n00b question, sorry. If I had a desktop that could hold 4 HD and 2 SSD, could I turn it into a NAS? Could someone point me in the right direction if this makes sense?

  • SayCyberOnceMoreEnglish
    10•1 year ago

    Yep, look into Wake On LAN if you just want to power the NAS on remotely.

    My NAS also powers on at certaIn times of day and off again after a while - IF - no-one’s connected / no network traffic / etc.

    I do NOT need my NAS on at 3am…

    Edit : forgot to say, check out OpenMediaVault

    • rentar42
      6•1 year ago

      Note that there is some reliability drawback of spinning hard disks on and off repeatedly. maybe unintuitively HDDs that spin constantly can live much longer than those that spend 90% of their time spun down.

      This might not be relevant if you use only SSDs, and might never affect you, but it should be mentioned.

      • lemmyvoreEnglish
        4•1 year ago

        You can also configure the HDDs to power down when they’re not in use. HDDs are the biggest power consumer anyway.