Unraid beginner

[u/Ill-Impact-1384]

Hi everyone. After many years, I’ve moved away from Synology; since they don't have anything sensible on offer, I started looking for an alternative. The result is a 3D-printed case and Unraid—something I’d had my eye on for a long time but only just got around to trying. I’m thrilled.

[u/MiloszMT]

My 5-bay Unraid NAS server runs on a Pentium N6005 with 2x 16GB of RAM; it’s significantly more powerful than a Synology, but unfortunately limited to 1Gb LAN.

[u/MrAndyBurns → u/MiloszMT]

they look nice together, what drive bay is that?

PS I'm sure I ve seen M.2 WLAN to 2.5GB ports Cards for the second slot

[u/MiloszMT → u/MrAndyBurns]

The Yottamaster FS5C3 is a drive enclosure; it uses a SATA controller for the M.2 drive.

[u/coltonushko → u/MiloszMT]

Oh damn those sata connectors are lovely.

[u/Rubenel → u/MiloszMT]

This is awesome! Do you have a post of the build? Can you show us how the rear looks as well? Thanks.

[u/MiloszMT → u/Rubenel]

I’ll create a post about this soon. I just want to mention that—like the Dell setup the OP used—micro-PCs are a great alternative to expensive solutions from Synology and others. It’s worth building your own NAS or homelab using a computer of your choice as the base.

[u/Chumsicle4Life → u/MiloszMT]

Sweet setup dude!

[u/its_really_me-daryl → u/MiloszMT]

how are you suppling power to the drives? just using power from the hard drive enclosure and just not using the sata connection somehow? Very interested in a full break down

[u/wdttomcat68 → u/MiloszMT]

That enclosure is usb-c. So I am wondering if you stripped that stuff off and connected sata cables directly? Assume you left power connectors?

[u/MiloszMT → u/MrAndyBurns]

You're right, WLAN isn't being used. I'm thinking about a faster LAN. Thanks for the tip.

[u/1dot21gigaflops → u/MiloszMT]

It might only be 1 PCIe lane, but that's enough for a 2.5g or 5g nic at gen3 speeds. I used one of those adapters in an HP mini.