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Using an affordable second-hand mini PC, like the Lenovo ThinkCentre m73 tiny, along with some Direct Attached Mass Storage, is it feasible to put together your own DIY NAS solution for media streaming, running docker containers, and more? Let’s try it out!

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  1. @ofacesig

    November 7, 2024 at 2:15 am

    The power consumption is one of the reasons when I rebuild pfsense, or Truenas boxes every 5 or 6 years is I always use an Intel T series chip so it maxes out at 35w. Pretty much perfect for a DIY appliance.

  2. @cooperajcpr

    November 7, 2024 at 2:15 am

    New intel n100 mini pc's sip power and are often on sale under 100

  3. @davidellismartin9619

    November 7, 2024 at 2:15 am

    Good video! I just put together a similar system using Debian and Casaos in a Dell Optiplex 990! Sadly I may have to just start over bc I can’t seem to get the system to have proper access to the second “media storage” drive. I see the drive and can manage files in it, but apps like Jellyfin can’t use the drive. Maybe I’ll try Ubuntu server w CasaOS. Sad bc Debian uses almost no RAM. 🤷‍♂️

  4. @-felt

    November 7, 2024 at 2:15 am

    'realistically'

    nah. try $200+ here in aus.

    Why is everything so fucked here…

  5. @matthewjbauer1990

    November 7, 2024 at 2:15 am

    I've used the M73 from Lenovo for work at previous jobs before. They serve their intended purpose as a business PC. They can handle a DAS perfectly fine and if you put 8GB RAM in them and don't overload them. Don't spend too much on one and pair it with a 4 or 8 bay DAS and it will serve well as a storage server or storage RAID server. That said, you can get an M710q that has a i5-7500T for about $70 + shipping on eBay right now. If you want an SSD instead of HDD, it'll cost you more. If you downgrade to a 6500T, it can save a few $$, but you might lose the HDD.

  6. @MyersJ2Original

    November 7, 2024 at 2:15 am

    thats WAY to much effort to save a few bucks. Im dumping my old 4th gen "refresh" dell because its become so sluggish that its getting to the point that modern browser based stuff wont right smooth. And its an i7. 4c/8t. Spend more cash on a 6th gen or better. But really, spend it on an 8th gen or more. I got an 11th gen dell brand new late last summer for under $280 shipped. Its only weakness was a single 8GB sodimm. I was able to get a 32×2 for $86 (they were much cheaper then) so I'm all in just over $360 and can open 1000 tabs now lol. It also come with USB 4/thunderbolt 3 too. Oh, and full Win 10 pro with a free upgrade to 11 pro. It is a VPRO chipset in mine, but I'm not using virtualization.

  7. @dawn1berlitz

    November 7, 2024 at 2:15 am

    my server only uses under 60 watts but im about to retire my old 4590 i got second hand for a newer board but my server doesnt look like a server it looks like like a gaming pc with sata cables and onboard video

  8. @SergiuTopan

    November 7, 2024 at 2:15 am

    How is the performace on the das box with USB3?

  9. @rey6253

    November 7, 2024 at 2:15 am

    CasaOS is very buggy not worth it

  10. @BandanazX

    November 7, 2024 at 2:15 am

    Yet another 'stone soup' build: Use an e-waste micro system with some ridiculous $500+ outboard chassis/device to voltron a 'server'.
    Something like a Dell Precision T3620 with an i7-7700 can be had under $100 and can store 4x 3.5" hard drives internally as well as boot from a M.2, leaving 2x open PCIe slots for things like 10/25/100Gbps network cards. And before you come at me with 'muh power consumption', that Dell has a Platinum power supply, and the cost savings will more than offset the power use over a decade.

  11. @zushiba

    November 7, 2024 at 2:15 am

    I set up 2 of these debian based CasaOS servers, thinking I fucked them up somehow because they kept shitting themselves after working fine for a little while. I even pulled one apart and reapplied thermal paste because I thought, maybe it was overheating and the little system was fairly old.

    I didn't tell Debian not to go to sleep. ffs.

  12. @damian9303

    November 7, 2024 at 2:15 am

    I bought this exact mini PC strictly for WinXP gaming, though I had to get the one originally designed for 7

  13. @fuelhemi426

    November 7, 2024 at 2:15 am

    What’s the price on the DAS?

  14. @kev2020-z9s

    November 7, 2024 at 2:15 am

    I'm using a lenovo M93p with a Xeon CPU E3-1265L v3 @ 2.50GHz × 4 the only thing is using linux you have to use software rendering as xeon does not like hardware rendering.

  15. @kendrakirai

    November 7, 2024 at 2:15 am

    I turned my old q6600 tower into a NAS. I just needed to grab a new sata ssd to put OMV on it and a used 1060 6gb and a 16 tb hard drive and it's working great as a Plex server in my testing. I only needed the 16tb drive because I have about 20tb in my plex library and only a 1060 because no 4K. So really if you don't have a stupid big plex library like I do, if you have even a 17 year old system you can spruce it up for like 200 bucks. Or buy Somebody's uses gaming rig for the same, which I might do soon to get some more PCIe slots…

  16. @Leo-tf7gu

    November 7, 2024 at 2:15 am

    What kind of transfer speeds you are getting on the HDDs via USB?

  17. @raughboy188

    November 7, 2024 at 2:15 am

    this is why you install raid when you're setting up debian minimal installation to be used for CasaOS. This way Casa will see all your hdds and ssds as one and treat it as such. This is a way to use raid with casaOS. ZimaOS supports raid directly which means it's OS in every sense while Casa is not OS in true sense so it doesn't support raid directly but it will as i said work if you set up raid during installation because Cassa will see it as single drive.

  18. @ZenRebel33

    November 7, 2024 at 2:15 am

    Nice config. I'm in the process of using a Raspberry PI 5 attached to a Yottamaster 5 bay USB-3.1 enclosure. The Lenovo ThinkCentre would be a great alternative if I don't get what I looking for out of the PI. Originally I purchased a Synology DS224+ 2 bay for $300. That was more than I wanted to spend. The Yottamaster came in $119. To start out, I am putting 5 – 3TB drives. The plan is to use OpenMediaVault. Though I might take a look at CasaOS. If it runs on PI, I'm in.

  19. @EVR1AL

    November 7, 2024 at 2:15 am

    my NAS consumes 3.46W at idle or around 80 watts per day. (pi4 + ugreen usb to sata + samsung evo 870 1tb). Also runs jellyfin, pihole, samba, syncthing, mastodon instance in docker, full wikipedia and dozen of local services.

  20. @andrewwojtas8486

    November 7, 2024 at 2:15 am

    Okay I want a legitimate answer in the United states is it illegal to rip blu rays. If you have an answer site it.

    I'm sick of being told its ethical.

    I WANT TO KNOW IF ITS ACTUALLY LEGAL

  21. @dktol56

    November 7, 2024 at 2:15 am

    I have three HP Eiltedesk 800 G4 Mini's, each with a 6-core i5-8600T, 64GB of DDR4 RAM and an M.2 NVMe SSD for the OS. At idle, each draws only 4W according to a Kill-A-Watt meter. Under full CPU load (with stress-ng), they shoot up to 47W. Very impressive, especially the idle power – HP really optimized the power management in the BIOS. Of course, I'm going to add a 2nd internal M.2 drive and a 2.5" SSD, so those numbers are going to go up a few watts. Also, I've been testing a DAS Sabrent 5-bay USB-C (3.2gen2 10Gb/s) enclosure attached to one of the HP's to act as a NAS. I would expect that to add another 50W when all 5 drives are spun up.

  22. @moogs

    November 7, 2024 at 2:15 am

    Don’t use a cpu this old. Its absurd.

  23. @ChrisBautista

    November 7, 2024 at 2:15 am

    Just bought a beelink SER mini pc with a ryzen 5800H, installed proxmox, and planning to attach a DAS to it and turn it into a NAS. Been trying to look at disadvantages to it in videos and why not just buy a NAS…

  24. @argonthepanda8720

    November 7, 2024 at 2:15 am

    I basically did the same thing with an Optiplex with the same CPU and I have it connected to an OLD QNAP NAS

  25. @michaelp4396

    November 7, 2024 at 2:15 am

    July 16 2023 Can you recommend a good 4 bay DAS available right now? Thanks!

  26. @mikepxg6406

    November 7, 2024 at 2:15 am

    Better off getting a mini PC with an NVME slot under SSD.

  27. @samanthathomas5239

    November 7, 2024 at 2:15 am

    I’m confused, you mentioned you got a mini PC with an intel 5 processor and added ram and CPU. Is the intel 5 not the CPU? Did you replace that? Or do you mean you added RAM and a SATA drive?

  28. @alejandrotuazon4831

    November 7, 2024 at 2:15 am

    The i5 4560 was my gaming cpu back in the day since you vould get a version that had an unlocked multiplier hehe so weird to see it now in a server

  29. @PowerThrusts29

    November 7, 2024 at 2:15 am

    What if I want to make a tiny box with movies on it for my kid

  30. @CubbyTech

    November 7, 2024 at 2:15 am

    I'm looking for a newer DDR5 based mini PC for a new home server / NAS – that uses 25W or less!

  31. @monohydrate2

    November 7, 2024 at 2:15 am

    I'm running an i5-2500k on a Define R5. Still works!

  32. @andymuzzo8568

    November 7, 2024 at 2:15 am

    I’m running casaos on current Ubuntu os which is running of an SSD. I’ve got all my media stored on a second internal HDD. For some reason I can’t get Jellyfin to access this media . Any suggestions?

  33. @heybravo23

    November 7, 2024 at 2:15 am

    I recommend the m90q because it has a PCIe slot for a network card upgrade.

  34. @lunarthief6501

    November 7, 2024 at 2:15 am

    This is where I struggle. I have a mini form factor pc that is great. However I need more storage. Its cheaper for me to upgrade to something like a p520 then buy a terra master usb das.

  35. @nedlyest

    November 7, 2024 at 2:15 am

    I have a m53, i upgraded the ram to 8gb and put in a ssd. Then i just have a 5tb external drive. Plex works great. It would be nice if the cpu was upgradable.

  36. @lordw9609

    November 7, 2024 at 2:15 am

    Yes more of these budget NAS videos please!
    Love your 128TB NAS setup, but who can afford these with this Bidenflation??

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