Building a Powerful Raspberry Pi NAS with the Argon EON Pi Case & OpenMediaVault

Are you looking to build your very own Raspberry Pi-based Network Attached Storage (NAS) for your network or homelab? In this video, we'll take an in-depth look at the features and functionality of the Argon EON Pi NAS case, a case designed for Raspberry Pi that transforms it into a NAS. You'll see the the build process, and we'll also demonstrate how to install and configure OpenMediaVault, a popular open-source NAS operating system, to maximize the capabilities of your build. This is definitely a fun project, so check it out!

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*⏰ TIME CODES*
00:00 - Intro
02:36 - Taking a look at the final build, features, and general info regarding the Argon EON Pi NAS
05:46 - The assembly process
09:45 - Setting up Raspberry Pi OS
13:53 - Installing the Argon configuration script to enable the EON's features
16:02 - Installing OpenMediaVault
17:05 - Adding hard disks to the Argon EON Pi NAS build
21:54 - My thoughts and opinions regarding the Argon EON Pi NAS case

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[myszek__]

Interesting video, You didn't address 2 important issues I am/was trying to get clarified. 1) Is this case compatable with all raspberry pi's ? and 2) can this case actually hold four 3.5" harddrives?

[NyneIX]

You seem more comfortable in front of your camera compared to a year ago. Very inspiring!

[kote]

I'm pretty sure they didn't include a battery to avoid shipping issues (batteries are sometimes considered dangerous goods). But I would prefer if they used a more common type of battery like CR2032.

I really liked this case, it looks great, but it's too expensive. In general, Raspberry Pi is no longer a good platform for most applications, especially NAS. There are either cheaper boards that perform just as well, or equally (or a bit more) expensive boards that perform better in this type of application (e.g. ZimaBoard).

[africantwin]

What do we use for PI modules and case for RAID with a Pi4. Since this EON case wont allow RAID with OMV.

[fullofmysteries]

Which version of Raspberry Pi are you using? I'm assuming it's Pi4 Model B, but how much RAM is necessary if I want to use it as a NAS?

[Patricia-kktr]

I intend to use 2014 2.6ghz mac mini with 2 SSD drives for omv Nas. It's power efficiency is good, and it's well built for the price 2nd hand.

[YrmiZ]

Thanks for this! finally got some inspiration to build my own NAS <3

[dominiksedlak]

I appreciate the author's enthusiasm.
To build this is just out of fandom. It's slow, slow to take off. For less money you get a 6W intel/amd board with 16Gb of memory and 2.5gb ports (multiport). Virtualization, native disk controller included. Disks consumption the same whether in Rpi or another NAS. When you build a NAS, you will still find that the disks have consumption more than the motherboard. like Rpi, but it doesn't go with this.

[billloveless]

Do you know if or when there will be any updates for the Pi 5? Thanks

[BersekViking]

RAID: What about BTRFS? It supports RAID in the filesystem. Is that a supported RAID solution for Openmediavault? I know RAID 5 is not stable in BTRFS, but RAID1 works fine.

[LarsSchretlen]

does this work with Pi 4 8Gb and with unraid / trueraid / proxmox ?

[ashadow]

Thank you for the video. Could I ask if this is functioning well and is stable enough? How is the throughput?

[Lordofrimgs]

Hi, are you using zv-1 as your camera to make these videos?
I saw it in your link and wanted to confirm...

[donjalex]

Referenced this video several times, thank you for your hard work on this video. I used EXT4 format with 2 HDDs. Use Rsync to backup one of them.

[pastudan]

great review, straight and to the point. thank you!

[deadlinerhorus]

so pleasant to watch, calm and nice voice, paired with outstanding knowledge. That`s why i subscribed, keep up your cool channel!

[mikepeterson]

Is there an updated version for Raspi5?

[lisovyy]

A bit off-topic - what's the tablet (with detachable keyboard from your right side) do you use?

[patrickprucha]

excellent video. I was thinking about mentioning LVM, but having looked at the video, i believe people will google options. The only one comment comes from installation of open media vault. I think when i was installing it, there was more to it then just the drives. Typically, i usually set up a nas so any device can attach to the media server to play music, films, look at pictures and actually save stuff as backups.

I think a NAS an excellent way to use a pi. I would use Argon because as you said, it's easy to setup. But the price of the argon, is about the same price of a server box, which i can store all my drive (approx 10+). I currently have a probox holding 4 drives, but as your video states, Raid over usb is not allowed. I may use a forked version of your video and combine the pi with the probox but that another project.

Thanks for the info
Cheers

[kennethwillis]

I am trying to figure out how to use my Argon Eon as a cloud server. Any videos would be helpful.