I Built A 4-Bay NAS Using A Raspberry Pi 5

[@lilith1504]

What a nice guy when sharing whole 3d project public thank you very much

[@primeral]

This is so good! The acrylic window and drive sleds were a nice touch.

[@JeffGeerling]

Your cases are always wonderful. I'm thinking of trying yours instead of the Radxa design now!

[@MichaelKlements]

Thank you! Definitely give it a go and let me know what you think. I’ve included a version without the acrylic window which is pretty easy to print out.

[@wolfeman781992]

I was just about to tag you 😂

[@dukeofdragoon]

What do you two think about an enclosure that can take advantage of the esata port for a fifth drive?

[@erdincify]

Hi Jeff, did you try it yet? btw just finished watching your vid about the NAS build with the 2.5 GIG network adapter. I will build my nas without the Network adapter and the Penta SATA HAT top board. Either way, it's gonna be faster than my good old Lacie Space Max :-) is the 40mm fan from this build enough to keep everything cool? I was also looking at the Radxa design first but this one is my favorite. Anyway, thank you both very much for the amazing work you guys doing! May the Geek Gods favor you both !

[@JeffGeerling]

@@erdincify Yes! I just printed it last week... haven't had time to assemble everything yet but hoping to do that next week. The dry fit was perfect already, though. Hopefully it all goes together well once I have the Pi inside. Might re-print it with higher temp plastic though, my first print was in PLA.

[@RajeevDeoFiji]

This is absoultely amazing! Thanks Michael for sharing, I will be using your case for my own PiNas!

[@DLiberator78]

Wow! What an amazing Pi5 NAS case. Thanks so much for sharing the 3d printer project files. I love the clear acrylic window also plus the 4 LEDs.

[@sa4555]

Brilliant design. I am slowly gradually upgrading my home network and this solution would fit perfectly. Already have pi Hole and opensense running well, adding this on my network would be a perfect replacement for my old NAS. Great work.

[@archie-127]

This is a great little NAS project! Very inspiring

[@joshharding6925]

Brilliant! I've been looking for a little 2.5" SSD NAS for a while and this ticks all the boxes. Printed case also looks amazing and I really like the removable drive trays.

[@MichaelKlements]

Thanks for the feedback and support!

[@tuwaise9216]

The concept of NAS doesn't surprise me anymore because I've done the same thing, but I'm truly interested and like how you designed the Pi NAS case, I think it's very cool, interesting content.👍

[@PaalRyd]

Can you see a way to route the power-supply to the "back" too? Cable-management etc.etc... The extruding power-button looks like something that could be pressed by accident, so why not reduce it (and the indicators) to be flush with the surface? And along the same lines - how about flat-head screws in countersunk holes to have a nice and flush exterior? Fantastic build - the acrylic window was a cool touch! Inspiring build!

[@mattw1427]

Awesome build! Between you and Jeff Geerling, I almost have the confidence to start my own PI NAS! Thank you!

[@SHO1989]

Beautiful project and I was unaware of that wonderful Fantek mini powered screwdriver. Thanks for including the link for that. I just bought one!

[@MichaelKlements]

They're great for small screws - particularly on Pi and Arduino projects!

[@toto99303]

This is awesome! Thanks for sharing it with the community!

[@elkortby]

Thanks for sharing it with the community!

[@wayne8797]

I’ve been wanting to move away from Google and have my own backups. So tempted to try this. I have basically everything save for a 3D printer… the speed isn’t much of an issue since all I have is a tons of photos and they can just sync up overnight. This ain’t gonna break the bank neither but I will need to break away from my comfort zone…

[@MichaelKlements]

It's a relatively easy project, definitely give it a go

[@mrfrog8502]

This project looks fantastic. Well done 👏

[@imranzafurallah8799]

the build and config were very well taught and understandable. My ques can u make a video showing how to access the storage from outside the home network so you can get access to files from anywhere in the world. Thanks

[@x_CrossHair_x]

WOW (Commercial Grade Build 👍👍) .. What a Nice looking Enclosure.. Thanks for Sharing your 3D Files and all your hard work.. Making it so easy for me now.

[@goyde]

Nice build and well designed case. just finished mine, used black w neon green accents

[@MichaelKlements]

That sounds great!

[@goyde]

@@MichaelKlements Do you have the dimensions for the clear ? I know it's 2mm thick but I didn't see any other dimensions,

[@ramyp]

you are amazing man! I love your work. I hope one day to make one of them PI Nas

[@codefallacy]

wow i love this! im waiting for my sata board and i was wondering if i needed to connect the pi 5 to power or not. this clear things up

[@robert_5974]

On a side note, i liked your design for the case. I wish i had a 3d printer and all those things to actually build what is in my head half the time. The two things id offer as improvements are guides for the caddy's as you slide them in and some logo on the side. Great design in any case (pun intended lol).

[@RicardoBird92]

This is art! best build I've seen so far!

[@haydenc2742]

So very awesome..and the design is quite nice and ergenomic! Keep em coming!!!!

[@socalk1d262]

This NAS is freakin sweet!! I like how you used the 2.5Gb Ethernet adapter in the usb 3.0 port to increase the transfer speeds. In Jeff Geerling's video where he makes a similar Pi Nas, he uses another PCIE daughter that is overcomplicated, doesn't look very good, and doesn't give him as much speed as using 2.5Gb ethernet adapter. I really like your 3D printed case as well. My only concern is thermals. I know the Pi gets pretty hot but this would be an easy modification to fix the problem. Excellent job all around!!!

[@MichaelKlements]

Thanks for the great feedback! The 2.5Gb Ethernet adaptor is a really easy plug and play solution, the specific one I used doesn't even need additional drivers. There is quite a lot of room at the top for heat to escape, so I haven't had any thermal issues but it would be super easy to replace the window with some mesh to improve cooling if it becomes a problem.

[@socalk1d262]

@@MichaelKlements That's great to know! Thanks for getting back to me and letting me know. I've been considering getting a NAS lately but after watching your video, I will be building this in the near future> Keep up the great work and thank you for the inspiration!!

[@dfk70]

Great build! Would it be possible to add some guide rails/fins to the case to help align the drives when they are inserted?

[@BigDrewski1000]

This looks REALLY slick! I've seen Pi NAS's made using these components before, but none looked this good. I have the components on order myself, and will definitely make it this way as it will definitely look good on my desk. :)

[@JFinalXDark]

Im gonna use this design as well! Thank you! Instead of acrílic windows, Im just gonna use an dust filter like the one used for the fan, so the hot air can move away with the same fan.

[@andywolan]

5:14 - Bender approves of that bending device. :) But seriously, I didn't realize clear acrylic plastic could bend that cleanly.

[@MichaelKlements]

Acrylic is actually really easy to work with and there are loads of inexpensive tools available for it.

Amazing!! Thank so much, Please make more projects with pi5 if possible

[@jeekwangheo1552]

you are really genius... you inpire to me. someone who just seem like toy but personal user maybe very useful and efficient thanks to video

[@WalterDeans]

This looks so damn good! You did an amazing job!

[@JonathanChancey]

Dude this is awesome, great work

[@TeeEllohwhydee]

Your work keeps getting better and better with each project.

[@MichaelKlements]

Thank you!

[@iklisanic]

Excellent project! I have one small addendum. Maybe you could instead of a one big vent hole make some kind of mesh or grid and instead of screw holes some kind of pins which will hold fan as it is. I believe that something like this will ad more simplicity and back of the case will be more uniform. But in any case excellent project! Thank you!

[@atomycal]

Awesome project! This video had everything. Keep up the good work!

[@Cobb]

This is a really cool NAS. Been wanting to make a plex NAS to take it off my PC but has 24/7 access to it.

Nice elegant solution, now for 3,5"

[@juliciousz]

I am thinking more like m2 ssds, how small it could be. I know it will be costly atleast, lol but it would be amazing.

[@wimnanoe5887]

Did see your project on Facebook, like I say there, this is awesome

[@RoadAheadWithAJ]

Such a neat and aesthetic design! Love it!

[@Spartacus-4297]

the additional power ports are for powering 2.5" HDDs rather than SSDs although you might still experience read/write performance issues with SSDs due to current limitations of the Pi

[@helioradial]

really cool project mate, well done! keep up the good work

[@davidnorman179]

classy project dude. looks sharp

[@abhijeetghosh27]

I am half way through the video and one word that came in my mind is fabulous ❤❤❤❤ I am definitely going to follow this process to create my own (conditionally if I get hold of all the resources shown in the video 😊). Thank you @Michael for this idea and sharing your work with the community. 😊🙏

[@MichaelKlements]

Thanks for the great feedback!

[@ryster701]

I would like to see that case on your etsy store!

[@minergate4066]

This is so clean. I want that case

[@SapienBasem]

It's very impressive! Thnx for your effort and making the 3d project public ! * Did you use the 4GB or the 8 GB of RAM ?*

[@MichaelKlements]

I used an 8GB Pi but the 4GB would be fine for this project too

[@-----pepsi-----]

The Kühler is the best!😊

[@dinotrout3909]

Love these pi builds from you

[@DavidRivera-xb5sv]

Amazing Project man, great work.

[@darrenmillington4726]

How you say pi 5 will never get old 😂

[@apacheandy]

pah fahve

[@An.Individual]

Very nice video. Could you do a NAS using 3.5" HDD's please. These give so much more TB for the $

[@MichaelKlements]

Unfortunately the hat doesn't have enough space for them to be plugged in directly but with an adaptor cable you can use 3.5" drives.

[@dirtyd1398]

nice build, thanks for sharing

[@voodoovinny7125]

This would be even more awesome if the 4x drives were 15mm drives which have more capacity. Just think of having a 20TB (4x 5TB) mini NAS like this?

[@Sternhammer89]

What a fantastic project, well done.

[@davidclift5989]

Great video at the perfect time. I was considering building an NVME-based PI5 NAS, but looking at your performance figures, 3 1/2" SSDs look adequate. Thank you.

[@MichaelKlements]

Yes, unless you're going to 10GBe, it's probably not worth going to NVMe drives. These drives performed better than I expected and you'll be bottlenecked by the PCIe port on the Pi in any case.

[@davidclift5989]

@@MichaelKlements Yes, I was expecting the PCIe port to be the bottleneck. The 2.5GB dongle for the network is another great idea. Thank you.

[@hussainmohd6298]

Thanks for this.... Love it, and thanks for sharing the amazing soldering tool, can you also share the type of soldering station it was connected to? Much appreciated

[@MichaelKlements]

Thank you! It's not connected to a soldering station, it is a standalone tool. The cable out the top is the24V power cable.

[@hussainmohd6298]

Thank you soo much 🙏🏼👍🏼

[@ozrob76]

That case is top tier! Looks great and I love the drive sleds. Are the drives hot-swappable with that hat? One small critique: I think the window might be better on the opposite side. That way it's seen from the front of the NAS (the side with the drive activity lights) and also shows the front of the SSDs. Thanks 😎

[@MichaelKlements]

I'm a bit nervous to try hot swapping the drives, the documentation doesn't say that they are - at least not that I've found. Thanks for the suggestions on the window, it would be great to see the activity lights! The main reason it is on that side is because of the fan. There isnt enought room between the wall of the case and the drives for the fan to be on the opposite side so that the window can be swapped around. I could extend the wall out a bit but then the ports won't be flush anymore.

[@ozrob76]

Oh ok- makes sense there's a reason for it being where it is then. Really great design anyway. 👌🏻

[@salami99]

the biggest cripple is a max of 260 mBps. For 4k 60fps video editing from NAS 500 MBps is needed

[@mgilbert754]

This is just awesome! I'm going to give it a try.

[@FredrickLackey]

Great video! Great design!

[@joseph3164]

very nice design, thanks for sharing!

[@lko2181cp]

Spectacular work here ! Thanks for sharing...

[@krzysztofwawer6343]

It looks really great. Everything is hidden inside the case. What is the temperature after some time? Mainly when it runs 24 hours per day, and some computations are made.

[@MichaelKlements]

After running for two days the CPU temp was at an average of 42C and didn't go over 54C under load, the drives stayed around 34C with or without load.

[@Flas2hG201]

Great job! The only thing I miss is the lack of the 2.5G hat support. Any chance you could implement it too?

[@chansisouvong3018]

How much do you charge for your case? Asking for a friend. Amazing build btw. Love your work on here.

[@zushiba]

I would love to see a USB C powered version of this that also includes WiFi 6 connectivity. It would be the ultimate version of this little guy.

[@dmckrk]

You can power everything via usb-c but probably pi pmic is to weak to handle 4 drives. You can use different sbc that can take more power, but still this will be an issue.

[@ultraprimez]

i would have added a bottom fan that would do even better cooling. where air will flow from bottom and exit from top cooling every thing in that NAS.

[@RitzRT]

The performance unlock for sure is the 2.5G network interface. Glad to see that is a surmountable unlock for performance. It would be interesting to see what would happen if you had a USB dongle with even more bandwidth to see if the underlying compute hardware can keep up. This has gotten me curious about 3D printing. What printer do you have? This looks fun!

[@MichaelKlements]

I'll definitely be using a 2.5G adaptor for projects requiring better network connectivity in future, its a relatively cheap and worthwhile upgrade. The 3D printer used for this project is a Bambulab X1C.

[@DrB934]

Excellent work!

[@muthi_hib]

7:51 I am a big fan of the enclosure design you've made. I wondering if you can make a guide slot so when inserting the ssd we can be more guided like a real nas??

[@MichaelKlements]

I played around with adding guides to the bays but that restricts visibility of the drives so it makes the window pointless and it restricts airflow across the drives.

[@baldurkuhn1]

Just amazing work. Congrats!

[@Dv8-108]

Nice build!

[@peyo33641]

This is so clean ! Well done

[@Waltkat]

I'd like to make this using a Rock 5B instead of a Pi 5 because it has a 2.5 Gb ethernet port and overall much faster. I'm thinking Plex server. I know the cost will be higher or about the same as using an ITX board but I like the size and form factor of this little guy.

[@MichaelKlements]

The Rock 5B is a great board for a NAS

[@razuuu]

you don't need PuTTY anymore, SSH is included in Windows

[@GetShwiftyInHere]

I am quite an exception. I'd use PuTTY because I already have other hardware that uses it. I can still SSH into my switchboard and do my configuration through that, but I like GUIs. Very true comment, though. I'm a minority here. I plan on building my NAS by the end of the year. Buying the components got hard after I had to get a new car .-. I never realized I had $607 a month to waste, but guess I don't now.

[@jazzycross1227]

Hello Michael Klements. Thank you for the very informative video. I went to the 3d print case link but I think I maybe blind or the file is missing. I am unable to find the Trays for the SSD's. Great video!

[@MichaelKlements]

I've checked the link, the trays are on build plate 2 in the Bambulab project file and they're available separately in the STL list.

[@jazzycross1227]

@@MichaelKlements Just checked and found it! Thanks again! I am just blind I guess lol

[@OussamaOusmoi]

How much is the total cost of the hardware?

[@eclypse3d]

Just an FYI you can SSH natively in CMD window in Win 10/11 no need for putty

[@MichaelKlements]

Thanks for the tip!

[@yd6492]

Will the SSD's survive to the huge number of READ / WRITE operations ? 🧐

[@MichaelKlements]

Time will tell

[@kevinstif1674]

Thank you for the video, can you please show us how to make media cloud home or nas for 10 TB 3.5" hard disk?❤

[@RaymondDay]

Thank you that was very good. Amazon don't have the 5 SATA top board in stock any more. Good video. Thank you.

[@dmckrk]

Still available on arace and maybe on allnet.

[@gnito72]

Dont support Amazon anyway, they steal your money... ...its not a big problem to find anything on an other place

[@Hassanki-g2k]

Your work is so clean!

[@The_Aztech]

Dang it. Time to build something I have no need for. Great vid!

[@KhufuhK]

I'm newly exploring the idea of building a Pi NAS. The Radxa SATA hat is toast at every single retailer. Is there something else you could recommend?

[@MichaelKlements]

I'm not aware of any other quad SATA hats for the Pi 5. You could get a similar result using a PCIe adaptor and a full size PCIe SATA card but that obviously won't fit into this enclosure. The Radxa hats still seem to be available on Aliexpress

[@yannsavenye2658]

Hello! Congratulations for your work, the result is very clean and professionnal. I'm going to download the files. Currently I run a Yunohost server on a RPI4 in a Argon40 Eon NAS enclosure, but I'd like to upgrade to a RPI5 so your case may be the solution I'm looking for. Would you intend to create such a case for 3.5" drives also? Best regards

[@MichaelKlements]

This particular hat isn't compatible with 3.5" drives as the ports are too close together. If I can find an adpator that supports 3.5" drives without additional cables then I'd look into designing an enclosure for it.

[@uscmhudson5504]

what a great project, thanks for sharing!

[@scottmielke4071]

That's badass!

[@KROLOLO]

Когда вы просто паяльником "вонзили" крепления под винты - я подумал "вот это так просто и гениально!". Буду теперь также чинить то, что сломается!

[@triplez3125]

Great work!

[@EduardoSilva-xg5gu]

Thanks for this awesome video. From Portugal.

[@dezertdime1072]

this was awesome

[@vinayghadi]

This is a great NAS project! Just wanted to know what if my OS memory card got faulty/corrupt

[@MichaelKlements]

I keep an image of the SD card on my PC and it can just be swapped out if it goes faulty. That said I've got Pi's that having been running for 3 years plus on the same memory card without any issues.

[@vinayghadi]

@@MichaelKlements thanks for the quick reply.

[@xaxoooTube]

Yes, the ssds where totally worth the insane cost inflation on this build. I am getting the same speed with my WD harddrive. Because its capped by gigabit LAN/WLAN...

[@MichaelKlements]

The drives cost $55 each vs. $35 for physical drives, so there was an $80 difference across the build. Speed aside, there are other reasons for using SSDs, they're silent, more durable and use much less power.

[@boyburger]

Looks great and sounds fun! Could you possibly use this in a scenario where i want to attach this to my router so if say i scan documents on a printer and would like to save those documents could i do that with this project ?

[@MichaelKlements]

Yes you could set something like that up using this NAS.

[@markknecht9416]

My first time here. Great video! My one question about the design is how does cool air get into our out of the case? Did the clean piece have any air holes or was there a vent somewhere in the design? Possibly you just intended the opening on the top to provide that flow?

[@MichaelKlements]

There are gaps between the drive trays at the top of the enclosure

[@markknecht9416]

@@MichaelKlements - Thanks. that's sensible.

[@Nick_Lavigne]

If they made a 5gbe or 10gbe pi I could use it. But running slower than one internal SSD just doesn't cut it. A small business or avg home could utilize it well, i think.

[@MichaelKlements]

Yeah, a NAS running on a Pi is really not for business use.

[@MichaelSmith-fn5no]

This is amazing and so neat. I don't have a 3d printer how could I get this case?

[@Banstargue]

What was it that motivated you to build the NAS? Was it to save on Watts usage or just the challenge of building your own NAS? Anyways, good job and I might try this myself!

[@MichaelKlements]

I have always wanted to build a more reliable Pi based NAS than the one's I've built previously with USB connected drives. Radxa's Penta SATA hat allowed this with the Pi 5's PCIe port.

[@UnkleEarth]

Super cool, I look forward to trying to connect the pi5 and a Logitech webcam to this. I've just got all the materials and have been studying the reddit post you sent me. You think you will do a video on that?

[@tarasprihodko357]

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