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TrueNAS

DIY NAS: 2026 Edition
26 November 2025

An 8-bay DIY NAS with 10GbE networking, TrueNAS 25.10.0.1, an Intel N355 CPU, 32GB of DDR5 RAM, and a smallish form factor that occupies less than 20 liters of your office space.

DIY NAS: 2025 Texas Linux Fest Edition
29 September 2025

I'm going to have a booth at Texas Linux Fest, so I built a TXLF-inspired DIY NAS that I will give away in a raffle! It has an Intel N150 CPU, 32GB of DDR5 RAM, TrueNAS CE, 4TB of NVME storage, 10GbE networking, and room for six 3.5" drives!

An all-flash DIY NAS that fits in my pocket!
04 March 2025

Brian reviews a pocket-sized NAS with an Intel N100 CPU, dual 2.5GbE networking, and room for four M.2 NVMe SSDs.

DIY NAS: 2025 Edition
26 November 2024

A diminuitive, TrueNAS SCALE machine featuring: 92TB of storage (90TB of HDD, 2TB of SSD), an Intel N100 CPU, 32GB of DDR5 RAM, and 10Gbps networking for under $2,300.

DIY NAS: 2024 Edition and the 2024 EconoNAS!
24 September 2024

A two-for-one DIY NAS build blog! I detail the components that I would pick for 2024's DIY NAS and EconoNAS builds. Which one will be your favorite?

DIY NAS: 2023 Edition
15 March 2023

A suprisingly affordable DIY NAS featuring TrueNAS SCALE, an Intel Celeron N5105 CPU, 32GB of DDR4 RAM, 2x 250GB NVMe SSDs, and room for 7 hard drives (5x 3.5-inch and 2x 2.5 inch).

Self-Hosting my own Cloud Storage: TrueNAS CORE (fka FreeNAS), Nextcloud, and Tailscale
23 April 2021

My discovery of Tailscale inspired me to finally self-host my own cloud storage using NextCloud.

Why I Chose Non-ECC RAM for my FreeNAS
27 March 2014

I talk about how I arrived at the decision to buy Non-ECC RAM for my DIY NAS.

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