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Ultimately Serious Bus (USB) NAS Server Powered by Raspberry Pi:)

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Original Project by BalázsS5 from Instructables.
Source: https://www.instructables.com/Ultimately-Serious-Bus-USB-NAS-Server-Powered-by-R
License: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
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Steps

1

Eat Some Cookies, Share the Rest With Others :)

Eat Some Cookies, Share the Rest With Others :)
2

Cut Out a Large Enough Whole on the Back Side, Where Wires Can Come Out

Cut Out a Large Enough Whole on the Back Side, Where Wires Can Come Out
Unfortunately these tin boxes are really thin :) No good for nice jigsaw work
3

Place the Raspberry Pi in a Case

Place the Raspberry Pi in a Case
4

Insert an at Least 8GB Micro SD Card

Insert an at Least 8GB Micro SD Card
5

Insert Wifi Adapter

Insert Wifi Adapter
6

Get Some External Hard Drives and Place Them in the Box

Get Some External Hard Drives and Place Them in the Box
Get Some External Hard Drives and Place Them in the Box
7

Key Learning: Even If the External USB Drive Has No Adapter, You Will Need to Install a Powered USB Hub to Make the Thing Work

Key Learning: Even If the External USB Drive Has No Adapter, You Will Need to Install a Powered USB Hub to Make the Thing Work
8

Plug All Hard Drives Into the Powered USB Hub

Plug All Hard Drives Into the Powered USB Hub
9

When the Whole Thing Starts to Look Like a Power Plant, You Are on the Right Track

When the Whole Thing Starts to Look Like a Power Plant, You Are on the Right Track
10

Another Key Learning: LAN Speed Is Still Better Than Wifi

Another Key Learning: LAN Speed Is Still Better Than Wifi
Another Key Learning: LAN Speed Is Still Better Than Wifi
Another Key Learning: LAN Speed Is Still Better Than Wifi
So install a LAN cable as well, plug into the router as well
11

Plug Every Adapter Into the Power Socket

Plug Every Adapter Into the Power Socket
12

Install Various Software

Install various software, such as:
Raspbian: The OS for the Raspberry Pi
Putty on your computer: To access your Raspberry from your laptop in command line
XDRP: To remote control your Raspberry in GUI from your laptop
LAMP server: To turn your Raspberry into a webserver, run websites, web based software packages
Samba: To turn your computer into a file server, which you can access from Windows File Explorer (very slow connection, compared to other solutions like FTP)
FTP server: Vsftpd (works pretty well)
A cloud software: There are many I tried, below are my personal experiences:
Cloud Nimbus: Has no Android phone app, but pretty nice
Owncloud: Very feature rich, but very slow
Tonido: Quick, easiest to install, but many times features just stopped working
Seafile: Pretty cool, relatively easy to install and stable, but very hard to mount external drives
Pydio: Finally I stayed with this. Hard to figure out how to install because documentations on the internet are limited, but very nice GUI and various ways how you can connect a drive

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