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• lilShalom@lemmy.basedcount.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Its using usb. That is going to be your bottle neck. I wouldnt do it.

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  • SteefLem@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yeah was afraid of that. Think those or one of theae lenovo mini pcs has a sata on the back.

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• Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:

  Fewer Letters	More Letters
  NAS	Network-Attached Storage
  NVMe	Non-Volatile Memory Express interface for mass storage
  SATA	Serial AT Attachment interface for mass storage
  SSD	Solid State Drive mass storage

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• Owljfien@lemmynsfw.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  If you do end up going down the Linux route have a look at cockpit, it’s a Web ui that you can use to manage your file sharing and storage etc with plugins, it will get you similar functionality to using truenas scale but with the added benefit of being to use the machine as a normal computer if you want

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  • SteefLem@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You see not only in hardware but also software. So much choice!

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• talkingpumpkin@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  In your shoes, I’d put the money in a proper case (eg. fractal node 304/804) rather than an USB enclosure (no, you don’t need hot-swap for a home server): besides the performance issues of USB (which may or may not be an actual issue depending on what you plan to do with the NAS), having a single box makes everything simpler.

  For components to fill up the case, you can look at second-hand computers on ebay.

  As for the OS, if you are not familiar with linux you may want to look at truenas scale (which is linux).

  If you never built a PC, you’ll have to do a lot of research not to buy incompatible components… otherwise you could rely on a friend/shop or stick to sinology and similar.

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• Franzia@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Set up your existing PCs as a NAS or SAN with probably unraid. I really like that you wanna use a small PC to do the work. Big, heavy server PCs are not that fun. I assume you have a server rack set up for this 40tb synology? If you’re really already so gungho about this storage be looking for a 2U used server on ebay to fill your next spot. Not a 3 or 4U. Go smaller than you might need. Yeah, there is a lot of hardware out there - remember that software is there to solve the problems.

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  • SteefLem@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Those lenovo thinkcenters are small but there very robust, dont consume a lot and basicly have to function as a mb for hdds. A synology nas has way less cpu power. Tnx for the tips.

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• RotaryKeyboard@lemmy.ninja ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Why are you upgrading? Is it to take advantage of the 10g network speeds?

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  • SteefLem@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Because. Well, space…. Cant really delete anything and it just keeps getting bigger and bigger. And if i have to search through a lot of files and other things in my house and studio have to do this also, i like to get rid of the network bottleneck. And, well its going to be more and more multiGig routers and switches. And i like speed :)

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