[plug] Pi as NAS was Re: Installfests

[Chris McCormick]

On 26/12/2024 09:09, Gregory Orange wrote:
> I'd love to say I will come to the March event, because my 10yo NUC is
> overpowered for what it does, and when it eventually dies I would like
> to know what I can practically achieve with a Pi.


I have a Pi running in our place in Perth as a NAS (not sure if this is 
your exact use-case but I read between the lines). It works great but 
one thing to be aware of is you need a powered USB supply to connect 
external drives. I modified a Pi case STL file in Blender and 3d printed 
a little enclosure that houses everything - the powered USB hub, two 
drives, and the Pi itself. I set up Wireguard (much easier than I 
thought it would be) and now I can connect to the Pi from anywhere in 
the world from my laptop which is on the same Wireguard network. Really 
happy with this setup and it has saved me a bunch of times while 
traveling when I needed to access some old source file or document that 
is in backups.

Just a +1 for replacing NUC with Pi really!

Cheers,

Chris.


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