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[mattl1598]

I'm thinking of repurposing my old pc into a freenas unit in a few months when I can get some more drives for it.

One of the ways I would like use it, is to be able to back up my usb memory sticks just by plugging them into a front USB port on the case. Is there such capability in freenas already?

And is it possible to do the same thing but for dvds with ripping them and storing them on the Nas?

[Electronics Wizardy]

You can mount and use usb volumes, but its not really super plug and play, you need to do somethings in the web interface or the terminal first before they can copy.

 

You can rip and store on a nas easily. If you want to rip on the nas, id look at a different os option.

 

What hardware are you using?

[WereCatf]

I don't remember seeing any such option there, no.

[mattl1598]

7 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

You can mount and use usb volumes, but its not really super plug and play, you need to do somethings in the web interface or the terminal first before they can copy.

 

You can rip and store on a nas easily. If you want to rip on the nas, id look at a different os option.

 

What hardware are you using?

it would be running on an i7 860, 6gb ram, h55m-e23, GeForce 8400GS with what ever mish mash of drives i get. probably 4 one or two tb drives

[Electronics Wizardy]

1 minute ago, mattl1598 said:

it would be running on an i7 860, 6gb ram, h55m-e23, GeForce 8400GS with what ever mish mash of drives i get. probably 4 one or two tb drives

Id get fewer bigger drivers.

 

Do you need freenas, Id look into a linux distro like debian or windows here, makes dvd ripping much easier and both support good software raid config.

[mattl1598]

2 hours ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Id get fewer bigger drivers.

 

Do you need freenas, Id look into a linux distro like debian or windows here, makes dvd ripping much easier and both support good software raid config.

i used openmediavault on an rpi for a while with one old ide drive connected over usb which was quite slow. I found an article comparing freenas with omv and the additional benefits of freenas sounded good so i'm doing some more research into the specifics of what i can do with it. 

 

im now wondering whether i could write a python script to do what i want but i need to read around a bit first

[Electronics Wizardy]

1 hour ago, mattl1598 said:

i used openmediavault on an rpi for a while with one old ide drive connected over usb which was quite slow. I found an article comparing freenas with omv and the additional benefits of freenas sounded good so i'm doing some more research into the specifics of what i can do with it. 

 

im now wondering whether i could write a python script to do what i want but i need to read around a bit first

You can do this all with scripting if you want, its just how much do you like scripting.

 

 

[mattl1598]

On 17/08/2018 at 9:33 PM, Electronics Wizardy said:

You can do this all with scripting if you want, its just how much do you like scripting.

 

 

I don't mind spending some time writing scripts to do this. I assume you mean python scripts which is great since I know python quite well from my CS A-level I'm doing at the moment 

[Salacious B Crum]

On 8/17/2018 at 12:28 PM, mattl1598 said:

I'm thinking of repurposing my old pc into a freenas unit in a few months when I can get some more drives for it.

One of the ways I would like use it, is to be able to back up my usb memory sticks just by plugging them into a front USB port on the case. Is there such capability in freenas already?

And is it possible to do the same thing but for dvds with ripping them and storing them on the Nas?

I'm a big fan of unRAID as the system you're planning on building is fine for this use case there is a small cost to the OS but it is in reality the cheapest single part in most builds, you can download the OS for free trial use with no restrictions all options are open for full use for 30 days and I think they still offer an additional 30 days if requested it's a pretty versatile option with lots of flexibility to run vm's, dockers and other apps