Building a Compact DIY NAS: 8-Bay System with 10GbE Networking and TrueNAS
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sashk
6mo ago· 30 min readen
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Summary
The article details the author's journey of building a DIY NAS (Network Attached Storage) system over 14 years, starting from initial storage needs that outpaced capacity. After facing hostility in online communities for wanting to build a custom solution, the author created their own DIY NAS and shared it in a blog, which surprisingly gained significant interest. The current system described is an 8-bay DIY NAS with 10GbE networking, TrueNAS 25.10.0.1, Intel N355 CPU, 32GB DDR5 RAM, and a compact form factor under 20 liters.
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I found that the communities I was looking for answers in were actively hostile towards what I wanted to do.
This resulted in my decision to build my own DIY NAS and share that as one of my very first blogs.
Much to my surprise, people were very interested in that blog! Ever since, I've been building a similar
An 8-bay DIY NAS with 10GbE networking, TrueNAS 25.10.0.1, an Intel N355 CPU, 32GB of DDR5 RAM, and a smallish form factor that occupies less than 20 liters of your office space.
An 8-bay DIY NAS with 10GbE networking, TrueNAS 25.10.0.1, an Intel N355 CPU, 32GB of DDR5 RAM, and a smallish form factor that occupies less than 20 liters of your office space.
