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Synology requires self-branded drives for some consumer NAS systems, drops full functionality and support for third-party HDDs (www.tomshardware.com)
submitted 2 years ago by [M] to c/hardware@lemmy.world
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[–] 59 points 2 years ago (9 children)

That’s a shame. Building your own NAS it’s not that difficult and a valuable learning experience.

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    Have any handy non-video guides you would recommend on how to do so? I’m keen to learn this.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago* (4 children)

    Any PC building guide, use a case with enough 3.5" bays and a mainboard with plenty of SATA and M.2 ports (if you want SSD csche).

    After that it gets more specialized.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Get a fractal case, go to pcpartpicker for the rest... Get a gold PSU... Be sure to check on getting a motherboard-cpu combo that supports ECC RAM... Install a linux distro with proper support for zfs (e.g. I wouldn't recommend Arch), perhaps TrueNAS Scale. Done :)

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    I'm using TrueNAS Scale right now on my second server (landfill bound, offered money for it, got it for free baby!) which was just some Dell computer from some older people who bought a brand new computer because this one was "not letting them install stuff". The permissions, and the way things are explained for the settings/permissions, are AWFUL for someone who has just now dipped their toes into this OS.

    TrueNAS Scale is great for what it is, but please be ready for some headaches if you're fresh into the scene. I still recommend it for now.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    Their low power compute hardware, very compact form factor, and OS/apps are the selling points.

    There are both commercial and DIY alternatives, but I am not aware of any that really check all three boxes quite as well.

    When my disk station eventually dies I'll go the DIY route but that doesn't mean I'll be excited to do so.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago

    I built my own nas back in the day and it is not worth it. trying to remember an the mdadm commands, setting up Cron jobs for scrubbing and smart tests, setting up email notifications if the tests fail, flashing the firmware on my hba, setting up dynamic DNS, fail2ban (later a private key whitelist), borg etc etc. it's not too bad if you're an experienced Linux user but it's still a lot of time out of your day, meanwhile if you're a new Linux user then you're basically just playing russian roulette with your data. building a jellyfin server is a good learning experience but for a nas I would pick an off the shelf appliance every time

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