Turn DAS into NAS with a Raspberry Pi 5 and OpenMediaVault

How to convert Direct Attached Storage (DAS) to Network Attached Storage (NAS) using a Raspberry Pi 5 and OpenMediaVault.
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Command to install OpenMediaVault on a Raspberry Pi:

#garyexplains

[rgalik]

I've been doing this (TerraMaster D5 with RAID5) with Rpi 4 for 2 years, the performance is very nice and it's quite stable.

[Romanchelli-cion]

I’m glad you covered this, using DAS is so much better with a Pi, too many people cover using nvme hats and expensive storage with speeds that’s aren’t required for home use… especially if it’s a simple media server

[thesaigoneer]

Thnx Gary, very useful. Just added my DAS to my OrangePi, working great, the tutorial was very useful. And fun!

[superangrybrit]

OMV is good stuff. I find NAS's fun to tinker. More complex than a DAS but way more flexible. Good video! 👍

[hcuofpn]

You could use a powered USB 3.2 hub to power the 2.5 hard drives rather than rely on the power supply powering the PI.

[sneekylinux]

Been using omv for quite somtime and is quite stable, the only time it want to puke up is when you add some extras that it does not like all depending on the Pi

[Dave]

I want to see if an old nasty can be upgraded to be used today

[Zanzubaa]

I bet there are some clever uses for the pi GPIO and the scheduler in OMV.

[revand]

Does OpenMediaVault has the option to acces your shared drives remotly (from another network)?

[jhall]

Did you leave it booting from the SD card or is this running from the SSD?
I have just bought a pironman for my pi4 and it has an M2 hat which I was thinking of using to run my docker containers from.
I haven't played with it yet too see if this is a feasible idea. I'm going to be attaching my orico DAS to it.

[muddkipp_]

No one:

Raspberry Pi: look what i can do

[RockyRacoon-lwyd]

Can the hard disks be setup to power down if not used for x minutes?

[mintypockets]

Tried to use the Terramaster with a small NUC with TrueNas Scale - x4 NVME all the same model(x1TB) all show up with the same serial numbers so can't pass them through to the VM. All NAS software only see one drives, rather than 4. Shame.

[gsestream]

primary reason for nas instead local is to off-load data as primary data storage, so the data is not vulnerable to local computer issues, say re-install or malicious installed software. yep primary data storage off-load. but not backup, thats optical tape etc. thumb drives. usb 3.2 can be 10gbps or 20gbps. so 10gbps network would be quite optimal. 1gbps and 2.5gbps is fine enough.

[jamesowens]

I replaced RPI4 with Wyse 5070 because USB speeds on PI are crap.

[tommythetoe]

Why not use a mini pc instead. For about $130 dollars you can get one with a N100 8gb ram and 128 to 256 GB storage.
You can just wipe the windows 11 that comes with it. If you don't already have a raspberry pi that is. With the cost of the
pi plus micro SD card and a USB C power supply with enough power at 5 volts and a HDMI adapter its not that much
more for a mini pc. Great video