NanoPi Kit Builds a One Bay NAS for $31, Just Add Storage

At that place are many options when it comes to choosing a Network Fastened Storage (NAS) device, and they all accept their pros and cons. A NAS enclosure scales in price based on features and bulldoze bays, and adding storage can easily double the terminal cost. Single bay, preconfigured units will exist cheaper, simply are ultimately limited. So why not build your own NAS for $31?

According to Liliputing, that'due south actually an option now thanks to a new NAS Kit offered for the NanoPi single-board figurer. In order for this to piece of work you need 4 components. The first is a NanoPi NEO, which costs $7.99 with 256MB RAM, or $nine.99 with 512MB. It uses an Allwinner H3 Cortex-A7 quad-core processor, includes 100Mbps Ethernet, USB two.0, and runs a number of flavors of Linux.

Add to that the single bay NAS Kit fabricated specifically to piece of work with the NanoPi NEO, which costs a mere $12.99 (it's on offering right at present, with the price increasing to $16.99 in the hereafter). The NanoPi lath slots into the NAS Kit and runs Debian coupled with Openmediavault. You'll too need a 12V 2A universal ability adapter if you don't already accept one (add $10).

Then the final piece of the NAS puzzle is your choice of 2.5-inch SATA hard drive. These range in size and price, but a 1TB bulldoze costs effectually $55, where as a 2TB drive is $92.

A 1TB NAS for $86, or a 2TB NAS for simply $123 is first-class value, especially when you consider how small the NAS ends up being (six-by-3.ix-by-one.ix inches). There's likewise nix fans running. The use of Openmediavault ways out the box yous go a web-based interface to manage the NAS, file sharing abilities, e-mail notifications, wake on LAN, a range of plugins to expand functionality, and a uncomplicated update system.

This setup as well has an added benefit other preconfigured NAS products don't. The NanoPi NEO is a calculator in its ain right, and then if you lot determine in the future non to use this NAS anymore, you lot can convert it to a PC or another useful device instead.