Linux friendly NAS or networked drive/raid - perhaps wireless

[Amos Shapira]

Still beta but I've just heard about it and it got me thinking about
something like this for myself one day: https://arkos.io/

The main problem I see with running my own server is that it depends on my
home ADSL line. Most of the time it shouldn't be a major problem but still
access will be slower and more limited compared to, for instance, GMail.


On 7 October 2013 20:13, Udi Finkelstein <Linux-IL at udif.com> wrote:

> Using a PC as a server has several drawbacks:
> 1. Size
> 2. Power consumption
>
> A typical ARM based NAS will usually beat a PC in both categories.
>
> BTW, for backing up pictures, if you don't use the RAW file format, you
> can use flickr which offers free storage up to 1TB (you can mark all your
> files private if you want).
>
> Udi
>
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 11:55 AM, Ira Abramov <
> Lists-Linux-IL at ira.abramov.org> wrote:
>
>> Quoting Steve G., from the post of Fri, 04 Oct:
>> >
>> > So I am thinking, maybe I should get an external network drive, or
>> raid, or
>> > NAS, and use it to consolidate my drive and keep all my files in one
>> place
>> > from now onward.
>>
>> I have yet to see a cheap hardware off-the-shelf NAS that can beat a PC
>> in performance or flexibility. I would get three WD Red disks and build
>> a Linux machine around them, doesn't have to be too powerful. Don't
>> stick old drives in there, you want reliability. use RAID5 in software,
>> dm-crypt if you want some privacy, Samba, NFS and OwnClouׁ• like people
>> already suggested, and a very logical directory tree so you can find
>> everything easily.
>>
>> Also - backup backup baskup. there are cheap cloud services where you
>> can have unlimited storagef for $20-$#0 a year, the better ones support
>> rsync. don't be too cheap, you want your data alive. Especially unique
>> stuff like family photos that can't be recovered from a torrent site...
>>
>>
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