I maintain a mailing list that I send out to a few days before each meeting, if you want on that list, let me know at President at CLUG dot org. I never reveal addresses to anyone, if you want to get in touch with someone, let me know and I'll e-mail that member, giving them your address.

The next meeting is this Saturday, August 26th, 2023, from 10:30 am. until 12:00 Noon.

This meeting will be talking about a home fileserver, I started collecting parts a while ago, and now have enough of the parts to show, ask for comments and criticisms, and if anybody has suggestions. I'll be trying a few things with the hardware before putting it to use.

At this point, I'm planning for 40TB of raw storage in a 9 inch cube, but that can change as well.

This meeting is at the Madeira Ridge Branch Library Meeting Room, and Zoom.

The Madeira Branch Library is located at 7200 Miami Ave, Cincinnati, Ohio 45243
https://www.google.com/maps/dir//7200+Miami+Ave,+Cincinnati,+OH+45243/

Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/91355979651
Password: Secret…
Meeting ID: 913 5597 9651

The password is required and is case sensitive!

Bring a buddy and tell a friend!

If you know someone who might be interested in attending, have them e-mail me, I'll add their address to this list.

Hope to see you there!

Thank you!

Steve Jones

The last meeting was this Saturday, August 26th, 2023

I got more attendees than I expected, and I guess you're wondering about the hardware I brought, so this e-mail is to go over that list, along with costs;

I'll get the video of the meeting up on the clug.org site tonight.

Tiny NAS as I'm building it…..
If I built this as a 50TB system, the drives would be $949.95
At this point, I only have one drive, every two weeks (Payday), I'll purchase another drive until I have the set. Do NOT purchase all your drives from the same lot, either stagger the purchase, or buy them through multiple channels. I haven't actually gotten the fan listed below, but will.

I plan on putting 2x 2TB nvme drives in this thing, but I'm still wiggling hardware around.

$719.95 - $143.99 x 5 Toshiba N300 8TB 7200 RPM SATA III 6Gb/s 3.5“ Internal NAS CMR Hard Drive (I really like these drives)
https://www.microcenter.com/product/640330/N300_8TB_7200_RPM_SATA_III_6Gbs_35%22_Internal_NAS_CMR_Hard_Drive

$189.74 - Topton N5105 NAS Board
https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256804575183967.html?gatewayAdapt=glo2usa4itemAdapt

$90.32 - Jonsbo N2 Mini NAS Case
https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256805292983249.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.main.1.7f6a511ddYMOhM

$49.98 - 2x $24.99 Samsung 970 EVO Plus SSD 500GB M.2 NVME
https://www.microcenter.com/product/601585/970_EVO_Plus_SSD_500GB_M2_NVMe__Interface_PCIe_30_x4_Internal_Solid_State_Drive_with_V-NAND_3_bit_MLC_Technology_(MZ-V7S500B-AM)

$33.98 - 2x $16.99, 8GB DDR4 SODIMM; Patriot 8GB DDR4-3200 PC4-25600 CL-18 SO-DIMM Memory PVS48G320C8S
https://www.microcenter.com/product/666072/8GB_DDR4-3200_PC4-25600_CL-18_SO-DIMM_Memory_PVS48G320C8S

$21.99 - Crucial BX500 240GB SSD Micron 3D NAND SATA III 6Gb/s 2.5” Internal
https://www.microcenter.com/product/511699/BX500_240GB_SSD_Micron_3D_NAND_SATA_III_6Gb-s_25%22_Internal_Solid_State_Drive

$15.99 - Noctua NF-P12 Redux 1700 PWM SSO Bearing 120mm Case Fan
https://www.microcenter.com/product/617827/noctua-nf-p12-redux-1700-pwm-sso-bearing-120mm-case-fan

$10.49 - 6-pack Relper-Lineso 6 Pack 90 Degree Right-Angle SATA III Cable 6.0 Gbps with Locking Latch 18Inch
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01LX5HVW3/ref=ppx_od_dt_b_asin_title_s00?ie=UTF8&th=1

$4.99 - PPA SATA III w/ Locking Latch Internal Cable 18 in (2 Pack)
https://www.microcenter.com/product/639463/SATA_III_w-_Locking_Latch_Internal_Cable_18_in_(2_Pack)

$1137.43 Total with 40TB of raw storage

$417.48 Total without drives