairy told me raw 4K reaction images are going to be all the rage very soon.

[Gumi Rokkaku]

48tb is crazy.
I'm in the middle of building a 2tb NAS / media PC, and I thought 2tb was a bit excessive. I guess 4k really does take up a lot of space.

[Annon6347300838]

Not a fan of this video to be honest, very flashy not very informative. Wendell did a way better job when reviewing this board/freeNAS. Nice build tho.

[BossMann]

I guess 4K really does take up a lot of space.

Yeah.

I estimate that that 1 minute of 4K video is about 7 GB (7.2). So if they have a half hour of unedited footage (B-roll included) and the 10 minute final video the final size is about 288 GB for just a small video, A build guide could be upwards of 2-3 TB of unedited footage.

[LordMustangGT]

with the 4k they shoot now, 48tb will fill up real fast. the stack of hdd is about to get a lot taller on the toilet.

[7850OC]

but i want 49  :blush: ok fine 48 will do it lol

[Aetohatir]

Does someone have a link to the MoBo?

[The_Hawkeye]

Any idea on the total cost of the system just as Linus showed it? 

[Semperverus]

Hey BossMan, if you want to install Steam games to a NAS, set your NAS up so that it has a SAMBA-enabled shared folder (basically the system Windows uses to share folders), and then you can add that location as a networked drive under your "My Computer" or "This PC" window by right-clicking and selecting "Add a Network Location". Then, when it prompts you, you can either browse for the folder on the network, or type something like \\MyNAS\MySharedFolder\ and select a drive letter like Z:\ or W:\.

From there, go to your Steam settings, and add your new networked drive as a location you can install to (Steam -> Settings -> Downloads -> Steam Library Folders).

[wizpig64]

FreeNAS doesn't require much space, so since Linus asked what could be changed about this, I would say that the OS should be installed on a USB drive to free up one of the sata ports. And if you wanted a more reliable drive for the OS, which could have been the reason for the intel SSD, put it on an SLC compact flash card. Fitting that inside the case with a usb adapter may require some velcro.

 

One cool thing about freenas is that all the zfs and share configuration data is held in a single sqlite database. Back up the configuration database from the current setup's webui, flash the OS image to the CF card (no cd installation actually required), boot to that card, and restore that backup. after the system reboots everything should be up and running again, and you'll have another sata port to use for another drive.