Hi 
I initially wanted to buy a Synology box but decided to build my own to save money. It's up and running now and won't be permanently on. Just as and when I need it whether it from my own PC or laptop or TV or phone or whatever.
It's built using an AMD 4400+ with 2GB RAM. I wanted to use FreeNAS but that requires 8GB RAM so I chose Open Media Vault. The NAS means I can run my main PC mechanical drive free so it's pretty much silent as the NAS is in another room. I also intend to sync my most important files to cloud storage so will be looking for an app for OMV.
Currently I have OMV installed on a 320 GB hard drive. Two 500GB drives in RAID 1 as storage. I will replace the 2 500GB drives with 2 WD 2TB Reds once I'm done getting familiar with OMV and figuring our cloud synchronisation.
So as per the thread title...am I using the best NAS solution in terms of hardware setup and the choice of OMV and backup wise what OMV app should I use and any recommendations for cloud storage?
Thanks
Edit: My main concern is the file system of the RAID 1 storage. I take it that it won't be recognised directly by Windows if I took one of the RAIDed drives and plugged it into my main PC? So if the RAID fails or the NAS fails I would have to get the NAS working and rebuild the RAID?
I initially wanted to buy a Synology box but decided to build my own to save money. It's up and running now and won't be permanently on. Just as and when I need it whether it from my own PC or laptop or TV or phone or whatever.
It's built using an AMD 4400+ with 2GB RAM. I wanted to use FreeNAS but that requires 8GB RAM so I chose Open Media Vault. The NAS means I can run my main PC mechanical drive free so it's pretty much silent as the NAS is in another room. I also intend to sync my most important files to cloud storage so will be looking for an app for OMV.
Currently I have OMV installed on a 320 GB hard drive. Two 500GB drives in RAID 1 as storage. I will replace the 2 500GB drives with 2 WD 2TB Reds once I'm done getting familiar with OMV and figuring our cloud synchronisation.
So as per the thread title...am I using the best NAS solution in terms of hardware setup and the choice of OMV and backup wise what OMV app should I use and any recommendations for cloud storage?
Thanks
Edit: My main concern is the file system of the RAID 1 storage. I take it that it won't be recognised directly by Windows if I took one of the RAIDed drives and plugged it into my main PC? So if the RAID fails or the NAS fails I would have to get the NAS working and rebuild the RAID?
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