mpr projects

mpr projects

Author: mpr

  • RPi NAS: Part 6 Power Supply

    RPi NAS: Part 6 Power Supply

    in ,

    We’re almost done with our discussion about the hardware we’ll use for our NAS. In this post we’ll have a brief look at the power supply for the Raspberry Pi. About Power Supplies I’ve used an official Raspberry Pi power supply for all the tests we’ve done so far. Since our (powered) USB Hub has…

  • RPi NAS: Part 5 Storage Drives

    RPi NAS: Part 5 Storage Drives

    in ,

    In the previous post we selected a USB Hub for our NAS. But before we can save the data that arrives via Ethernet we have to pick a drive on which to store the Samba shares. In this post we’ll investigate which transfer speeds we can expect for HDDs and SSDs. Then we’ll pick one…

  • RPi NAS: Part 4 USB Hub

    RPi NAS: Part 4 USB Hub

    in ,

    Our data has safely reached the RPi via some network connection. Before we can save it onto a hard- or solid-state drive we have to think about how those drives will be connected to the Raspberry Pi. I’m sure you’ve noticed that we have two USB 3 ports available on the Raspberry Pi 4b/5 but…

  • RPi NAS: Part 3 Network Connections

    RPi NAS: Part 3 Network Connections

    in ,

    In the previous post we decided on booting from an SD card. Now we’ll have a look at the speed of different types of network connections. When we want to copy data to our NAS we first have to send it via a network from our computer to the Raspberry Pi. The speed of the…

  • RPi NAS: Part 2 Boot Medium

    RPi NAS: Part 2 Boot Medium

    in ,

    The latest Raspberry Pi’s can boot from the built-in SD card slot but also from a USB device connected to one of the USB ports. Which one should we use for our NAS? And why? Let’s find out. So we want to select a boot medium for our NAS. There are a few options: SD…

  • RPi NAS: Extras – Greyhole

    in ,

    I thought it might be a good idea to briefly talk about how Greyhole works before we continue with the main series of posts. So this post is intended to give an overview of Greyhole, it doesn’t contain any detailed instructions (those will be covered separate posts). We’ll use Greyhole to provide data redundancy for…

  • Building a Raspberry Pi NAS with Data Redundancy: Part 1 Overview

    Building a Raspberry Pi NAS with Data Redundancy: Part 1 Overview

    in ,

    In this series of posts we’ll use a Raspberry Pi to build a simple, fast and affordable network-attached storage (NAS) that’s suitable for home use. Multiple copies of our data will be saved so nothing is lost when a hard drive fails. On the way we’ll also look at various important and interesting topics that…

  • Snapper Rollback on Arch Linux [Video]

    Snapper Rollback on Arch Linux [Video]

    in

    Linux allows for an enormous amount of customization and control over your system. But if you’re not careful then it’s very easy to break it in some way or another. Rather than trying to undo a mistake, it’s often easier to just wipe the slate and start again. One way of achieving this is by…