Is there such a thing? I don't have a dedicated old pc or laptop to make a server out of...
and sharing stuff over multiple devices over wifi seems so conveniant
Good media/file server on a home pc?
Luke Sanchez
Lucas Hill
>what is a router
Brody Bell
>A networking device with limited storage capabilities.
Jonathan Moore
why the fuck do you have a router without a serial ATA port? or USB at the very least.
Joshua Parker
windblows includes an smb server
figure it out user
Jayden Perez
Synology NAS
Carson Wood
>Synology NAS
proprietary botnet
Eli Wood
Nitroshare?
Syncthing?
Julian Phillips
step 1. get an intel nuc or other similar mini pc with a lot of storage. if you're worried about redundancy, then you'll need to get something with at least 2 disk drives so you can use hardware raid
step 2. install openbsd
step 3. follow these simple instructions openbsd.org
profit
Joseph Peterson
I'm with the guy above.
I use one of the newer Synology NASes as a Plex and general purpose file server/ torrentbox with 40TB and 2x 500GB NVMe
If you don't want to shit around and have got the money they're neat devices.
Brandon Gray
don't do it, it makes wanna cry
Grayson Martin
Synology hardware is fucking terrible, don't purchase unless you're a drooling retard
Software is pretty ok though
Jonathan Mitchell
does this include raid?
Colton Long
On linux, check /etc/exports
On windowns, install linux
Christian Reyes
anyone here run a zfs pool of around 40tb and can share his experience? hardware used, how it performs etc?
Landon Jones
Get this
newegg.com
Put it in this
ebay.com
Add HDDs, memory, and whatever else you need
Install OpenMediaVault on it with SnapRAID
You're done
BTFOs the premade products in terms of price and performance IMO
Mason Diaz
And as a quick followup I would almost universally recommend that anyone looking for more then 2 TB of storage should skip the SoC and intel NUC options as their limited IO makes them slow and clunky for accessing data.
Landon Jackson
im building one out of pic related
suggest to me a chassi if you want, 8 or more 3.5" slots at the very least and not a rack
Nathan Ward
I have an old 2600k I use a media server. Better than buying those expensive shitty synology meme boxes.
Xavier Bailey
Just look for a full tower ATX case and pick whichever one has the biggest drive cage. Simple.
Austin Harris
*blocks your path*
Gabriel Walker
OP here, I don't have the hardware for a dedicated file server, thought I could do it on a pc and stream stuff to my laptop.
Windows does include their sharing options but I get an error every time I try to connect to the server from my laptop... what do?
Colton Lopez
If its just video go with Plex. You can use your phone and game consoles with it too.
Carter Hernandez
>smartphone
>gaymen
>console
go back
Isaiah Roberts
plex is trash and you can use ftp and smb on your phone already
Nathaniel White
learn to ntfs permissions.
Aiden Hill
>win perms
that's rly disgusting isn't it
Isaiah Powell
Not just video, i would also stream music, open documents and photos, as I said i tried setting up the server with built in windows smb, but it just wont work, says it cannot find the location and the server is sharing so its not that
Chase Allen
Using a raspi with OpenMediaVault a 3tb usb for my nas needs. It works perfectly fine for my needs. Research niggers before you built/buy anything.
Elijah Robinson
Yeah bud there's tones of routers with sata...
Levi Edwards
Unless you wired everything, you'll be sharing/streaming stuff through wifi in any case...
Nathaniel Wilson
Pic related. Basically your best bet is used enterprise gear from ebay/craigslist. Its engineered to be online 24/7/365 and provides the best data protection (ZFS w/ ECC ram). Yes it is a tiny bit loud, but not deafeningly so. I have mine in my workshop, but it can be in any kind of room with a closed door and you won't hear it in the next room over. Plus you can always do a fan mod with nocturas for silent operation. Best bang for your buck.
Angel Sanders
uApache
Nathaniel Hill
20tb lvm btrfs fag here. I/O is never the problem for home setups outside of streaming.
I like this pic but for n00bs it should be about stages.
Stage 1: get an actual backup on a USB key
Stage 2: get even soft RAID1 running and share that, automate/keep doing backups to your USB key
Stage 3: worry about enterprise ECC ZFS. If you never get to stage 3, 1 and 2 will save you a ton of heartache with 5% of the effort and cost
Christopher Gray
No
Jacob Miller
care to list a few common models? I have like 7 routers in my house and none of SATA. Lots with USB2/3 which could handle a drive enclosure sure. Is this a new thing?
Austin Cox
The newish wrt AC routers have USB2/3 and esata and are compatible with lede and similar firmware replacments.
Gavin Barnes
A router is a internet box that makes WiFi for Facebook and porn only. Doesn't do anything else slightly more than that such as being a firewall, DHCP server, access point, forwarding ports, VPNs...
Brody Powell
what kills me most about this is that everybody says router but most home routers have a single route to their ISP and never run a routing protocol. modem is the far more critical function