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

[@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.

[@primeral]

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

[@archie-127]

This is a great little NAS project! Very inspiring

[@JPLenzi]

I would actually buy this off of you INSTANTLY. After watching Jeff’s video on that hat, all that was left was a decent case and my god, you nailed it! Saved in case I can get my hands on that hat eventually in this lifetime, and a printer, and a pi… lol not living in the US HURTS

[@MichaelKlements]

I buy most of my stuff from China directly - Radxa's stuff from Allnet and the Pi's from Seeed Studio.

[@RajeevDeoFiji]

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

[@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!

[@toto99303]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@mattw1427]

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

[@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

[@RicardoBird92]

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

[@elkortby]

Thanks for sharing it with the community!

[@mrfrog8502]

This project looks fantastic. Well done 👏

[@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.👍

[@chilson88]

Beautifully done sir, now I need to get my 3D printer back up and running so I can do this.

[@Hobbies4Hire]

Great job on the video Michael! Thanks for making it.

[@davidnorman179]

classy project dude. looks sharp

[@WalterDeans]

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

[@JonathanChancey]

Dude this is awesome, great work

[@haydenc2742]

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

[@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!

[@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.

[@ramyp]

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

[@Azagthoth12]

this is amazing. thanks for putting it up and putting up the files.

[@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!

[@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

[@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. :)

[@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,

[@atomycal]

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

[@ryster701]

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

[@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

[@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?

[@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

[@zk_6312]

Looks great though it would have been nice to have an oled statis display with th IP, temp, power consumption, etc.

[@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.

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

[@elements88xyz]

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

[@PaddyPadhie]

realy cool case

[@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!

[@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).

[@RoadAheadWithAJ]

Such a neat and aesthetic design! Love it!

[@tomasteigao]

nice project.... i really dont need that much but stay till the end of the video just bc it was very good. Cheers.

[@DavidRivera-xb5sv]

Amazing Project man, great work.

[@TeeEllohwhydee]

Your work keeps getting better and better with each project.

[@MichaelKlements]

Thank you!

[@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.

[@dinotrout3909]

Love these pi builds from you

[@mgilbert754]

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

[@baldurkuhn1]

Just amazing work. Congrats!

[@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?❤

[@Hassanki-g2k]

Your work is so clean!

[@V3n0m151]

I saw this video and then ordered all the parts, lol. I am looking forward to playing around with it and learning a lot with it. It will also be a great way to save on electricity.

[@LegoBobRoss10]

Hope it goes well!

[@V3n0m151]

@LegoBobRoss10 so far, so good! It's assembled and up and running. Now I just need to properly configure everything, and I should be good to go! It's a very fun project.

[@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.

[@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.

[@dirtyd1398]

nice build, thanks for sharing

[@wimnanoe5887]

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

[@Sternhammer89]

What a fantastic project, well done.

[@minergate4066]

This is so clean. I want that case

[@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.

[@Darkyere]

Great pi nas. Is it possible fo you to add an oled display to the gpio pins and show average load of 1, 5, 15 and the temp og cpu plus the harddrives in a second video ? Preferable located at the back of the pi where light and fan is located Thankyou for reading and best regards. Darkyere

[@lko2181cp]

Spectacular work here ! Thanks for sharing...

[@yd6492]

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

[@MichaelKlements]

Time will tell

[@peyo33641]

This is so clean ! Well done

[@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 🙏🏼👍🏼

[@DrB934]

Excellent work!

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.

[@FredrickLackey]

Great video! Great design!

[@Flas2hG201]

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

[@tarasprihodko357]

Сер Дякую за Вашу роботу. Дуже інформативно.

[@joseph3164]

very nice design, thanks for sharing!

[@uscmhudson5504]

what a great project, thanks for sharing!

[@gnarfish5555]

Wow!! Very nice project!

[@EduardoSilva-xg5gu]

Thanks for this awesome video. From Portugal.

[@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.

[@L0rDLuCk]

Very interesting! Can you try to use ZFS on this and post some performance numbers? Do you think it could be possible to also run nextcloud instance and a pi hole at the same time on this PiNAS? in that case i could get rid of 3 systems and replace it with your idea!

[@MichaelKlements]

You should be able to Nextcloud and Pi-hole if you run them as containers on a Docker installation on the Pi.

[@salami99]

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

[@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.

[@MrYhari]

Nice work, Keep going.

[@tony-ma]

Can you make a case for the set up have POE between the NAS hat and PI 5?

[@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

[@triplez3125]

Great work!

[@baluditor]

This was amazing, thank you!

[@knutselprutsers-xo8ju]

i liked the whole proces of making this and the way you explained everything , just cant download those files kan you please mail them ? would be very appreciated

[@PJPerron_me]

Very cool, I love the utility of it.

[@Eikonic_]

Im just following along with this now. I have everything assembled, and can proceed to booting and setting up OMV, but i cant find any detailed information about how to setup the raid5. Iv also watched a few other videos, but everyone seems to skip over this step in detail. Can you point me towards any info that may help? thanks.

[@Eikonic_]

Figured it out. For anyone looking in the future, you need to install the MD plugin (multiple discs), then you will have the options to setup the raid.

[@MichaelKlements]

Like you've said, I used the MD plugin

[@kennethgoodrich1068]

Can you power the case fan using the Molex connector.. I ask because I have an adaptor in my pile of extra cables...

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

The Kühler is the best!😊

[@eclypse3d]

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

[@MichaelKlements]

Thanks for the tip!

[@ItsNITREX]

I added slightly longer standoffs then the ones that the hat comes with. Just found some black standoffs on Amazon. This way I did not have to break any radiator fins.

[@MichaelKlements]

How much longer were the ones you used? Presumably you haven't had any issues plugging into the GPIO header the extensions then?

[@ItsNITREX]

@@MichaelKlements ok just checked what I got. The ones I used were M2.5 x 20 + 6mm, so 20mm tall, looks like the stock ones are 18mm. I purchased M2.5 Nylon Standoffs Kit for this and future projects (MakerSpot), should be useful. So GPIO is 2mm not all the way in, but it’s not an issue and everything is secure and snug.

[@Dv8-108]

Nice build!

[@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?

[@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

[@michaelevans2989]

Great build and I would love to try this but the SATA HATs aren't available anymore cant find them.

[@Mohamed_khair]

did you tried to fit a touch screen in the side window .. i think it will look very cool and .. i wish if i have a 3D printer or Raspberry Pi 🤣🤣🥲🥲

[@MichaelKlements]

That would be an awesome addition!

[@michi5555]

Thanks for sharing! Can you plug in two 3.5" HDD without adapters? or what would be needed ?

[@MichaelKlements]

The spacing on the SATA ports it too close together on this hat for 3.5" drives. You'd need some extension cables to use 3.5" drives with it.

[@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!

[@gavskuzz]

Amazing! Big fan! Thanks for sharing!

[@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.