【DOCS-notes】how to build a NAS

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What is NAS and how to build one by yourself.

What and why

NAS(Network Attached Storage)

So basically it is a small server with giant storage that you can access from anywhere, only if you can access the Internet.

  • You will have an iPhone or macbook with 60 times cheaper storage.
  • All the movies, datasets, p…ictures, chatting records, blablabla, will find their place at the disks.
  • You can deploy websites, dockers, which will be a lot of fun.

How

Hardware

So there are always these 2 choices, buying prebuild NAS or DIY by yourself.

  1. if you don’t want to spend any extra attention or time on building or maintaining, just go buy a NAS system from any brand you like, for example Synology.
    Pros:
  • convenient. You just need to buy it, and buy some disks, put them together and follow the tutorial, done.
  • after sales services. Usually, you will have a expert who can solve any problems you met and provides some advices.
  • good looking. prebuild
    Cons:
  • expensive. Normally it takes a lot more than DIY.
  • a little bit stiff. You can’t usually upgrade it any further. For example, you can’t simply buy a better network card and attach it. And the operating system is probably locked to the brand’s own system.
  • privacy. I know it is promised, but you never know.
  1. buy components yourself
    Pros:
  • cheap.