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    Question Ironwolf 16tb NAS hdd VS WD elements 12tb

    I live in Indonesia, and here, everything is essentially expensive. I tend to buy used tech. At our local marketplace there's a guy selling a 12tb WD elements with about 56 days (start/stop: 577) use and another guy who's selling 16tb Ironwolf NAS with about 1366 days use (start/stop: 10,496)...
  2. K

    Discussion Are NAS HDDs and Surveillance HDDs just a scam ?

    Hey guys, So I wanted to buy a new hdd since my ssd only had around 100GB left. So I saw these 3 different types of hdd in Amazon, which is: NAS HDD Surveillance HDD Desktop HDD Their prices aren't significantly more expensive than the regular pc hdd and it is advertised that they are far more...
  3. J

    Question Would this hardware selection for a NAS/server DIY build work?

    Hey, everyone… my first post… nice to be here. I'm planning on getting a NAS, and one option is to build it myself, and then install either TrueNAS Scale, unRAID or Ubuntu Server (with mergerFS & SnapRAID). But I'm leaning toward TrueNAS Scale for the DIY build option. For that I have found a...
  4. bobbyb78

    Question What is Dell Inspiron 3470 motherboard type?

    Hi I have a 2018 Dell Inspiron 3470 dwsktop that I would like to use to build a NAS. Does anyone know what the motherboard form factor is? Some searching may point to micro ATX and/or proprietary. Ideally I would like to remove the motherboard and PSU and install into a 5 or 8 bay NAS...
  5. R

    Build Advice Home NAS - Server - Lab, OS Recommendations

    I have been a front-end developer / UI-UX developer for approx 15 years. Over the years I have lost countless projects / designs that would be very, very valuable in my portfolio (and I am now currently looking for a new job) lost to new pc builds, discarded / lost / failed harddrives or not...
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    [SOLVED] Raspberry Pi 1 or 2 as NAS?

    Hi folks, I've got a few external HDD's laying around with movies, music, pictures etc. on them. I want to set up a very cheap budget NAS with these and one obvious choice was to use a Raspberry Pi as the workhorse. Since I'm on a budget, I'm looking for used parts and right now there's a...