Ask HN: Your home server/NAS set up
I'm looking into upgrading my Netgear ReadyNAS duo to something with more HDD bays (>= 4) as well as something more flexible to aid my move away from the cloud.
My main requirements are:
- A backup destination (timemachine/rsync) - A shared file storage space - Run a development environment (web development) - Ability to run a few other servers; gitlab, media, torrents
I was thinking of getting a HP proliant server and running freenas or something similar but the cost stacks up quite quickly. The alternative is to go with a more powerful small-office NAS.
What do people here use at home/small office?
Comments
I would recommend getting a used sever off eBay for about $400. Busying some hard drives and running VMware EXSi with PCI pass though for freenas. This is what I'm running at my house. And it works wonderfully.
I have a big 2U server running VMware ESXi with PCI pass though for a freenas VM. It also it my router (pfsense). I have a Ubuntu cm with plex, transmission, couchpotato, and slick beard as my media server.