From: dave@davehigton.me.uk   
      
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             Lars Poulsen  wrote:   
      
   > On 2025-06-23, David Higton  wrote:   
   > > My NAS runs OpenMediaVault.  It happens that mine is on a Raspberry Pi,   
   > > but it's available (at zero cost) for many platforms.  It's Linux under   
   > > the bonnet, and the file systems in my case are ext4 - I can't imagine   
   > > anyone would choose VFAT for use under Linux.   
   >   
   > I looked up OpenMediaVault, and it kinda looks like it is an Ubuntu spin   
   > optimized for media serving.   
   >   
   > In my own case, I tend to just run a Fedora box, and let it serve media   
   > with Samba. And for that I use an (older, hence cheap) desktop tower. I   
   > don't quite see why one would buy a second box and allow that to only run   
   > file service. But if you did, what is a good hardware package to run it on?   
      
   That's like asking "how long is a piece of string?"  The answer depends   
   on your needs.  How fast?  How much storage capacity?  How much   
   redundancy?   
      
   I don't need anything very fast, nor do I need lots of storage space, so   
   a Raspberry Pi with two 1TB USB portable drives meets my needs.  The second   
   drive is updated from the first via rsync every day at 2am, which is enough   
   redundancy for me.  Other people scoff at this very modest NAS.  Horses   
   for courses.   
      
   David   
      
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