Storage/ NAS Show-off Thread

Black_Hawk

Black_Hawk

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Hey Folks,

I know a lot of us here have NAS/ PC's that we use as storage rigs at home. We might occasionally turn them ON or keep them running 24/7 based on our needs and purposes. It'll be fun to see these and I thought since quite a few of us have them we should have a dedicated thread for such units here on TE.

So, go ahead and post a photo of your storage rigs and also share the configs as that will be helpful to everyone. For example with the photos include:

- Name and model no. of NAS Unit (if it's a ready to go unit)
- Specs of your storage PC (CPU, RAM, Motherboard, PSU, Additional Controller Cards, Case, GPU, etc)
- Total TB of Storage. This one is mandatory because that's the very meat of the thread really.

It doesn't matter if you have one of those ready to go NAS units from Synology or WD or you have a full fledged custom PC with multiple drives slapped in running your choice of OS... all of them can be included and posted here. Do put in your backup strategy and how you integrate and share the system with other devices in your house.
 
Alright, I'll start

I have 3 NASs, all custom built, for different purposes, will list them down one by one.

Odin:
i3 12100, B660m, 32gb ddr4, 3x16TB Seagate exos x16 (2 data + 1 parity), 500gb ssd cache, Antec P110s, runs Unraid
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My main server, stays wherever I am (BLR now), runs unraid, home assistant vm, dozens of containers (*arr stack, emby, TIG stack, gitea, immich, syncthing etc). Pretty much all devices in my family syncs to this (eventually). Photos sync to immich mapped volumes update automatically. Stores backups, media files, trip photos from camera (Sony A7IV Raw files, quite large)etc.. On 24x7.

Freya:
i5 4440, asus z87 (?) motherboard, 16gb ddr3, 2x WD red 8tb drives in zfs mirror, Deepcool gamaxx 55 (not sure, my old gaming pc case), runs truenas scale.
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My old main nas, now nas that stays in my hometown (RTO is a bltch). All devices in the house syncs to this directly (with syncthing) and Freya syncs with Odin over the internet. Both NASs contain a copy of all the devices in our family + camera files. Remains on 24x7.

Urd:
Ryzen 3000g, random a320m motherboard, 32gb ddr4, 2x HC550 16TB drives in zfs mirror, Node 804, truenas scale.

(Don't have a photo of this server, and I'm not in BLR right now)

Snapshot server that contains periodical snapshot of Odin. I have several snapshot jobs running on different days of the week, with periodicity of 1 week. On specific days, tuya smart plug connected to this would turn the power on at 11:30PM, the machine is set to boot up on AC power, at 12:00AM, duplicacy running on Odin would initiate a delta snapshot/chunk check/prune job to this server over sftp. These being delta updates, takes less than an hour. The server then shuts down at 2:00AM with a cron job, and Tuya turns off the power at 6:00AM. This way the server isn't running all the time, only when it needs to.
 

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Tucked away neatly at the corner. Runs 24x7. 4 Bay Synology for storage, has 4x8 TBs in Raid 5. Intel NUC for docker and other processing (runs a 11th gen i5, 16Gigs, 2TB), runs openmediavault and a small power Backup to keep things running till my gen-set starts running.

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My NAS is currently a work in progress. Will post snaps once the build is ready.

Mobo: ASRock J34455 desktop kit its an ITX board with 4 Sata ports.
RAM: 8GB
Case: Cooler Master Elite 130 Mini
HDD: 12TB X 2 drives purchased on TE.
 
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