Question Building a NAS or JBOD storage box from the ground up ?

[jeztwo]

I'm looking to build my own NAS or JBOD storage box for general use backup and storage. Preface: I'm learning a lot of this fresh and I have very little idea what I'm talking about...

I have an old PC running linux Zorin (4TB internal)
6 seperate drives (12TB total)
a seperate casing that will hold all the physical drives
a dozen sata cables etc.
a bunch of fans and old cooling systems that can jerry rig

It'll need a power supply (found this?) and something to convert the 6 sata to 1 usb, does it need something other than software to make it JBOD?

It's not going to be on 24/7 but will get a lot of use, really doesn't need backing up bc all data is otherwise freely available or already a backup.

Can anyone point me in the right direction? Please and thank you!

 

[kanewolf]

I'm looking to build my own NAS or JBOD storage box for general use backup and storage. Preface: I'm learning a lot of this fresh and I have very little idea what I'm talking about...

I have an old PC running linux Zorin (4TB internal)
6 seperate drives (12TB total)
a seperate casing that will hold all the physical drives
a dozen sata cables etc.
a bunch of fans and old cooling systems that can jerry rig

It'll need a power supply (found this?) and something to convert the 6 sata to 1 usb, does it need something other than software to make it JBOD?

It's not going to be on 24/7 but will get a lot of use, really doesn't need backing up bc all data is otherwise freely available or already a backup.

Can anyone point me in the right direction? Please and thank you!

Do you want it to just work or do you want the experience (frustration/failures/lessons learned) of building?

 

[hotaru.hino]

I'd suggest not using a general purpose OS and find one that's actually tailored to NAS systems, like TrueNAS or OpenMediaVault.