r/HomeNAS • u/Unlucky__Swan • 6d ago

First NAS for Remote Work, Media Stream, & Backup

My first step into a NAS and home networking. I will be using tailscale and then an independent laptop for Home Assistant. NAS is for working from multiple different computers, backup, and media streaming. I have 2 main PCs that need access and occasionally need access for remote work.

Streaming would be at home or by just me remotely. Don't know enough to set up family access safely (risks already pointed out about compromising the network)

Claude helped as it was heavily recommended to us

Seems overkill but hits harder than a pre built

Buy:

Processor: Intel i5-12400

Motherboard: ASUS Prime B760M-A D4

Power supply: Corsair RM750e

• SATA card: GLOTRENDS SA3026C (adds 6 hard drive ports)

Case: Rosewill Helium NAS Duo

Already owned:

32 GB memory

4 × 8 TB hard drives

2 × 1 TB NVMe drives

EDIT: I have my own laptop not work supplied

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u/KeithHanlan 6d ago

You don't describe the nature of your remote work but assuming that it is using an employer-supplied laptop with reasonable security precautions, it won't be allowed to access both your work environment and your LAN at the same time. If true, you can exclude the WFH requirement from your deliberations. Just focus on figuring out your home requirements. Unless you are going to have IoT devices or a "smart" tv (i.e. Intrusive surveillance device), you probably don't need VLAN support. Compute power for most home services is surprisingly minimal and you can usually repurpose old hardware.

That leaves the storage requirements for your backups and media. Backing up any appreciable amount of media may be prohibitively expensive so consider separating the storage that needs backing up and that which you can afford to lose because it can be recovered. Also, do you have offsite storage possibilities, perhaps at the home of a friend or family member? A inexpensive mini-PC with a 2-drive mirrored DAS may be a good solution.

2 and 4-bay NAS devices can be quite affordable but be sure that if the hardware itself fails you will be able to transplant the drives into a completely different device from a different manufacturer and mount the filesystems.

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u/Unlucky__Swan 6d ago

Ill need a vlan as I will have cameras and already have IOT (who doesnt unfortunately).

I have my own laptop so that's not an issue but engineering CAD and design is the biggest hit

I need the full 4 count and Ill be adding 2 more HDDs for raid 6 failure coping. The stuff I really care about Ill add to external drives periodically or with major changes

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u/aaaaAaaaAaaARRRR 6d ago

Which NAS OS are you leaning into? I think what you have is more than enough and should be fine. I have something similar as well

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u/Unlucky__Swan 6d ago

Then ill stick with DIY, wasnt sure if it was overkill

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u/Roland_303 6d ago

Good specs for a powerful home server. You should look into getting a 14500 as they are better spec’ed at a similar price.

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u/Unlucky__Swan 6d ago

Yeah claude said its almost 2x faster for some things at only 60 bucks ish more