Open Source Network Attached Storage Unit

Basics

• A device used for Large Scale Storage
• Often Abbreviated NAS
• It combines several concepts, and can run into the issue of NAS vs a Small Server but essentially:
  • External Storage (Such as a Thumb Drive or External Hard Drive , which can formally be considered " Direct Attached Storage " especially when larger)
  • a RAID Array
  • A Server

Note

• Most Current Work Documented On-OSW on this subject (At least as of this edit, and done by User: Eric will largely be on the Raspberry Pi NAS and Eric's (Planned) Data Storage Ecosystem Workflow
• Feel free to contribute to this page or more IT type stuff, as that isn't my specialty! - User: Eric

Used For

• On site website backups
• Media Archiving
• Records Archiving
• On site storage of collaborative work

Minimum Viable Product

Versions

• Due to the capabilities needed varying greatly, a single "design" is hard to make
• Thus the "models" can probably be best described as:
  • Raspberry Pi NAS (Or some other similar SBCs (Preferably FOS (Software AND Hardware)
  • PC Case NAS (This can utilize an old/business or school surplus/used tower PC and internals, substitute what is needed only for new parts)
  • A Proper Rack Cabinet Type Design which could scale about as high as that format will let you, the upper ends of which are way beyond OSE's scope at least as of now
• The Raspberry Pi NAS can be made on largely DIY/OS Hardware which is nice

Basic Design

Magnetic Disk Drive Bay(s)

• a good all rounder

Solid State Drive Bay(s)

• Fastest Non-Volatile Media Format (also the most expensive)

Optical Disk Drive Bay(s)

• Longest Lasting Media Format

Magnetic Tape Drive Bay(s)

• Slow, but cheap
• Great for huge amounts (petabyte) of archival storage

External Links

• Wikipedia Page on Network Attached Storage