Since building and blogging about my first network attached storage (NAS) computer way back in 2012 and then writing all my subsequent DIY NAS build blogs, I’ve tried quite a few different cases when building these machines. Beyond that, I’ve stared at the specifications of countless other models of cases looking for things that fit my criteria: typically something small and can fit at least six 3.5” hard drives.| Butter, What?!
I’m excited. I started working on my open-source HD micro frame roughly two months ago. Since then, I’ve assembled a Shapeoko XXL CNC …| blog.patshead.com
When the early reviews of the DJI Osmo Pocket started showing up on YouTube, I was disappointed in what I saw. The microphone sounded worse than what …| blog.patshead.com
My NAS is a virtual machine hosted on my home KVM server. My KVM server has a RAID 10 array composed of two 4 TB drives. This gives me a measly 4 TB …| blog.patshead.com
UPDATE: Even though this post is six years old, plenty of folks are still visiting it. I am still using this hardware, but at some point many years …| blog.patshead.com
It has been a year since I wrote about my first DSLR, a Canon Rebel XSi. By the time I bought that camera, it was already old, roughed up, and way …| blog.patshead.com
UPDATE: I used this hardware for two years. It was a fantastic build, and it performed exactly as I expected it to. The AMD 5350 and 5370 processors …| blog.patshead.com
A DIY NAS featuring the SuperMicro A2SDI-4C-HLN4f motherboard, a Intel Atom C3558 CPU, 16GB DDR4 ECC RAM, 8x2.5" 2TB HDDs, and the SilverStone Technology CS280B case.| blog.briancmoses.com
I talk about how I arrived at the decision to buy Non-ECC RAM for my DIY NAS.| blog.briancmoses.com
What have Pat and Brian been up to lately? To find out you can check out the latest episodes of The Butter, What?! Show Of course you can. There is …| blog.patshead.com
Someone building their first NAS joined our Discord server recently, and they are in an extremely common conundrum. They are planning to run TrueNAS, but they don’t have enough room in their budget to fill their server with giant hard disks. He isn’t the first person to encounter this conundrum.| Butter, What?!
