In this modern age of science and technology, data is like the heart and soul of a system. How many times have you bought external hard drives for extra storage till now? Plenty, I guess. But wouldn’t it be awesome to have your personal storage in the cloud with unlimited space just to save your information and data? It’s possible! All you need is a raspberry pi with an external or USB hard drive, and your personal NAS system will be ready in no time. By Mehedi Hasan.
A NAS is a network-connected storage device that you can use to store or retrieve data from a central server while being at home with any device. You can now store anything, including movies and games, in your NAS network and run on them on multiple devices
The article then deals with:
- Things you will need
- Installing the Raspberry Pi OS
- Getting the IP address
- Securing the NAS server
- Download and install OpenMediaVault5
- Logging onto the Web interface
- Change password and basic setups
- Connecting and preparing storage for NAS server
- User access and privilege assigning
… and much more. A NAS system can be quite expensive; creating one using your own Raspberry Pi is an affordable choice and a fun project to initiate. This NAS system will save and protect your data like any other purchased storage space. Good read!
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