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n00b question, sorry. If I had a desktop that could hold 4 HD and 2 SSD, could I turn it into a NAS? Could someone point me in the right direction if this makes sense?

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[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 11 points 10 months ago (8 children)

You totally can, but since it will be on all day with 4 hdd look into wattages you want to live with. There are some small NUCs or Pi based NAS with low wattages. There is OpenMediaVault, FreeNAS/TrueNAS software to install

[–] comfydecal@infosec.pub 2 points 10 months ago (6 children)

Hey sorry, thinking on this more, could I just turn on the NAS when desired? What is the benefit of running it constantly?

[–] Cyber@feddit.uk 10 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (4 children)

Yep, look into Wake On LAN if you just want to power the NAS on remotely.

My NAS also powers on at certaIn times of day and off again after a while - IF - no-one's connected / no network traffic / etc.

I do NOT need my NAS on at 3am...

Edit : forgot to say, check out OpenMediaVault

[–] comfydecal@infosec.pub 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Stellar! Thanks for the info!

[–] lemmyvore@feddit.nl 4 points 10 months ago

You can also configure the HDDs to power down when they're not in use. HDDs are the biggest power consumer anyway.

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