This is stupid, but I love it - Linus Home NAS Update 2021
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Thanks to Kioxia for sponsoring today's video!
Check out their Enterprise Data Center SSD storage drives at lmg.gg Over the last few years, we've tried to deploy this Gigabyte server chassis as a video editing server NUMEROUS times. Unfortunately, we had issue after issue with the intel drives we were trying to use, but this time, with the help of our sponsor KIOXIA, we're deploying it as my new ultimate home NAS with their CD6 enterprise NVMe SSDs.
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This video documents Linus and the team transforming a Gigabyte server chassis into a home NAS that can handle high performance storage and on‑the‑fly video transcoding. The episode kicks off with a nostalgic nod to the earlier attempts at deploying the same chassis and a pivot to a home setup sponsored by Kioxia. We learn about swapping Intel drives for Kioxia CD6 enterprise NVMe drives, with twelve 4 TB drives forming the core of the new NAS. The team discusses the rationale behind a home NAS that can support Plex streaming, local backups, and even network booting for other machines in the house, all while keeping service availability and data integrity in mind. There is a clear emphasis on the balance between raw speed, reliability, and the practical realities of building a very capable home storage solution. The segment also hints at the broader ecosystem around Unraid, ZFS, and the software tools that make managing a large NVMe array feasible in a consumer-friendly environment.
Topics · technology · home_storage · data_storage · server_hardware · unraid · zfs · nvme · networking
Questions answered
- What drives are used in the Linus Tech Tips home NAS update and why?
- Twelve 4 TB CD6 enterprise NVMe SSDs from Kioxia are used to provide high-performance storage with enterprise-grade features suitable for a home NAS, enabling fast streaming, robust data integrity, and flexible ZFS data management.
- What software stack is demonstrated for managing the NAS storage?
- Unraid is used as the base OS with ZedFS as a ZFS implementation accessible via the Unraid community apps, enabling data set management, compression, and flexible pool configuration.
- What are the main hardware changes made to the server in this update?
- The team downgrades memory and CPU from high-end EPYC parts to a lower-end but still capable 7402P, removes nonessential components, and adds a 10 gigabit network card while planning for an appropriate switch and fiber transceivers later.
- What storage topology is planned for data protection and performance?
- A ZPool named Lambo is configured with RAIDZ2 or RAIDZ1 style parity, multiple datasets with per-dataset compression options, and an ARC cache strategy tailored to NVMe workloads to maximize throughput.