Re: Homebuilt NAS Advice
On Sat, 1 Aug 2020 18:39:49 -0500
Leslie Rhorer <lesrhorer@att.net> wrote:
> I don't think SyncThing is what you want, per your stated requirements.
> SyncThing synchronizes data among multiple hosts. You said you wanted
> a NAS, which implies a solitary host.
After a little purusing of the docs on SyncThing, I agree. It's more of
a personal Dropbox for your devices. Not what I was looking for.
Besides most NAS software have "Dropbox-like" plugins, if such a
feature is needed.
Thanks for your feedback.
B
> On 7/30/2020 4:28 PM, Patrick Bartek wrote:
> > 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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