R-Pi 5 NAS Drive

[Chris Savage]

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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[JKnightandKARR]

SATA Hat
I saw this and rememmbered your project.  can do 4 Sata Drives.

[Chris Savage]

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.

[JKnightandKARR]

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.

True, that would be a great thing for this concidering the concept.

[JKnightandKARR]

I saw this and didn't know if it was any help or not to this project.
https://raspberrytips.com/nas-guide-raspberry-pi/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=RaspberryTips&fbclid=IwY2xjawLkLr9leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETEzblFISWRHZjgyejNwYnBPAR4in00Hl6YAy7-zZVI_j-mA0iiV9jaPH07VAHWtZqoWcG5IhpzRYNyR2CClLQ_aem_F1_HhuUCqsFQpycuKQfIQg

[Chris Savage]

I 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.

[JKnightandKARR]

Cool, can't wait

[Chris Savage]

Cool, 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.

[JKnightandKARR]

Cool, 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...

[JKnightandKARR]

https://raspberrytips.com/nas-guide-raspberry-pi/
I saw this n didn't know if it would be helpful or not.

[Chris Savage]

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.

[JKnightandKARR]

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?

[Chris Savage]

Ok 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.

[JKnightandKARR]

Ok 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.

[granz]

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.