This Raspberry Pi NAS Drive includes two 1TB Solid-State Drives in RAID 1 configuration, and can be built in an evening.
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SATA Hat (https://www.amazon.com/Raspberry-Pi-Penta-SATA-HAT/dp/B0DCK4BHJK/ref=sr_1_72_sspa?crid=13PRT2XD70XH9&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.ifSbV8iceAoQpS5b1nmMZiLgzAlhiIuFPK5O6Pu6dip5wzn2cDoxY7anqvMHb3u-dmJwtIiREb6k1QLeCy9NU96sKgru3veQ9QzqYFP8mEIicWu7C_6gz06ziLf0VXPViIAXd3RBgczHGHmx7eb-ug3XNmK5KRrqN1lUgoyadA-KZfSi7Gjcgq8sW_Hr_BnbOM_axjNT5UVEBDi5xzo1uQZ9KugDNSraUPn8Dx9ZcJ4sOkfkClyCzTGMMzBmAEjOmHIclokNUuD2uIlfHsIZv_oFAvklTgeSUCTx5iojbuE.Nmg5TbkthQkkHFUmu-ji88Z-OrzU38kSoLGzgScySv8&dib_tag=se&keywords=raspberry+pi+pico&qid=1741582315&s=electronics&sprefix=raspberry+pi+pico%2Celectronics%2C117&sr=1-72-spons&xpid=eOgXaLSNZZdl5&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9idGY&psc=1)
I saw this and rememmbered your project. can do 4 Sata Drives.
Yes, at a glance this one does seem to support 4 drives in a NAS configuration, however it may require special software to implement RAID. I would feel better about this is the description mentioned supported RAID modes. There are tons of R-Pi Hats that support 4 drives that do NOT directly support RAID 0 / 1. When I get home, I can post the question. But I am concerned about no mention of RAID support.
Quote from: Chris Savage on Mar 10, 2025, 08:50 AMYes, at a glance this one does seem to support 4 drives in a NAS configuration, however it may require special software to implement RAID. I would feel better about this is the description mentioned supported RAID modes. There are tons of R-Pi Hats that support 4 drives that do NOT directly support RAID 0 / 1. When I get home, I can post the question. But I am concerned about no mention of RAID support.
True, that would be a great thing for this concidering the concept.
I saw this and didn't know if it was any help or not to this project.
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Quote from: JKnightandKARR on Jul 16, 2025, 03:10 AMI saw this and didn't know if it was any help or not to this project.
I will take a look at it from home. I did a lot of research before starting this project, mainly because many of the R-Pi hats that had multiple drives did
not support RAID 1, which was my primary goal. The software considerations boiled down to what people were saying about the various options. But I will take a look. More information is better before I begin to install software on it.
I am very close to setting this up. I lacked a dedicated Raspberry Pi workstation, with its own monitors, keyboard, mouse, etc. Now that I am moving my 3D printers to the same bench, that frees up a whole bench that I can now use for R-Pi stuff. There are three projects in the queue and lack of space to set them up was the main issue. We're days away from that being solved.
Cool, can't wait
Quote from: JKnightandKARR on Jul 16, 2025, 11:57 AMCool, can't wait
Yeah, once the bench is set up I will update the Office Evolution page too, because a lot of things have been moving around lately. Everything is in a state of flux at the moment.
Quote from: Chris Savage on Jul 16, 2025, 02:22 PMQuote from: JKnightandKARR on Jul 16, 2025, 11:57 AMCool, can't wait
Yeah, once the bench is set up I will update the Office Evolution page too, because a lot of things have been moving around lately. Everything is in a state of flux at the moment.
I knows the feeling all TOO well...
https://raspberrytips.com/nas-guide-raspberry-pi/ (https://raspberrytips.com/nas-guide-raspberry-pi/)
I saw this n didn't know if it would be helpful or not.
Quote from: JKnightandKARR on Nov 30, 2025, 12:22 PMhttps://raspberrytips.com/nas-guide-raspberry-pi/ (https://raspberrytips.com/nas-guide-raspberry-pi/)I saw this n didn't know if it would be helpful or not.
A few similar guides are what led me to the parts I used in mine. I still need to install OMV, but it's what I had planned to use in the project on my main site.
Quote from: Chris Savage on Dec 01, 2025, 04:27 PMQuote from: JKnightandKARR on Nov 30, 2025, 12:22 PMhttps://raspberrytips.com/nas-guide-raspberry-pi/ (https://raspberrytips.com/nas-guide-raspberry-pi/)I saw this n didn't know if it would be helpful or not.
A few similar guides are what led me to the parts I used in mine. I still need to install OMV, but it's what I had planned to use in the project on my main site.
Ok was a thought if it would be helpfull or not. Would the 8GB RAM ver be any better then the 4GB ver?
Quote from: JKnightandKARR on Dec 01, 2025, 06:21 PMOk was a thought if it would be helpfull or not. Would the 8GB RAM ver be any better then the 4GB ver?
I'm sure people will find it helpful. As far as more RAM, that always helps.
Quote from: Chris Savage on Dec 01, 2025, 11:33 PMQuote from: JKnightandKARR on Dec 01, 2025, 06:21 PMOk was a thought if it would be helpfull or not. Would the 8GB RAM ver be any better then the 4GB ver?
I'm sure people will find it helpful. As far as more RAM, that always helps.
Cool. Thanks.
Quote from: JKnightandKARR on Nov 30, 2025, 12:22 PMhttps://raspberrytips.com/nas-guide-raspberry-pi/ (https://raspberrytips.com/nas-guide-raspberry-pi/)
I saw this n didn't know if it would be helpful or not.
This looks like a good option for me. The mirrored (or any) RAID would be good, but I already have a five-, and an eight-terrabyte, external USB drive available, but no decent-sized NVMe drives - and those SSDs cost a bit too much. My NAS will be just for my personal use, and I will still have the 8 TB drive with all my movies, and TV shows, separate on my TV system, so I don't really need much in the way of speed, or power. Thinking about this, the 5 TB drive should be on my NAS, and the 8 TB should be as a backup drive - maybe on Spock, or maybe just plugged in to my main computer, as needed.
I will be using the two Pi computers that I purchased after our meetup (one Pi 4, and one Pi 5) for the two projects. One will be Spock (he was in charge of the library on the Enterprise) and will be the NAS. The other will be replacing Nyota (the Enterprise's Communications officer) who will be handling all of my Internet access - SSH server, VPN-in server (although that may be my router's job,) maybe web servers and anything else. After writing this down, it seems that Nyota will not be doing as much as I thought; so the Pi 4 will run Nyota, and the Pi 5 will run Spock.
My first NAS drive was a WD unit that only had one drive. It just died one day, and at the time I had no backups (didn't have a spare USB drive that large. I lost videos of my daughters that are irreplaceable. So now, I have backups of everything. When it comes to NAS, I MUST have RAID 1 (Mirror). For a while that meant using smaller drives for cost reasons, but I am finally up to where I need to be for the media and files I need to backup.
Quote from: granz on Dec 02, 2025, 07:33 AMQuote from: JKnightandKARR on Nov 30, 2025, 12:22 PMhttps://raspberrytips.com/nas-guide-raspberry-pi/ (https://raspberrytips.com/nas-guide-raspberry-pi/)
I saw this n didn't know if it would be helpful or not.
This looks like a good option for me. The mirrored (or any) RAID would be good, but I already have a five-, and an eight-terrabyte, external USB drive available, but no decent-sized NVMe drives - and those SSDs cost a bit too much. My NAS will be just for my personal use, and I will still have the 8 TB drive with all my movies, and TV shows, separate on my TV system, so I don't really need much in the way of speed, or power. Thinking about this, the 5 TB drive should be on my NAS, and the 8 TB should be as a backup drive - maybe on Spock, or maybe just plugged in to my main computer, as needed.
I will be using the two Pi computers that I purchased after our meetup (one Pi 4, and one Pi 5) for the two projects. One will be Spock (he was in charge of the library on the Enterprise) and will be the NAS. The other will be replacing Nyota (the Enterprise's Communications officer) who will be handling all of my Internet access - SSH server, VPN-in server (although that may be my router's job,) maybe web servers and anything else. After writing this down, it seems that Nyota will not be doing as much as I thought; so the Pi 4 will run Nyota, and the Pi 5 will run Spock.
Sounds good. I outta copy EVERYthing I got onto my 4TB drive and go over it alL, cause I know I got multiple copies of some stuff and copies of crap i don't need!
Quote from: JKnightandKARR on Dec 02, 2025, 11:17 AMI know I got multiple copies of some stuff and copies of crap i don't need!
Story of my life. :-[
EDIT: I solved my duplicate photos / images problems by having a photo dump folder. Whenever I transfer from my phone, files that exist cause that error and I can skip. If I've already moved them from that folder, they're caught in my sorted photos drive, since everything is sorted by date. Doesn't work with everything, but it does help with photos.
Quote from: Chris Savage on Dec 02, 2025, 03:30 PMQuote from: JKnightandKARR on Dec 02, 2025, 11:17 AMI know I got multiple copies of some stuff and copies of crap i don't need!
Story of my life. :-[
EDIT: I solved my duplicate photos / images problems by having a photo dump folder. Whenever I transfer from my phone, files that exist cause that error and I can skip. If I've already moved them from that folder, they're caught in my sorted photos drive, since everything is sorted by date. Doesn't work with everything, but it does help with photos.
I know the feeling... NO idea how much I really have... but a whole lot of 2+ copies..