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The redundancy is managed by the NAS OS TrueNAS which uses ZFS filesystem that is industry standard for redundancy and RAID management

I am not even going to argue on this. Just wanted to remind you of a basic characteristic of the market, that everyone has different needs and dimensions for optimization and nothing is an absolute "silly" in this world, everything is relative to the frame of reference. Also, just to complete your knowledge, there is a new 24TB HDD lineup available now, so your "non-silly" server can actually be maxed up to 144T in a 6 bay setup. You may wanna go with that 😅

@@LatticeDensity oh he could go with the 3.5" SSD's which are now 100TB each from Exadrive... so a 6 drive system would be 600TB... But apparently he only do silly useless builds.... Anyways LatticeDensity loved your little build there, well done

@@LiLBitsDK Thanks! Yeah some people just have to be mean, that's all. There is nothing wrong in adding my a new viewpoint or more information, but taking the tone beyond that is just simple arrogance and is not useful in any way, except to feed the author's ego 😅

I don't know if Synology OS is open to use like that, but 3D case for sure would be a nice upgrade 😊

@@LatticeDensity Yes you can use Synology on this build easily

Yeah totally! I actually mentioned that in the video as well, this board I am using is super overkill for this project and an N100 is more than enough. Another good option is the new Latte Panda Mu board with the basic carrier board that also comes with NVME Slots or the X1 SBC 🤘🏻

What do you mean?

@@LatticeDensity truenas core is not in active development now. They recommend to use scale

@@hpsfresh Oh I see 😅 Yeah it was just an example to show end to end, one can choose whatever they like, from proxmox to unraid to Trunas of the world

Thanks!

Thanks! Actually as pointed out in the highlighted comment, one can use the 12 V input here for both, as this SBC (and many other) support a range of voltages so that would make the power flow easier to build. Also, if you compare it to having a full PSU in there, I think having a few extra DC connections is fair game ha ha. Also, Synology has one too: www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1496996-REG/synology_6_bay_2_5_nas.html but same for over-pricy behavior, not accessible to many. With an SBC like the X1, one can build this for as little as ~$200 which is much reasonable IMO.

@@LatticeDensity Thanks for the explanation. I forgot about the synology. Great form factor but you are right, too much for that old of hardware.

It should work equally well or better with proxmox as typically proxmox is much more efficient than TrueNAS to make sure it supports both ARM and x86, where TrueNAS only does x86. Thanks for the comment!

Thanks! 🤘🏻

Thanks! Appreciate it 🎉

Added in the description now. Hope that helps!

@@LatticeDensity yes thanks alot

Not sure about boot time, but there is a scheduler that does it on a cadence. Core is generally easier to use and considered more stable so I have always used Core, but it's not necessary obviously

Yeah that's very true. Like I mentioned in the video, I hadn't spent too much time perfecting the case here but ideally I would keep repair-ability a top priority 🤘🏻

That is a very good question, I wanted to explain that but was too much of a detour so left it out. So, you are technically correct, however there are 2 main reasons for me not doing so, - They provide a 19V 90W adapter which is the official one they suggest to use, so didn't want to showcase something unofficial here. - The board needs at least 90W to run properly according to their documentation, probably more if there is heavy load so using a 12V adapter will mean that we will need a 7.5A + power brick @ 12V (90W/12V = 7.5W) which are not very common, and often expensive (high current low voltage is expensive than low current high voltage in general). So instead of crippling the board, I decided to use the buck converter which is like < $5 a piece so was much more cost effective and appropriate, IMO. Thanks for the question though, gave me an opportunity to clear this out.

Hope you enjoy it!

Thanks so much! I am glad you liked it :)

Thanks!

Thanks, appreciate it! There is much room to grow on this idea, can fit 6 more drives if you want, even more, as dual M.2 or even triple M.2 slotted Mini PCs and SBC Broads are everywhere these days, and the Pico PSUs have power to drive tens of small SSDs so I really hope people come up with some monster builds following this idea :)

Yeah definitely, I just started sharing my projects recently and haven't yet started showing of 3D prints yet, as I want to keep the builds accessible to most people around the world. But if one has access to a 3D printer, then yeah, definitely I would suggest it over such handmade cases. Thanks for watching !

Yeah 3D printing is definitely a better way to go for most people who can accommodate it, but for me I have been trying to show off simple cases that anyone can build, as 3D printing may not be accessible to everyone. Also, I have been trying to learn woodworking recently, hence the decision 😛

Thanks! Appreciate it. Design Density is definitely a theme I try maintain and will keep doing as far as I can.

Yeah, they just keep innovating constantly! But this is the first time I have been purely wowed by the power density in a device ❤️

Yeah it's unbelievably small for so much power 💥

Yeah, planning visit soon, Bihu coming 😋

Thanks! I am trying, will stay away from 3D printing as long as I can but it needs a lot of manual effort and hard to give good finish. But it's fun to create 🤘🏻

Yeah💯, any 2.5 inch drives needs 5v, but it's always safe to have the full SATA protocol delivered as we cannot know what the onboard pcb inside the drive may be doing. But yeah you are right, it's a very unique use case which probably doesn't make for a good business case which is why no-one seems to make them. But in my experience, these Pico PSUs are the most optimal solution you can get, pretty much

Thanks ! Custom Keyboards is another hobby I had in the past, not so much anymore 😅

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I am waiting for some parts 😒

Yeah, their new NAS lineup is pretty amazing and selling like hotcakes on Kickstarter 😄But even they don't have a 4 bay enclosure though

Thanks!

Staying away from CAD for now 🥹

Yeah, arranging the power of all that is the key

~400 for SSDs, ~120 for Disk Drives in JBOD setup

Thank you!

Thanks! Really appreciate your comment, noted for the giveaway 👍🏼

Yeah, most importantly, it's an excuse to build one more thing DIY 😛

You can do either, I intended to bent it first, then I ended up snapping it into 3 pieces. I am holding them together with the black corner guard pieces (www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0CHYJSBQ5) along with some metal glue. Hope this helps.

Yeah, still waiting on some parts for that build ha ha

Yeah that's true for hardware raid, and it's the same in any enclosure that you can buy. One can always use software raid which is more common these days as hardware raid is controller dependent and can mess things up beyond recovery at times.

Yeah it was pointed out in another comment as well. I didn't get a chance to test that earlier, will update that information soon in description and pinned comments after I test thanks!