USB Hub With Network/Wifi Support?

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I have 5 external hard-disks (over 10 TB of data). Due to a travelling job, I am planning to build a setup at my home which allows me to access contents of hard-disks remotely.

Is there any USB-Hub with wi-fi or network support or vice versa in the market? If Yes, please suggest. I am open to DIY jugaads as well. (Data-Security isn't an issue.)

Also if I keep hard-disks connected all the time , would it impact their life/performance?

Thanks for the help.
 
kg_87 said:
I have 5 external hard-disks (over 10 TB of data). Due to a travelling job, I am planning to build a setup at my home which allows me to access contents of hard-disks remotely.

Is there any USB-Hub with wi-fi or network support or vice versa in the market? If Yes, please suggest. I am open to DIY jugaads as well. (Data-Security isn't an issue.)

Also if I keep hard-disks connected all the time , would it impact their life/performance?

Thanks for the help.
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Best option you have is go for low powered itx board & cpu, 4-8 GB ram, 120 GB SSD and Synology DSM. With desktop board, you can use all your usb HDDs .
 
kg_87 said:
I have 5 external hard-disks (over 10 TB of data). Due to a travelling job, I am planning to build a setup at my home which allows me to access contents of hard-disks remotely.

Is there any USB-Hub with wi-fi or network support or vice versa in the market? If Yes, please suggest. I am open to DIY jugaads as well. (Data-Security isn't an issue.)

Also if I keep hard-disks connected all the time , would it impact their life/performance?

Thanks for the help.
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Other than the costly NAS, cheapest one would be to have a SBC like RaspberryPi with Openmediavault, with drives connected to it via a powered USB 3.0 Hub.
Total cost - about 5000.

1. Raspberry Pi4 Model B with 2GB RAM
The SBC is fast enough and with 2GB RAM is more than enough for NAS. Moreover, will run on 5V power supply.
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INR 3200.
Add to above, the cost of 8 GB Sandisk Ultra MicroSD card and USB-C based 5V 2A-3A power supply.


2. USB 3.0 7 port hub based on advanced chipsets like Via VL813 or VL817
Orico F7U-U3 based on VL817 and runs on 5V micro USB input to power the 5 HDDs.

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INR 1550.
Add a normal USB phone charger with 5V 3A output.
3. Internet -
With the Raspberry Pi4 Model B you have an ethernet port, inbuilt wifi or a faster remaining USB 3.0 port for installing faster USB WLAN cards.

NOTE - You can even setup the Pi4 in ssh headless mode where besides accessing the storage, you can control the whole SBC.
 
Aware that I am bumping an old thread, but what did you do finally?

Since most ISPs do not give public IPs, I would have setup a small cloud instance (in India to enable peering) with wireguard for a tunnel

The hardware on the other end would be a RPI4 with a powered usb hub for lower usage while for higher usage I would opt for a PC which could do better.
 
vivek.krishnan said:
Aware that I am bumping an old thread, but what did you do finally?

Since most ISPs do not give public IPs, I would have setup a small cloud instance (in India to enable peering) with wireguard for a tunnel

The hardware on the other end would be a RPI4 with a powered usb hub for lower usage while for higher usage I would opt for a PC which could do better.
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didn't get time to do pi4 setup. Planning to go for Western Digital mycloud setup.
 
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