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NAS Server OS/Software Suggestions (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I want a NAS solution to back up my PC and host media files, but prebuilt NAS solutions are incredibly expensive and underwhelming and so I'm planning to build one. Does anyone have recommendations for a NAS interface?

I'm brand new to server management and would prefer something user friendly. I have used linux mint, but currently use windows as my daily driver (planning to switch to mint soon). I'd be fine with a dedicated NAS OS or with something I could run on mint since I'm already familiar with that distro.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Is it going to be just a NAS? If so go TrueNAS with lots of ram. (ZFS likes its ram)

If you want to run VMs use Proxmox

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Honestly, I run my TrueNAS with obly 8GiB and it does great. That said, I'm not doing any deduplication or anything, and my pool is only 3 drives at a total of ~15TB iirc

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Isn't it slow?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Not for me. Runs fine with minimal if any latency. Transfer speeds are not blazing fast, but typically sit in the 50MB/s or so range over samba

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Is that read or write? Also is sustained long term and if not how long does it take to run out of cache?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Both
I've done writes and reads that are in excess of a TB at a time. No real issues.

I'm sure I'm missing a touch of performance here or there, but I can't notice, so who cares. It means I don't have to go spend money on new RAM when I'm too broke to even eat most days lol

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Interesting. What RPM are your disks running at?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

7200rpm. CMR, obviously with ZFS.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Like... How much RAM?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (3 children)

It depends on how much data. I would say 128Gib is a safe bet.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Perhaps a safe bet but crazy . Anything over 8 GB will work and 16 gigs or more will work well. The more the better but don’t get the wrong idea from Mr. 128 GB.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

🤣 My TrueNAS server with 16GB servers files just fine.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That's a lot of RAM for a NAS...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

It is needed as spinning rust is slow. It also depends on what you are using it for. 128gb is a safe bet but depending on your needs you could go lower.