Scrap DIY NAS – Technologie Hub Wien

The idea is to build a hot-swap-able NAS using spare parts i have lying around, source what i lack from friends and 3d print the rest

The budget would idealy be 0€, but 30€ is a more realistic approach, because some parts like the N4 backplate aren’t that easy to find cheaper (or free).

Software (details will follow when the hardware side is taken care of):

TrueNas
Scrutiny
- Harddisk Monitoring because of the old disks
Side2side
- wireguard
- alternativly tailscale (if I’m lazy)
Jellyfin
- Media Server (because subscription services suck)
etc

Hardware:

What i have:

HP Probook 450 G3 (i5 6th gen, 8GB RAM)

4x 1TB HDDs (old, but working)

1x 128GB m.2 sata SSD for OS

3d Printer (Bambulab P2S)

What I am printing:

Moonyx’s “HDD Cage” for 4 bays

The Chassie
- iImight have to construct it to fit my meassurements.
- This will be the last part so i am waiting for everything else to be ready.

What I am trying to source (cheaper) at the moment:

I am currently looking for cheaper alternatives. The total cost of these is about 50€ (via the links provided)

Server backplate
- for Jonsbo N4
  - the other items are chosen to fit its requirements
  - it allows to hot-swap the HDDs
  - https://de.aliexpress.com/item/1005009750330558.html

Key-E to Sata adapter
- https://de.aliexpress.com/item/1005009769497561.html
- transformes WIFI slot into storage
- 4 port would be cooler, but twice as expansive and the motherboard can provide the other 2 connections

Step-Down Voltage Regulator (or whatever this is called)
- https://de.aliexpress.com/item/1005010745742331.html
- Sata and Molex outputs for the N4 Bckplate