Cheap NAS build/buy for only storage? (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by FeedMeAnAlgorithm@alien.top to c/homelab@selfhosted.forum

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I'm building a homelab Kubernetes cluster with 3 nodes to start (each node has 256GB SSD). I'm looking at an external NAS to add into the mix, but not looking to run applications on the NAS. What is the best & cheapest option for a 2 or 4 bay NAS to use for my K8s applications, Plex, photo backup, files, etc?

This 4-bay Terramaster is definitely in my price range -

https://www.amazon.com/TerraMaster-Transcoding-Personal-Storage-Diskless/dp/B07ZV7K7GX?th=1

but also open to ideas on just buying an old machine that is low power consumption that I can shove some drives into.

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[-] MBYTE2000@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Maybe you should install trueNAS core on some old pc.

[-] dev_all_the_ops@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

I have that exact terramaster for sale. It would work with smb/nfs/iscsi.

Other options using your existing hardware.

longhorn (rancher)
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[-] FeedMeAnAlgorithm@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Was trying to grok this the other night. If I use HDDs installed on each node (3 nodes with 256GB each), longhorn would allow me to utilize 256GB total assuming I do replication right?

Then if I had a NAS, Longhorn wouldn't be necessary assuming I am running TrueNAS to replicate the data on the NAS?

[-] jayaram13@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Check r/homelabsales. Especially for Black Friday, you get some fantastic deals. For like 200-300, you might get an r730 or r630, which would be way better.

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