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...