I want a NAS solution to back up my PC and host media files, but prebuilt NAS solutions are incredibly expensive and underwhelming and so I’m planning to build one. Does anyone have recommendations for a NAS interface?

I’m brand new to server management and would prefer something user friendly. I have used linux mint, but currently use windows as my daily driver (planning to switch to mint soon). I’d be fine with a dedicated NAS OS or with something I could run on mint since I’m already familiar with that distro.

  • @theRealBassist
    2•27 days ago

    Not for me. Runs fine with minimal if any latency. Transfer speeds are not blazing fast, but typically sit in the 50MB/s or so range over samba

    • Possibly linuxEnglish
      1•26 days ago

      Is that read or write? Also is sustained long term and if not how long does it take to run out of cache?

      • @theRealBassist
        1•26 days ago
        1. Both
        2. I’ve done writes and reads that are in excess of a TB at a time. No real issues.

        I’m sure I’m missing a touch of performance here or there, but I can’t notice, so who cares. It means I don’t have to go spend money on new RAM when I’m too broke to even eat most days lol