Home Lab Build - P.1 - Building a NAS

My home lab journey.

Server rack:

Rails:

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NAS Build:

Contents:
00:00 - Server rack types
00:30 - StarTech 42U 4 Post Open Frame Server Rack
01:15 - Network Area Storage (NAS)
02:42 - Prebuilt NAS Options (QNAP vs Synology)
03:36 - Custom-built rack-mount NAS
07:52 - Server rack Power Distribution Unit (PDU) (Tripplite PDU1230)
09:48 - Server Rack/Homelab networking (TP-Link TL-SX1008) 8x 10G
11:35 - StarTech 1U 19" Server Rack Rails
12:21 - TrueNAS 13 w/ RAIDZ1
14:03 - Why HomeLab?

#homelab #server

[UnusGiannis]

Software and hardware. This channel cannot get better.

[GJ-bqhd]

I can just imagine how good it'll be for your workflow to finally have a centralized powerful machine to host (and in the future, analyse) the mountain of data that your projects have.
Looking foward to the build and the awesome projects that'll come along with it!

[brianwest]

the biggest cost to me would be the 400k needed to buy a house big enough to fit a rack and not be close enough to suffer the noise.

[DhanOS_]

I never thought we'll be ever talking about the racks and stuff related to them. 😀 Sentdex indeed was like "I don't need this stuff" when I bought my rack and did show him some of the gear I already had. Then, I'm not sure what has happened, but things escalated quickly ❤
Welcome to the homelab family 🥰

[RIPPEDDRAGONk]

I bought that exact rack almost a decade ago. It works great, love it.

[nevin]

Great video, can't wait to see how the home lab turns out

[StackableOlive]

I have that exact case in my rack. The built in fans are surprisingly quiet. I'm running 2 minecraft servers, 1 ark survival evolved server, a SMB share, plex, and it runs a windows VM for remote gaming. It got hand me down parts so it's got a Ryzen 9 3900x, RTX 3060, and 4 of the hotswap bays have 6 TB drives. I plan to upgrade to all 12 eventually. The Noctua NH-D15S is just a little too tall for the case but if you're ok flexing the sheet metal on the top cover it fits. It runs quieter than the compressor for the refrigerator in the same room so I'm very happy with it.

[jimmiemunyi]

I always learn something new everytime you post. Now I'm off going to google what a NAS is and why I'd need it

[TheBenSanders]

Glad YouTube recommended me this video.
I was actually looking at that same Rosewell case for a potential server build and that same rack as well.

[augustinemunene]

You always give me a chance to keep moving forward. Interesting 😊😊Incredible am just fun and wish we will get where you are. Content is always 🔥🔥

[Phantomist]

Really appreciated the time/quality you put into making this

[xore_]

recently found your channel. very inspiring!

[octaveanaugustus]

At first you had me a little concerned with the cable management (SATA cables I'm looking at you) but you pulled it off (that's what she said) at the end. Great video cheers mate!

[chromerims]

Cool video 👍
I like the build. Great channel.
There are alt. storage strategies too with an useful mix of both 'hot' storage (i.e. one's ongoing projects via nand and 10Gbe) and 'warm/cold' storage (stuff you touch less often via hdds and simply offline). Eventually I realized it is not feasible to keep all data spinning and live; for me, some data could be off-lined.
Kindest regards, friends and neighbours.

[ltborg]

The PDU’s are rated at the actual load they can deliver. National electric code standards for the US are to derate the components 80%. 30 amps run at 80% is 24 amps, hence why everything is listed as 24. Annoying, but that’s the way it is. In some other countries, breakers are listed at actual load and you get 16 in place of 20 and 24 in place of 30. Awesome videos in this series BTW. Really helping with my own buildout.

[luigigaminglp]

Purchasing a psu that's rated for more than you need is pretty much best practice. Because that psu is a lot more efficient at lower wattages than the "to spec" one.

[JohannVF]

Build an Anton-type home server, just like in Silicon Valley. Milk crates as racks!

[Jacobcarcerano]

Dude that's the rack I got yea super good rack!

[marekklucka]

That rack is now double the price. It's funny that I always miss these possibilities :D

[animalfort]

No key sheeesh lol awesome video @setdex :-D