Build Your Own NAS (BYON): Phase 1

Showing posts with label Phase 1 - Planning. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Posted by JTSF at Tuesday, June 04, 2013

Phase 1 Completed My NAS build plan is finally concluded after some intensive planning. I took more than a month to plan, research and ga...

Posted by JTSF at Sunday, June 02, 2013

Although the motherboard which I purchased does not come with two Gigabit Ethernet ports, there is always an option to upgrade to this fe...

Posted by JTSF at Friday, May 31, 2013

Quote: Mast C (my gang) said, "If there is no RAID , it is a normal desktop!" Yes! I do agree with that. =) I cannot emphas...

Posted by JTSF at Thursday, May 30, 2013

The NAS operating system will be installed on a separate drive; either a USB thumbdrive or a 2.5" HDD. So which OS do I go for? This...

Posted by JTSF at Monday, May 27, 2013

Any ATX casing can be the home of your NAS build. This is true provided you do not mind an enclosure that is twice the size of off shelv...

Posted by JTSF at Sunday, May 26, 2013

Hard disk drive is a common component in both DIY NAS and off shelve NAS. Typically, the price of off shelve NAS do not include HDDs. For...

Posted by JTSF at Saturday, May 25, 2013

How much power does your NAS need? Let's compute the maximum power consumption required. You can also use this utility as a guide. ...

Posted by JTSF at Sunday, May 19, 2013

RAMs are cheap and it's one of the components which you can upgrade easily. I'll start with 8GB DDR3 and upgrade to max 16GB if n...

Posted by JTSF at Monday, May 13, 2013

The CPU / Motherboard is the backbone of your NAS. We have to be picky on this one. Ok, I need something that is cheap, powerful and ene...

Posted by JTSF at Friday, May 10, 2013

Before we fill our shopping list, let's sit down and consider wisely; what features and requirements do we need in our custom made...

Posted by JTSF at Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Background I have a circle of close friends for regular kopi sessions. We are all IT professions in various domains - managers, en...