Completed DIY Networked Attached Storage

[sswilson]

I suspected you were going to go down the 10G rabbit hole

My latest purchase was this one: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0CJCH2DT3, which seems to work fine and runs a bit cooler than my other ones. Using one at 10G to my QNAP and another at 5G to my desktop.

I'm only going into the shallow end.

No intention to start sourcing 10G nics for my PCs, but IMO it only makes sense to connect the NAS via 10G (since it's already there) to the Switch in order to provide full access to all ports on the switch.

 

[Izerous]

I'm only going into the shallow end.

No intention to start sourcing 10G nics for my PCs, but IMO it only makes sense to connect the NAS via 10G (since it's already there) to the Switch in order to provide full access to all ports on the switch.

Follow me down the SFP+ rabbit hole it's fun i swear.

 

[CMetaphor]

Follow me down the SFP+ rabbit hole it's fun i swear.

It's not Quite that bad. Especially if you stick to marvell stuff. I've got multiple 10gbe nics ready, all of which have solid drivers and support across OSes and apps. The only real "deep end" for my 10gb stuff was picking a solid 10gbe switch, but even that was too difficult (or expensive) to deal with.

Maybe when I get around to rebuilding my own file server I'll post it as well? I'm never sure what to post out of fear of boring you all to death

 

[Izerous]

It's not Quite that bad. Especially if you stick to marvell stuff. I've got multiple 10gbe nics ready, all of which have solid drivers and support across OSes and apps. The only real "deep end" for my 10gb stuff was picking a solid 10gbe switch, but even that was too difficult (or expensive) to deal with.

Maybe when I get around to rebuilding my own file server I'll post it as well? I'm never sure what to post out of fear of boring you all to death

I had a few dozen intel modules from all the servers I picked up. Turns out those specific modules have compatibility issues and Ubiquiti hardware doesn't like them, once I sorted that out the rest was pretty easy. The only weirdness I still have is my windows desktop reports 1,488Mb/s (or something close to that) but everything else is correctly reporting 10g.

Had it not been for the initial time wasted to find out about the compatibility issues it has been simpler and easier that I would have expected.

 

[sswilson]

It's not Quite that bad. Especially if you stick to marvell stuff. I've got multiple 10gbe nics ready, all of which have solid drivers and support across OSes and apps. The only real "deep end" for my 10gb stuff was picking a solid 10gbe switch, but even that was too difficult (or expensive) to deal with.

Maybe when I get around to rebuilding my own file server I'll post it as well? I'm never sure what to post out of fear of boring you all to death

I never worry about boring folks. People are free to look away if they want.

I figure build logs like these are more informational than anything, and that the benefit to posting them is that there might be one or two nuggets of inspiration to be gleaned.

As far as 10G goes, there might actually be a legitimate use case for grabbing a 10G nic if I were to start ripping dvds on my main PC.

 

[JD]

As far as 10G goes, there might actually be a legitimate use case for grabbing a 10G nic if I were to start ripping dvds on my main PC.

4.7GB or 8.5GB is going to move fast anyways. Maybe if you are doing raw rips of Blurays it might save you some time. The STRIX board we have is 5G anyways too, which is fast enough for any HDD-based NAS.

 

[sswilson]

4.7GB or 8.5GB is going to move fast anyways. Maybe if you are doing raw rips of Blurays it might save you some time. The STRIX board we have is 5G anyways too, which is fast enough for any HDD-based NAS.

I forgot that it was 5G. I should probably grab a couple of those SFP modules when the time comes.

 

[sswilson]

My case (Silverstone GD09) doesn't have much in the way of 3.5" storage and (of course) last fall I took a fit and threw out all of the random HDD cages I'd been hoarding from old cases.

Cages are available on amazon, but I'm currently trying to find a 3D printed solution. Going to print in PETG in the hopes that it will stand up better to the heat than PLA would.

Started with this model....

4 bay 3.5 HDD rack and caddies by xzhibit

Hello!This is my first model upload. I made this HDD caddy because I had a cheap PC case with space for only 2.5 inch HDDs, and I planned to use that as a NAS server (silly me). I went and bought the HDDs, came back, only to find that they didn't fit the case I had. I learnt Fusion 360 and made...

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The cage printed up fine, and would have worked, but when I printed off the tray I discovered that it doesn't physically secure the drive to the cage. The screws you use to secure the HDD to the tray are what goes into the slot but it's just loose in there. I know the days of HDDs blowing up if they're moved while rotating are beyond us, but have the HDDs loose inside the case doesn't sound like a great idea to me.

Currently printing off this model

Stackable HDD Caddy & Cage by cbutters

SummaryThis is a stackable HDD Caddy with ventilation;-Has lip to catch edge of HDD so it stays in place (middle screw option as well)-Stackable-Suitable for storage of Offline HDD or a working Cage for multiple HDD.Superglue the tabs together if you want to create a rigid cage.Custom Section

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That supposedly locks the HDD in place and is stackable for however many drives I want (4 is probably the happy space for height in the case).

If all that fails, there is one space for a 3.5 drive in the case, and I've got a 3 bay rack out of an old lian-li I could look at kludging in. There's also the option of HDD racks off of amazon.

First drive is probably arriving tomorrow so that I've got a physical drive to play with.

 

[Shadowmeph]

I forgot that it was 5G. I should probably grab a couple of those SFP modules when the time comes.

When you people are speaking those speeds are you talking about in the home network and if so how does one get those types of speeds between PCs ? How to check what speeds are transferring between PCs

 

[sswilson]

When you people are speaking those speeds are you talking about in the home network and if so how does one get those types of speeds between PCs ? How to check what speeds are transferring between PCs

Yes, talking about internal network speeds. In this case (main pc to NAS) in order to do a quick check you can do a large file/folder transfer from the PC to the NAS and monitor it in task manager.