I’m looking for a suggestion for compact-ish NAS cases. I only have a few drives, 4 at the moment, so I don’t need a ton of space. But I’d like to downsize without getting a brand new motherboard and PSU it possible (both are ATX at the moment).

My main requirement is being able to install and uninstall drives without worrying about cable management.

Thanks!

  • spez_@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    11 months ago

    I have two 3,5" HDDs connected as well as two SSDs (installed after the picture). They’re connected via a USB dongle (through the back, so all drives go via USB 3.)

    The issue I’m facing is that I only get 10MB/s, even though I should be getting more, even through a USB 3 interface. I’m going to try the suggested SMB configuration from another user and report back shortly

    Your setup should be similar to mine. If you get good speeds, I’d love to know. OpenMediaVault is wonderful too - it’s simple and gets the job done. But for my system there’s no RAID, although that doesn’t bother me because 1 HDD is primary, and 1 HDD is backup

    • ResurgeEnglish
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      11 months ago

      Ah so your setup is almost exactly as what I had planned :D (I’ll use 1 SSD instead of 2 though, to be used as boot drive). I haven’t made the box yet, probably in a few months.

      Thank you for the reply!
      Please do post your updates somewhere in this thread, I’m sure they’ll come in handy when I start building my box.