FreeNAS Storage Projects

[ronnie_gogs]

Have you tried unraid. I tried FreeNAS for a bit few years back but moved to qnap NAS after a while. Lately thinking of a building a DIY NAS. Mainly to store video files and setup a 10g network to edit off the server directly.

 

[shiroyuki03]

Best to use SFTP. Exchange the keys with your phone/device which wants to access. That way, you can access without password and only that particular device can access via SFTP.

1. SFTP is able to set user permissions. So simply create more then 1 user. Don't everyone share same account. Then assign appropriate folder permissions to specific users.

2. You need a static IP or dynamic dns service to do this. I actually won't really recommend this unless you know what u are doing as you need to open the right ports etc. I would rather host a VPN server, VPN in from my device and connect to my home network then connect via SFTP from there and xfer the files or watch your prawn from there.

I created more than 2 users. Each have their own permissions to access certain folders. Both cant access each other folders. By right. but when i use filezilla, i can access everyone folder via sftp. which was not suppose to happen. you managed to configure yours well?

 

[-Synchronicity-]

Sorry, I meant set the permissions at os level. That should work. Not recommended to allow filezilla to change SFTP permissions for....obvious reasons.

 

[TanKianW]

Have you tried unraid. I tried FreeNAS for a bit few years back but moved to qnap NAS after a while. Lately thinking of a building a DIY NAS. Mainly to store video files and setup a 10g network to edit off the server directly.

No. Have been using FreeNAS for quite a while so pretty much used to it. I think Unraid is not FOC. You will still need to pay.

 

[TanKianW]

I created more than 2 users. Each have their own permissions to access certain folders. Both cant access each other folders. By right. but when i use filezilla, i can access everyone folder via sftp. which was not suppose to happen. you managed to configure yours well?

For your case, you can consider creating user access through the FreeNAS OS itself. So different access rights linked to different folder which you direct though the admin functions. You can create numerous users and groups using the access control table functions.

For access from external, I recommend running a OpenVPN tunnel server through your router.

 

[TanKianW]

Hello, thanks for sharing. I am also interested in setting up this but also lost at some of the terminology involved. Possible to share the software setup?

Yes, will share some configuration for more common usage. But will take some time coz doing this out of my free time.

 

[ghgan1]

Had been using it as a NVR for my xiaobai cctv and download server 24x7. So far no issue, even accidentally switch off power also no data loss. Only issue is need to jumper the sata connection to the correct order to determine which hdd slot running order.

i got this tooo but i did not use it at the moment since my Synology is back alive again and till i got new hdd

 

[Rock-kun]

DIY NAS totally not worth the time, money or effort.

Off-the-shelf NAS use ARM or specialized Atom hardware for extremely low power consumption when idling. Ridiculous to use desktop-grade hardware that drinks power like there's no tomorrow for home NAS use. Even enterprise NAS with 4 to 8 disk bays can comfortably run on Atom hardware.

DIY NAS is also limited to the home network. Unless there is an existing VPN setup at home, I rather sink $4 for a monthly cloud subscription with 100 - 200GB storage and access my digital items everywhere with guaranteed availability.

I rather install ESXi on that G5400, load a Sophos UTM virtual machine over it and use it as a high-performance gateway + firewall. Or do a baremetal install pfsense for a honest-to-goodness Unix-based firewall.

 

[poor_poor]

DIY NAS totally not worth the time, money or effort.

Off-the-shelf NAS use ARM or specialized Atom hardware for extremely low power consumption when idling. Ridiculous to use desktop-grade hardware that drinks power like there's no tomorrow for home NAS use. Even enterprise NAS with 4 to 8 disk bays can comfortably run on Atom hardware.

DIY NAS is also limited to the home network. Unless there is an existing VPN setup at home, I rather sink $4 for a monthly cloud subscription with 100 - 200GB storage and access my digital items everywhere with guaranteed availability.

I rather install ESXi on that G5400, load a Sophos UTM virtual machine over it and use it as a high-performance gateway + firewall. Or do a baremetal install pfsense for a honest-to-goodness Unix-based firewall.

How about this board? AsRock J5005

http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/J5005-ITX/index.asp

This board uses low power even at full load. Its TDP is rated at just 10W.

 

[SyncGuy]

How about this board? AsRock J5005

http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/J5005-ITX/index.asp

This board uses low power even at full load. Its TDP is rated at just 10W.

Do you want my AsRock N3150-itx instead?
LoL!

$50 can take..

 

[poor_poor]

Do you want my AsRock N3150-itx instead?
LoL!

$50 can take..

My main server using same processor as yours!
Intel quad-core Celeron N3150

I looking at J5005 for future build

Idle CPU load at 20%
Transfer 10Gb file CPU load at 54 to 60% - 1Gbps speed

Server Detail:
Intel N3150 Processor
8Gb DDR3 Ram
HGST 3TB x 4 = Raid 5
link aggregation 802.3ad

 

[-Synchronicity-]

DIY NAS totally not worth the time, money or effort.

Off-the-shelf NAS use ARM or specialized Atom hardware for extremely low power consumption when idling. Ridiculous to use desktop-grade hardware that drinks power like there's no tomorrow for home NAS use. Even enterprise NAS with 4 to 8 disk bays can comfortably run on Atom hardware.

DIY NAS is also limited to the home network. Unless there is an existing VPN setup at home, I rather sink $4 for a monthly cloud subscription with 100 - 200GB storage and access my digital items everywhere with guaranteed availability.

I rather install ESXi on that G5400, load a Sophos UTM virtual machine over it and use it as a high-performance gateway + firewall. Or do a baremetal install pfsense for a honest-to-goodness Unix-based firewall.

It depends on what you are using the nas for. Personally, I'm using mine as a personal media server + personal file storage. I agree that desktop chips are not recommended but SOCs are perfectly fine and it's good enough for me to stream 1080p videos on 1 stream(I'm the only user after all).

Off the shelves nas for media server costs a bomb and they usually only support raid which is also not ideal for me as as I have multiple HDD with different sizes which I want to make use of.

Also, these data are expandable for me so why would I sign up for a monthly subscription for backup services? They also don't support video streaming and those which does(google drive) cost a bomb for limited data space.

Fyi, I have about what 30tb or more video files.

Diy nas has its market it just depends on what the user is using it for. Please don't give a blanket statement and say not worth it

 

[TanKianW]

My main server using same processor as yours!
Intel quad-core Celeron N3150

I looking at J5005 for future build

Idle CPU load at 20%
Transfer 10Gb file CPU load at 54 to 60% - 1Gbps speed

Server Detail:
Intel N3150 Processor
8Gb DDR3 Ram
HGST 3TB x 4 = Raid 5
link aggregation 802.3ad

I usually read 20-50Gb files from my 1TB SSD since it is dirt cheap now, hit 110-120MB/s constant most of the time when writing to my FreeNAS.

 

[shiroyuki03]

Sorry, I meant set the permissions at os level. That should work. Not recommended to allow filezilla to change SFTP permissions for....obvious reasons.

Yea. thats what i did exactly. thru the freenas ui. i never used filezilla to set permissions.

 

[AwfullySmart]

It depends on what you are using the nas for. Personally, I'm using mine as a personal media server + personal file storage. I agree that desktop chips are not recommended but SOCs are perfectly fine and it's good enough for me to stream 1080p videos on 1 stream(I'm the only user after all).

Off the shelves nas for media server costs a bomb and they usually only support raid which is also not ideal for me as as I have multiple HDD with different sizes which I want to make use of.

Also, these data are expandable for me so why would I sign up for a monthly subscription for backup services? They also don't support video streaming and those which does(google drive) cost a bomb for limited data space.

Fyi, I have about what 30tb or more video files.

Diy nas has its market it just depends on what the user is using it for. Please don't give a blanket statement and say not worth it

You may like to consider - GSuite USD $12/month - unlimited storage. No problem with 4K streaming.

 

[-Synchronicity-]

You may like to consider - GSuite USD $12/month - unlimited storage. No problem with 4K streaming.

https://gsuite.google.com.sg/intl/en_sg/pricing.html#choose-an-edition

1tb per user if lesser then 5 users. I've already researched on all available options bro.

 

[t258jgn]

Can FreeNAS detect Aquantia AQtion 10G Cards?

 

[AwfullySmart]

https://gsuite.google.com.sg/intl/en_sg/pricing.html#choose-an-edition

1tb per user if lesser then 5 users. I've already researched on all available options bro.

Give it a try, bro, - you'd be surprised.

 

[Hafi]

https://gsuite.google.com.sg/intl/en_sg/pricing.html#choose-an-edition

1tb per user if lesser then 5 users. I've already researched on all available options bro.

your research lousy sia,

not currently enforced, you'll need your own domain to sign up though.

BackBlaze backup also unlimited, doesn't meter how much you backup/upload.

 

[Rock-kun]

your research lousy sia,

not currently enforced, you'll need your own domain to sign up though.

BackBlaze backup also unlimited, doesn't meter how much you backup/upload.

How the heck did I not know of BackBlaze. And I just renewed my 200GB G One subscription.

Okay, nevermind. BackBlaze has no Linux client and no webUI, so it makes no sense to use it.