I Ran Out Of Space, Let's Build An UNRAID NAS!

I wanted to give a final push on a project I've been working on, but I was very close to running out of space on my Synology NAS, so in this part of The Eric Experiment, we'll go into my new UNRAID NAS build.

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Chapters:

0:00 - Intro
0:35 - Background
1:31 - What I was using before
2:16 - What I chose to go with
2:31 - The parts I bought for the build
3:04 - Motherboard/Memory/CPU
4:25 - Build
7:13 - Get the Hard drives ready
7:37 - Preparing the UNRAID Flash drive
8:12 - A story about over-confidence.
9:07 - Turning the computer on (successfully) for the first time
9:30 - Initializing UNRAID
9:49 - Explaining how UNRAID works
12:29 - Setting up the Array
13:11 - Getting ready to move files over
18:09 - Installing the new processor
18:55 - Finish assemble
19:31 - Re-adding the parity drive
19:51 - Prepare the Synology Drives
20:46 - Zero the Synology Drives
21:17 - Adding the Synology Drives to the Array
23:09 - Outro

#NAS #Unraid #Synology

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[little_fluffy_clouds]

I was in the same situation, but I decided to stick with Synology and found a used 12-bay unit on eBay.

Don’t forget RAID isn’t backup, though, it’s possible that multiple disks will fail or the NAS is damaged due to an unforeseen event, so you still need to back up critical files somewhere else, such as another NAS or a cloud-based backup service.

me last weekend:
googling how to create a NAS with my raspberry pi + a hdd that is lying around here

eric:
haha noob... let me show it how it's done!

You're awesome!

[alexfinns]

Cool! I built my nas too but I run truenas

[SkaterKonks]

But Krusader does show the transfer speed, just click the down arrow on the transfer popup.

[OblivionOth]

Hey awesome video! I built a NAS in the ATX version of that case last year. You might want to consider getting a SSD cache drive to make file transfers quicker.

[endoramackrodt]

Haha Enquanto vc fechava a CPU, eu pensei: Ué, será que ele checou se tá tudo funcionando antes de fechar, mas não gravou? ATÉ EU, Eri! Noob :P

[techken]

The over explanation in 1:30 was just too much.. way too much.. bye bye video.. took more time writing this comment 😒