On Thu, 30 Jul 2020 09:40:29 -0700 Peter Ehlert <pe...@sdi-baja.com> wrote:
> This whole conversation is a bit over my head. > I suggest you look into Syncthing. > > It's not in the Debian repos, but it is open source and it just works. > https://syncthing.net/ > > It works for me, 750 GB, 7 machines. Thanks. I'll look into it. B > On 7/29/20 12:40 PM, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > Hi! all, > > > > Thought putting an old, retired system to good use would be better than > > letting it gather dust in a closet. And by old, I mean OOOOOLD! I > > built it 13 years ago. However, it's been upgraded many times since, > > and was still my main box running Stretch until last year. Its current > > specs: ASRock A770DE+ AM3 MB, AMD Phenom II x4 @ 3.0 GHZ, 8GB DDR2 RAM > > (max 16GB), 6 - SATA II & 1 - IDE connections, USB2.0. > > > > The problem I've run into is finding a NAS OS to run on it. They all > > seem to require UEFI. which this MB does not support. (I said it was > > old.) However, in my search I did come across OpenMediaVault which is > > a simple, lightweight NAS OS based on Debian Jessie that will work with > > either MBR or UEFI. One nice feature OMV has is it can be installed as > > a service on top of any Debian OS. So, I can use something more > > contemporary and still supported. > > > > Anyone currently using OpenMediaVault, or have recommendations for > > another package, or advice, in general, on homebuilt NAS? > > > > My plan is to use it for backups, Dropbox-like storage, and possibly > > home media server. > > > > Thanks > > > > B > > > > >