From westpennanthog at eastlink.ca  Mon Jun 27 14:18:02 2022
From: westpennanthog at eastlink.ca (HOG)
Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2022 14:18:02 -0300
Subject: [nSLUG] Setting up a NAS
Message-ID: <168F9496-BE74-41A7-99FF-7D1EEF507A8D@eastlink.ca>

?Greetings All,

I?m about to set up a ?Home? NAS.  I have 4 2TB drives plus the main drive in the computer.

The computer was given to me by a friend so I plan to wipe the original HDD and install a Linux operating system, possibly Debian.
I also purchased a stand alone HDD controller card many years ago, into which I plan to plug the 4 drives. 

I would also like to install a 4TB drive in this cabinet to provide Backup for my Home system. 

My question then is ?Can I have both a NAS and a Backup system residing on the same main HDD??.

Thanks in advance for your comments.

Regards,

Bill

Sent from West Pennant, NS

From herb at theria.ca  Mon Jun 27 14:54:02 2022
From: herb at theria.ca (Herb Theriault)
Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2022 14:54:02 -0300
Subject: [nSLUG] Setting up a NAS
In-Reply-To: <168F9496-BE74-41A7-99FF-7D1EEF507A8D@eastlink.ca>
References: <168F9496-BE74-41A7-99FF-7D1EEF507A8D@eastlink.ca>
Message-ID: <D0A21AD2-0A40-42EA-81CB-9551C9C97311@theria.ca>

If you have no plans to also use this as a desktop, it might be worth looking into dedicated NAS operating systems like 

https://www.truenas.com/truenas-core/



> On Jun 27, 2022, at 14:28, HOG <westpennanthog at eastlink.ca> wrote:
> 
> ?Greetings All,
> 
> I?m about to set up a ?Home? NAS.  I have 4 2TB drives plus the main drive in the computer.
> 
> The computer was given to me by a friend so I plan to wipe the original HDD and install a Linux operating system, possibly Debian.
> I also purchased a stand alone HDD controller card many years ago, into which I plan to plug the 4 drives. 
> 
> I would also like to install a 4TB drive in this cabinet to provide Backup for my Home system. 
> 
> My question then is ?Can I have both a NAS and a Backup system residing on the same main HDD??.
> 
> Thanks in advance for your comments.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Bill
> 
> Sent from West Pennant, NS
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