WD Red Plus 8TB for my NAS
Last year, in November, I bought a Western Digital 8TB WD Red Plus NAS Internal Hard Driver HDD. It is 5460 RPM, SATA 6 Gb/s, CMR, 128MB Cache, 3.5″. In total, I paid $198 including taxes. The HDD is $176.79... Read more
Tag: NAS
My backup plan for my Blog or VPS?
Here is my Blog, my main cyber place to publish what I learn, what I like, and how I live. I am talking about the backup plan. It is for my Blog, actually for the VPS, which my Blog and... Read more
How I install my NAS system based on Ubuntu 22.04 lts
My current NAS system was based on the U-NAS system. U-NAS 4.0.6 is based on Debian 9. When I add the 2.5Gbe Pcie adapter, I found it is not supported by it. So I am going to install a new... Read more
How I add a PCIe adapter to a NAS which has no expansion slots
The NAS I am using is a U-NAS system. I have a post about the details of it. Motherboard: AsRock J3160-ITX Rev1.02, it has a PCIe 2.0 x1 slot. But the case itself has no expansion slot. See, I would... Read more
HDD lifespan – How long is your hard drive?
Generally, everything has a lifespan. Even a computer hard drive has it. Here is a report said, it is three to five years. Generally speaking, you can rely on your hard drive for three to five years on average. A... Read more
WD HDD in my NAS system
I have NAS system for many years. If you read my blog long enough, you will know the first NAS I was using is D-Link DNS-323 from 2009. Two bay network storage system. I used two hard drives. Western Digital... Read more
Add a hard disk to my NAS
When I travel to Shanghai, I ordered a Western Digital Purple Disk. 4TB SATA6Gb / s 64M Monitoring Hard Drive (WD40EJRX). I paid RMB705, including free shipping. Now the price is dropped to RMB659. The similar hard disk on newegg.ca... Read more
A Retired NAS Device
My old NAS has retired a month ago. D-Link DNS-323, a very classic device, came to my house in Nov. 2009. It worked for me more than seven years. The very beginning idea to get a NAS at home: 1)... Read more
Best Guide of Fun_plug on DNS-323 NAS
I have a DNS-323 and one 1.5TB plus one 2TB harddisk. Later I installed fun_plug with Transmission BT client in 2013. Today, I found the best guide at bernaerts blog. Currently, FFP 0.7 is the latest one. To make a... Read more
A different kind of storage solution
Every modern company needs the best data storage possible. With all of the exploits of common operating systems as well as the malicious entities that are constantly attempting to infiltrate your defenses for inside information to your company, you owe... Read more
Dlink DNS-323 and Western Digital WD15EADS Caviar Green 1.5TB
I bought a NAS, Network-attached Storage. Actually I bought two items. One is the NAS enclosure, or Dlink DNS-323, 2-Bay Network Storage Enclosure. It is a very old product. Start to sell about two years ago. The other one is... Read more