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selfmate@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

Since you have a server, a NAS is probably the right route.

I don’t understand this. Imo, the previous sentence concludes that I want a DAS, not a NAS because I already have a server.

I’ll look into zfs and btrfs. Somehow this topic is really difficult to grasp

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ImgurRefugee114@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
A DAS is more like an external drive where as a NAS is a service reachable on your LAN. Of course, you could use a NAS and plug it straight into your PC for a more DAC-like experience to keep it off your network… It really depends on what you’re after.

It ultimately breaks down to these choice dimensions, and there’s often overlap which may inform one another (in no particular order):

platform hardware

storage medium(s) (ssd, hdd, layout, caches,…)

filesystem(s)

operating system

shares protocol (Samba, NFS, WebDAV,…)

topology (direct attach or where in your network it’s located, vlans and firewalls etc.)

I interpreted ‘server’ to mean you had platform already which you want to turn into a NAS. If you want storage exclusively for your server, then DAS is fine. If you want to have the storage accessible my multiple devices, then you want a NAS.

It depends on your usecase and what features you’re after.
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- selfmate@lemmy.zip ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Thank you! That sounds great! I already own drives and a machine. I just want to upgrade and make it more secure. I don’t need a NAS then.
  
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