Re: Planning a Debian NAS
> On Jan 25, 2020, at 06:34 PM, Aidan Gauland <aidalgol@fastmail.net> wrote:
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> I want to set up a file server on my home LAN with just consumer-grade hardware, and run Debian stable on it. For hardware, I am probably going to get a refurbished mid-range tower with a four to six 3.5" SATA drive capacity, and put WD Reds in it.
If you don't already have all the router(s) and WiFi access points and such, may I suggest a pile of Raspberry Pis. I have a couple of them in the LAN around where I live, and they're working quite nicely (they're running on UPSen -- I don't know how reliable they'd be with wall electricity). Competent HowTos for those jobs are readily found on the Internet.
Mine are all RPi3+.
The biggest disadvantage to them is the damn wall warts. But they seem to be quite happy with power from a USB3 hub...
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Glenn English
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