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Synology requires self-branded drives for some consumer NAS systems, drops full functionality and support for third-party HDDs (www.tomshardware.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [M] to c/hardware@lemmy.world
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[–] 14 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Have any handy non-video guides you would recommend on how to do so? I’m keen to learn this.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    Any PC building guide, use a case with enough 3.5" bays and a mainboard with plenty of SATA and M.2 ports (if you want SSD csche).

    After that it gets more specialized.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Get a fractal case, go to pcpartpicker for the rest... Get a gold PSU... Be sure to check on getting a motherboard-cpu combo that supports ECC RAM... Install a linux distro with proper support for zfs (e.g. I wouldn't recommend Arch), perhaps TrueNAS Scale. Done :)

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    I'm using TrueNAS Scale right now on my second server (landfill bound, offered money for it, got it for free baby!) which was just some Dell computer from some older people who bought a brand new computer because this one was "not letting them install stuff". The permissions, and the way things are explained for the settings/permissions, are AWFUL for someone who has just now dipped their toes into this OS.

    TrueNAS Scale is great for what it is, but please be ready for some headaches if you're fresh into the scene. I still recommend it for now.

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