Category: Nasira

So let’s talk for a moment about a small part on your mainboard that might have a lot more influence over your system’s stability and even performan...

With the last update, I mentioned upgrading from 990FX to X99 with the intent of eventually adding an NVMe carrier card and additional NVMe drives so I could ha...

In the previous iteration, I mentioned my intent to add more NVMe drives to Nasira. Right now there is only one that is being used as an SLOG, which I’m d...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

So I’ve had Nasira for a little over two years now. Here are the current specifications: And it’s running FreeNAS. Which is currently booting off a ...

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...

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...