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Dirt cheap NAS (alien.top)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hello,

I would like to setup a dirty cheap NAS for my local network. I want to spend near the price of no money. I have multiple 3.5' HDD sata drives and I want to access them from my network. I could place them in my desktop, but it is not on 24/7, and power usage would be too high for this use case. I have RPI Zero W, Radxa Zero 1 (although no idea how am I supposed to put firmware in this thing), and Odroid C2.

What are my options?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (4 children)

How many drives? You can normally pick up cheap 2nd hand nas boxes for next to nothing

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I am in the same boat as OP — can you share any advice on where to look, and any examples of different brands, models, or specs to look for to make sure I’m not buying crap?

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