Ah, replaceable batteries…
Honestly, I kept my Nokia going until I got a Fairphone - purely to be able to replace the battery.
It was great when visiting places they just asked me to install some shitty app (ie to view a restaurant menu, etc.) I’d just show them the Nokia and they’d have to treat me ”properly”
I agree, the acronym NAS does indeed mean that.
But would you call a Hypervisor a NAS?
When I say NAS, I mean NAS. Bulk storage remotely accessible on the network.
When someone starts talking about all their VMs/Containers, I understand that to mean something else… I’d prefer to use a generic term like “server” instead.
Look, there’s 2 things here:
and
Which are you wanting?
For the first, just consider capacity (you’ll fill it) and noise (spinning away all night)
For the 2nd, really really consider SSDs as they’re silent and fast.
RAID1 is just a convenience factor, so whatever you do, don’t get too caught up in the drive mechanics as you’ll have a full backup (right?) and can restore your data at a moment’s notice.
Honestly, honestly, just go for something large & quiet and you’ll be fine.
And yes, SSD for the OS
You should check out Ansible
I run multiple Arch systems at home; laptops, NAS, media, etc. but I’d recommend a Debian based OS for a new starter… unless they’re really, really keen to learn how everything works.
Yep, numbering’s the key.
When you create NAS01, you know there’s going to be a NAS02 one day
So, another “cookie banner” coming then, but this one says: “facts not checked”