NAS Build (Part II)
(This is a continuation from my previous post ...) In this post I'll be covering the following, Software setup Open Media Vault Software Raid using `mdadm` Expectation vs Reality Raid setup failure I received my hardware. Happy days ... Before narrowing down the hardware I was looking at OMV (OpenMediaVault) and FreeNAS . Newer versions of FreeNAS needs a 64 bit processor and at a minimum 8 gigs of memory. No need to say I went with OMV. Software Setup Open Media Vault OMV has an images for single board computers (SBC). This made installing OMV in the Pi a peace of cake. There are so many good and even more bad videos on how to do this. I recommend this by TDL. There are a few gotchas to watch out for. First of all get the correct image for your board. Second of all patience is a virtue. OMV images for SBCs go through a setup in the first boot. If the first boot is unable to complete the setup your image is toast. Make sure you ha...