Ask HN: Your home server/NAS set up

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Post by tomahony » Thu, Jun 26, 2014, 9:20 PM UTC

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?

Re: Ask HN: Your home server/NAS set up

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Post by psophis » Thu, Jun 26, 2014, 9:41 PM UTC

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.

Re: Ask HN: Your home server/NAS set up

#3

Post by psophis » Thu, Jun 26, 2014, 9:42 PM UTC

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.