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?

  • SayCyberOnceMore@feddit.ukEnglish
    10·
    2 年前

    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@kbin.social
      6·
      2 年前

      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.

      • lemmyvore@feddit.nlEnglish
        4·
        2 年前

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