Re: Homebuilt NAS Advice
On Thu, 30 Jul 2020 09:40:29 -0700
Peter Ehlert <peter@sdi-baja.com> wrote:
> This whole conversation is a bit over my head.
> I suggest you look into Syncthing.
>
> It's not in the Debian repos, but it is open source and it just works.
> https://syncthing.net/
>
> It works for me, 750 GB, 7 machines.
Thanks. I'll look into it.
B
> On 7/29/20 12:40 PM, 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?
> >
> > My plan is to use it for backups, Dropbox-like storage, and possibly
> > home media server.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > B
> >
> >
>
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