Re: Homebuilt NAS Advice
On Wed, 29 Jul 2020 16:09:51 -0400
Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> wrote:
> Patrick Bartek wrote:
> > Hi! all,
> >
> > Thought putting an old, retired system to good use would be better than
> > letting it gather dust in a closet. And by old, I mean OOOOOLD! I
> > built it 13 years ago. However, it's been upgraded many times since,
> > and was still my main box running Stretch until last year. Its current
> > specs: ASRock A770DE+ AM3 MB, AMD Phenom II x4 @ 3.0 GHZ, 8GB DDR2 RAM
> > (max 16GB), 6 - SATA II & 1 - IDE connections, USB2.0.
> >
> > The problem I've run into is finding a NAS OS to run on it. They all
> > seem to require UEFI. which this MB does not support. (I said it was
> > old.) However, in my search I did come across OpenMediaVault which is
> > a simple, lightweight NAS OS based on Debian Jessie that will work with
> > either MBR or UEFI. One nice feature OMV has is it can be installed as
> > a service on top of any Debian OS. So, I can use something more
> > contemporary and still supported.
> >
> > Anyone currently using OpenMediaVault, or have recommendations for
> > another package, or advice, in general, on homebuilt NAS?
>
> Debian with ZFS.
I don't think OpenMediaVault (or Debian, for that matter) supports zfs
on the initial install. OMV specifies ext3/ext4/xfs/jfs support "out of
the box." However, I would think I could use zfs (just install it from
Debian repo) for the storage drives after the OS is installed, but I
haven't finished reading the user manual, so I could be wrong.
> Not "built on two-releases-ago Debian". Current, stable Debian.
That Jessie statement was from the FAQs in the user manual. So, it
could be that it hasn't been updated. However, it says also you can
upgrade the kernel from backports. Plus, you can install OMV on top of
any Debian install, if needed. I'll do a trial install of the default
software and see what I get.
> I recommend making sure you have a new power supply and a UPS,
> too. Cyberpower makes decent ones for reasonable prices and nut
> supports them.
A UPS I have. And it's relatively new. The current power supply is
only a couple years old. Like I said: the box has been upgraded a lot
from its original build. But thanks for the advice. Hadn't even thought
about those.
> Maxing out the RAM will probably only cost $10 or so, if
> you can find the person in your city who hoards old RAM.
Took a quick look on eBay: I'd need 4 4GB DDR2 DIMMs (have 4
2GB ones installed now). $40 or so average. But I'll start with the 8
since that's well above OMV's recommended minimum of 1GB.
> nut - UPS management
> samba - if you need to share files with Windows
> netatalk - if you need to share files with Mac OS, or be a TimeMachine
> mythtv or gerbera or kodi - home theater operations
> forked-daapd - music server (has web client, speaks ITunes and
> MPD and Chromecast)
Thanks for info. Hadn't gotten that far as to what I would want or
need after the initial setup. Get it working first, then worry about
the details. ;)
> Having any web server set up to serve a directory tree is
> generally useful.
I'm still not sure exactly what I want out of the box, but you've given
a few things to consider. Thanks.
B
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