Mini PC OpenMediaVault NAS

[@JeffGeerling]

The Explaining Computers mini NAS universe expands once again!

[@ExplainingComputers]

It does indeed! :) I'm enjoying watching your studio coming together.

[@danielpicassomunoz2752]

I'd love a video explaining why they recommend ECC memory for NASs,. The one solution which complied died

[@aspzx]

@@danielpicassomunoz2752 "The one solution which complied died" what does this mean?

[@manjilunnobi]

Point is my .. Dots protection Domin add .. that's point loss ideas own server development

[@MK-ni6gs]

Excellent video, as always!

[@RoboNuggie]

Thank you Chris, you always take the time to explain the smaller things that others leave out in such videos, and that's very much appreciated! Another great video from a great tutor....

[@ExplainingComputers]

Many thanks, and your support is as always appreciated. :)

[@trevorford8332]

I've been waiting for you to do something like this for ages, it's always interesting to see how other people setup their mini PC, what hardware and software they use.

[@brianwood5220]

You made a great job of explaining this process, Chris. I'm sure loads of people will find this very helpful. Thanks for sharing.

[@GaryBakerEE]

The latest version of this software did not work on my brand new (11/2023) BMAX B1 Pro purchased from Amazon. I had to drop back to the most recent stable version and now it is running fine. I'm sure that it will be fixed in the near future, but I don't want to waste more time on the bleeding edge. Thanks for another great video. This was my first implementation of OpenMediaVault and it will not be my last.

[@Innocentdarkness72]

Already sunday's time goes fast !!! Chris have a good week, and all the viewers .......

[@timbleking]

Always a pleasure to have simple but accurate vids from you, Chris. I’ve done tons of these but still I enjoy viewing the tutorial. 😊

[@jwaddin]

Lolz same!😅

[@mikewatson1105]

Thank you Chris for explaining at a speed that an interested but not expert viewer can cope and also absorb your information.

[@DevilsHandyman]

Thanks!

[@ExplainingComputers]

Thanks for your support, much appreciated. :)

[@andy.3407]

What fun.. I remember the OMV video you did on the raspberry pi.. I set it up on it and it ran wonderfully.. here we are now in the world of mini pc’s which have big capabilities for a small cash outlay.. I appreciate your detail and the expanded test fly-outs. Thanks for the video..

[@markoneil8286]

@ExplainingComputers Love your style of presenting the video. Way cool. Will look into omv

[@johng7rwf419]

Thanks for all your good work... J

[@ExplainingComputers]

Thanks for your support, much appreciated. :)

[@neilphilip2320]

Scarily timely - I was looking for just this sort of functionality but would never have come up with this solution which looks perfect for what I want. Many (!!!) thanks Chris.

[@HarriGary1]

Proper computing, this is my my new favorite phrase. And this perfectly describes my feelings for green text on a black background.

[@johnglielmi6428]

Love the Gerry Anderson reference with the Thunderbirds Are Go line LOL! I'm a big fan of his work. I was a very young boy when his shows were broadcast on US TV.

[@idowebwork]

Another amazing video. Absolutely love that setting up a NAS is so much easier now thank to software like OMV.

[@peterschmidt9942]

Thanks for taking the time to explain a bit about OMV and installation. Most videos I've watched on the subject seem to gloss over it and next thing its up and running LOL. I've already got a QNAP NAS, but I wanted to have a play around with a mini PC and some open source NAS software like OMV or FreeNAS to see how it holds up to my QNAP.

[@DreQueary]

Just an absolutely fantastic tutorial. I've been looking for a Synology NAS alternative, and OMV seems the most user-friendly of the Linux based NAS systems. I also love Debian. 😊

[@kennymain8380]

hours of searching and head scratching all fixed in 20mins, love these straight to point, easy to follow tutorials

[@festro1000]

I learned something new, I never knew of the .local prefix on the address bar still enjoy you videos.

[@marcelofigueroafigueroa4687]

The clearest and most efficient explanation in the whole internet about this topic, haha! No kidding. This is the blueprint of how the "How to" videos should be made. Thanks

[@olafelsberry420]

I’ve got to admit this KZbin channel is a guilty pleasure for me.

[@montecorbit8280]

At 4:30 "4 3 2 1 Thunderbirds are go!" There is more to our beloved Chris than meets the eyes!! [I believe that he was referencing the stop motion cartoon Thunderbirds]

[@johnmofa]

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[@lordhumungus9993]

As expected, yet another brilliant video! Many thanks

[@DylanWilsonYT]

Great video Chris! I've been wanting to setup a NAS for a while now, and this is probably the perfect time for me to get started! :)

[@chriholt]

Thanks as always Chris. OpenMediaVault has really come a long way since you first introduced me to it!

[@ExplainingComputers]

Hi Chris. OMV has indeed come on in leaps and bounds.

[@alanthornton3530]

Thanks Chris for a brilliant video, I've certainly got some ideas for my use case, linking up Linux mint, Win 11 & Android to our network. Green text on a black screen it took me right back to 1986, we had an Amstrad word processor in our office better, than a typewriter. Last but not least a test video of a happy duck, a happy Sunday to you :)

[@keith2964]

The end of this video Quacked me up 😂 Great video mate.

[@johncundiff7075]

Wow, today I got to learn about Open Media Vault... I wasn't aware how handy it was! As always thanks again Sir!

[@joshman5217]

Excellent! Ive been running OMV for nearly 6 years now on my NAS. It works great. Ive actually been thinking about switching to a smaller platform with 2.5" SSDs or m.2 drives, so this video is right in line with what I'm considering doing.

[@MudguardFan]

Thanks

[@ExplainingComputers]

Thanks for your support. :)

[@castillo4141]

¡Gracias!

[@ExplainingComputers]

Thanks for your support, most appreciated. :)

[@g-r-a-e-m-e-]

That was very useful, thanks! There is a lot to be said for mini PCs, particularly size, low wattage, and usually lack of fans. Those ducks need an agent.

[@Rivenworld]

You make this all look so easy, thank you, brilliant as always.

[@whatever-s9o]

Bloody brilliant! Thank you, Christopher. My first time watching one of your videos. Subscribed. Cheers!

[@mlt6322]

I love how you have the time to explain things that anyone can understand. My older brother was a computer engineer (retired now). He was an arrogant POS who did contract work for NASA and if I had problems with my computer he would say either go read a book or go to college and learn how to fix it yourself.

[@StavroMueller]

Suggestion for Part 2: - Setup MiniDLNA service - Setup Docker service and Portainer - Setup PLEX (in docker/portainer) - Setup Jellyfin (in docker/portainer) this will allow almost all devices to access the shared file system.

[@dragonfly-7]

That could be a setup I'd like to use as a base for a Nextcloud instance. Sooo: My addition here would be "- Setup Nextcloud (in docker/portainer)" ... ☺

[@anthonyjacks6331]

Agreed - I'd love to see a follow up getting a media application like Jellyfin up and accessible from other devices from the OMV NAS

[@MichelMorinMontreal]

Whether it's with a good quality SBC, such as the Raspberry Pi (I'm not being objective here!) or a mini PC, it's becoming easier and easier for the average user (no negative connotation, on the contrary) to put together a file server, or even a small, high-performance multi-function server... We're back to the 'original dream' of the first digital creators: autonomy at affordable costs! Thank you for this excellent presentation! I think Lady Penelope would appreciate it!

[@bobreiber2066]

My humble thanks !! I would never have made this thing work without this excellent tutorial !!

[@kairon156]

Thanks very much. I love how concise your guides have always been.

[@RollerCoasterLineProductions]

Couldn’t click fast enough. You started me into the pi/omv universe with docker containers back in 2020. sadly the pi nas has been regulated to a backup role, I’ve moved onto building an awesome unraid server with truenas as a backup. I also run omv as a vm within unraid. Thx Chris, when I watched that first video back in 2020 I said I can do that!

[@sbc_soc_tinkerer]

Sunday greetings all! Chris, you and I are again in sync. Green on black in the terminal should be standard for “real” computing. Occasionally I get really nostalgic and use amber on black. And yes, ducks are always good in videos. Stay well my friend!

[@dimig1093]

Very detail tutorial as always! I think the cheapest and easy way to have a home nas is to buy two disks, create a virtual machine with virtualbox, put two separate vdi disks in the physical disks and create a mediavault server with mdadm raid. You have a Nas and raid at the same time, in case of fairure, the vdi disk of one disk is easy accesible from any linux virtual machine with mdadm...

[@chromerims]

Bish bash bosh, top level content 👍 What's most appealing about these kind of NAS and PC setups is their modularity and reduced costs, which together afford smart upgrade pathways and a sense of "future-proofing." Whilst raid is harder to implement, I cordially would suggest that it is superior to implement two of these platforms sans raid (coupled via rsync and jobs) than one bigco brand NAS that comes with vendor lock-in on both h/w and s/w. Kindest regards, neighbours and friends. Happy Sunday!

[@terrydaktyllus1320]

"Whilst raid is harder to implement, I cordially would suggest that it is superior to implement two of these platforms sans raid (coupled via rsync and jobs) than one bigco brand NAS that comes with vendor lock-in on both h/w and s/w." Actually that's not true. RAID works at a bit and disk sector level with built in real time error checking that should avoid file corruption happening - especially if you use a parity-based raid like RAID 5. rsync won't protect against file corruption - it will just replace the good file on the destination machine with the newly corrupt one. In simple terms, RAID has some file integrity protection but rsync does not. I use rsync all of the time, by the way, it's a fantastic application - but it's not designed for guaranteeing file integrity.

[@chromerims]

@@terrydaktyllus1320 Thank you. Excellent points. I did not phrase my thought that well. Raid and rsync are different concepts and not interchangeable, you are correct. Warmest regards, friend.

[@terrydaktyllus1320]

@@chromerims No worries - and rsync is a good solution in many respects, so it's an acceptable suggestion to make. So you're not incorrect either!

[@antoniiocaluso1071]

@@terrydaktyllus1320 would either of you like to work on solving the world's other ills? :-) your brilliance shows!!

[@antoniiocaluso1071]

@@chromerims would either of you like to work on solving the world's other ills? :-) your brilliance shows!!

[@SchoolforHackers]

COME ON PEOPLE! Chris is almost at a million subs! Let’s get him there -

[@PaulStenning]

I’m running OMV on a Lenovo mini PC. I have two 2TB SSDs for storage (mirrored using BTFS) and am using a USB flash drive for the system. If using a flash drive there is an add-on which needs to be installed to minimise writes, explained on the website installation section. It really helps if it is a fast flash drive otherwise installing updates and saving settings is very slow. I’m using a SanDisk Extreme Go 64GB which was £15 from CeX.

[@Colin_Ames]

Clear and concise tutorial, as always. I haven’t yet got around to setting up a NAS, but this video shows how easy it will be when I finally do it.

[@abendroid]

Been using OMV for over a year. Great software for content storage.

[@talk9415]

This is an amazing guide, It would be fantastic if you can create more guides like this one and also update the old ones if major changes are made

[@dennismartineau9147]

Thank you for being so organized and a top-notch teacher. Much appreciated!

[@garrytuohy9267]

Now I know what to try on an old mini PC with only 4GB of eMMC.

[@ExplainingComputers]

Thanks for your support. :)

[@PiddeBas]

Did not know about OpenMediaVault, I've always set up my NAS computers with pure Debian but this video did indeed spawn some ideas like you said

[@rickster2317]

Thanks Chris for this very relevant video, which, as usual, you have explained in a way making it clear how to proceed. I am going to set up OMV, on an HP mini PC, using an external archival hard drive, for more reliable long-term storage. Thanks for all your hard work and informative videos.

[@talk9415]

quality content! please do more tutorials like this, super helpful

[@MudguardFan]

Very helpful. Easy to understand and follow. Got OMV setup in no time. One point though: I am using a refurbished mini PC, and had to disable safe boot before OMV would boot. I got messages about this on burning the iso to usb, otherwise I might have got stuck. All works on my desktop, but for some reason my laptop sees the OMV computer but “windows cannot access”. More fun for me sometime.

[@lillithepoo]

Excellent! This tutorial enabled me to set up a NAS step by step. Thank you!

[@ExplainingComputers]

Brilliant! Great to hear of your success.

[@strawberriebabieex3]

Very useful topic, well explained. Thank you for making this useful software accessible for the general public. if i tried to implement this simply by reading about it i don't think i would be feel confident in setting up the network access correctly. your comforting step by step explanations makes all the difference.

[@nuaimahmed7620]

“Green text on a black background is proper computing” - Couldn’t agree more 😂

[@plutarcocriterion754]

EXCELENTE ! UN MARAVILLOSO REGALO PARA ESTE DOM8NGO ! ES ESTE CANAL.

[@zacmitchell_1984]

At the time I dont need this yet. However i foresee a time that I will. I've always wondered how to do this and now I know ! Thank you for taking the time to explain this, because for some reason I've always struggled on how to setup networks like this!

[@Eon119]

I wish you had made this video 2 weeks ago Chris, lol. Last weekend I tried to setup TrueNAS, but it was a total minefield - and I wasn't prepared to spend hours and hours trying to figure out all those options. I eventually gave up on it and found Open Media Vault. Works great.

[@toshistapp6719]

Just pure awesome. TY for the Instruction/education. I will now used OMV.

[@perrymcclusky4695]

Wow, this video contains both nostalgic green text on a black background and ducks! The ingredients for a perfect video. Looking forward to your next video!

[@AMDRADEONRUBY]

Nice a new minipc related video why i love to be that fast for avoiding people saying first have a nice one

[@majorpaindiaz]

This video and the others on the channel about setting up a NAS is the clinic on the NAS topic❗

[@m8harry]

Another fantastic video!!!! Thank you for the amazing content!

[@PS_Tube]

Greetings EC. That's one comprehensive tutorial video. Thank you! Have a great week !

[@k.b.tidwell]

Excellent video instructional, Christopher! I'm teetering on the verge of escaping the online cloud with a NAS, and I'm also teetering on the verge of analysis paralysis in considering my options. But you always help me TREMENDOUSLY! Green text, black background = nestles me softly into my Commodore 64 comfort zone, my RUN magazine open before me, patiently entering "Oregon Trail" line-by-line because as a broke 14-year-old I hadn't been able to scrape up enough yet for my 1541 drive (with No2 pencil "legs" for ventilation). No, that wasn't the "factory" text color, but if you POKE a Commodore, you can work wonders.😉

[@Praxibetel-Ix]

Always nice to see another video on OpenMediaVault! And one featuring ducks too. Thanks as always! 🦆 As for 4:27, I got a story for you bunch this week; Once upon a time when I was a teenager, I tried giving "Thunderbirds" a shot. The puppets freaked me out to where [opens umbrella] I wound up shutting it off and giving the TV version of "Hitchhiker's Guide" a try instead. Bring on the virtual tomatoes. 😂

[@mikefinn2101]

Chris extremely useful video very helpful to so glad I am a member. Loved it, Plan to make my own NAS like you did

[@ExplainingComputers]

Good luck!

[@JendaLinda]

We are using OMV as well, it's great. For our use case such small PC wouldn't be sufficient because of it's limited expandibility. So our NAS is based on a traditional desktop PC with four high capacity hard drives. Everything is nicely contained in a single box.

[@martinsmith5028]

Thanks Chris. Great Video. Must look at some of the older hardware I have sitting around my home office

[@ApexPredatorWithSungGlasses]

Oh nice, just in time. I was gonna re-use my old PC (minus the case) for NAS, so this video gave me a great idea! Thanks!

[@keith2964]

I used to know some chaps that started a band called the Megabytes. Funny thing was they never got a Gig....🤣👍😎

[@ExplainingComputers]

Nice.

[@borsalinho]

really funny! Like from a Bristol citizen (music town)

[@Kalpdal2023]

Another great video, thank you! I run OMV on a Pi Zero 2W with just one 256GB sd card. It works and performs OK. +5 MB/s over SMB. There is an addon that allows using root disk as share...

[@ExplainingComputers]

Cool. I must checkout that add-on. :)

[@Kalpdal2023]

Plugin name is openmediavault-sharerootfs

[@edsteenhorst6484]

I don't have a Bmax, but I have an Awow that looks exactly like it, and I think you may have provided enough information to resurrect this little computer. Thank you!

[@ExplainingComputers]

Good luck! :)

[@jonathanleach3914]

Excellent film. Thanks

[@stevenpauly8319]

Great video. Love your content.

[@nymnicholas]

Great Vid as always. For NAS i always advice using a proper Internal Static IP. Users should learn how to do that setup from their home router. After boot into OMV, they should check Date, region and Time Zone and Time itself. Reboot and check. Try to use 2 disks for Raid 1 at least and setup email notifications in case there is an error. Peace :-)

[@timypp2894]

Great lesson in openvault. I'll look into doing an ov raid unit. Much thanks

[@cgiannopoulos13]

I hear "Thunderbirds are GO!" i upvote :P

[@ronspi]

Thank you very much, Chris. That was straight and to the point. Those mini PCs have many usages, and this application is a great way to utilize the hardware and the software.

[@jgranahan]

Another great video!

[@reggiep75]

Time add this to the KZbin favourites folder ready for when I do my new build next year. 👍

[@joaojotta64]

That Amiga clock cursor looks amazing! 😃

[@ExplainingComputers]

Yes, I do like that too. :)

[@andrewjoseph1363]

I would love a part two with in depth features like software raid plugins syncing etc otherwise educational video

[@chrismorgan441]

Very interesting. Thank you for this walkthrough, Chris.

[@techmaster-ch5yd]

A very good video, that can help beginners to setup their first NAS for local usage, next step will be to explain how to setup the NAS in order to access it from the internet (cloud usage), with security features like encryption, VPN, perhaps you have already covered these aspects on another video.

[@DaCat2]

Hi Christopher, as always a brilliant topic and your explanations make it so easy to follow. Thank you!

[@UsamaNada]

Something new i learned today. Clear explanation. Definitely going to implement this setup

[@woodwaker1]

Thanks for posting this. I have a fairly recent PC that can't officially run Win11, but has 6 SATA ports, will make a great NAS.

[@ElDuke717]

I wish I knew about this channel and had this video before I bought my Synology NAS a few months ago.

[@SuperCacahuete93]

Bonjour Chris, superbe et intéressante vidéo comme toujours 😊

[@gloiloidn5752]

This is great! I also wanted to make a NAS with an old PC at my home!

[@Oharafolk]

Thank you so much Chris! really helpful video.

[@awesomearizona-dino]

YES- i was just installing OMV last night on an old Tower PC, so this will help me finish setup.

[@k9slover]

Very good video, well explained and informative. In other words, it worked for me.

[@youdolantube]

An excellent video as usual. This will be my next project...

[@HKey_Root]

Fabuloso. I love this stuff. Many thanks Chris.

[@lexshizumdot2115]

It seems so easy, I might give it a go. Great video

[@ExplainingComputers]

Good luck! :)

[@TheGrisu486]

... and again a very nice topic, simply beautifully prepared and presented! Unfortunately without Stanley the knife and Mr Scissors 😄😄😄