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📣 orhanerday

NAS Alternatives


I need a NAS device but I don't want to afford $100. How can I build my own network storage system(home level) by paying a max of $30?

  👤 ggeorgovassilis Accepted Answer ✓
The key to a cheap NAS is reusing old hardware and engineering around wear&tear. Have a look at my blog post about that [1]

Edit: maybe consider an old laptop running Linux and extend it with USB hard drives.

[1] https://blog.georgovassilis.com/2020/04/01/building-the-perf...

👤 gigatexal
With such a low budget perhaps a rasberry-pi I guess? Or a super old used tower from eBay?