Home NAS

[Aaron Rainbolt]

On Wed, Jun 22, 2022 at 3:26 AM Peter Flynn <peter at silmaril.ie> wrote:
>
> I'm looking for a NAS or similar solution at home, mainly to hold my
> private SVN repos in such a way that I can also get at them when I'm
> away (my ISP won't hear of running SVN unless I cough up €€€ for a
> private server). My connection is stable but it isn't a fixed IP
> address, so some kind of answerback trigger would be needed from outside.
>
> Before I start looking, does anyone have any suggestions? Build or buy?
>
> P

I'd go for build, since you can customize every single little thing if
you do a build, including the critical part - emailing you the IP
address every time it changes. You can get some tiny ARM-based mini-PC
with USB 3 ports (I'm thinking Raspberry Pi 4 Model B here, but other
things might work), and some WD Easystore hard drives, plug everything
together, reformat the drives, and set it up to your liking. If
possible, I'd use two identically-sized drives and RAID1 them together
for safety.

Careful not to get in trouble with your ISP, and good luck!