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Coming full circle

Posted on January 28, 2023 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

When I first built Nasira almost 7 years ago, I knew the day would come when the first pair of 4TB hard drives would be pulled and replaced. Whether due to fail...

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Adding an SLOG… or not

Posted on February 19, 2022 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

Let me preface this: for most home NAS users, any kind of cache devices with ZFS are a waste. Only if you are frequently copying a lot of files to your NAS or m...

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When a drive dies

Posted on September 15, 2021 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

I first built Nasira and put it into operation in early 2016. The initial build-out was a pair of 4TB WD Red drives. And based on an article I read at the time,...

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Moving Nasira to a different chassis

Posted on April 17, 2021 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

This is a long-overdue update. But before getting into the discussion, here’s the current configuration of the NAS: Storage is 12 HDDs divided into 6 pair...

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Nasira with a little SAS

Posted on June 16, 2018 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

So I’ve had Nasira for a little over two years now. Here are the current specifications: CPU: AMD FX-8350 with Noctua NH-D9L Mainboard: ASUS Sabertooth 99...

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Nasira – Part III

Posted on March 26, 2016 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

This phase of the project starts with bumping the storage from 8TB to 16TB raw storage space, making it 8TB effective space. Given how much space is currently b...

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Nasira – Part II

Posted on March 6, 2016 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

Responses to my previous iteration in this build log led to me digging up some information that could prove useful to those who want to build a NAS. As I said i...

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Nasira – A FreeNAS build

Posted on February 24, 2016 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

Ever since first reading about them, I’ve wanted to set up a NAS in my home. They are a great resource for mass storage — pictures, videos, and back...

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