Turn Your Old Computer Into A NAS For Free!

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Turn Your Old Computer Into A NAS For Free! - FreeNAS 2020 Tutorial

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In today's video, I will be showing you how to make your very own cloud for free! This is called a NAS and it stands for Network-attached storage. Meaning that if you don't trust the large companies with your files you can now create your very own cloud using software called FreeNAS. If you have an old computer or laptop this will end up costing you absolutely nothing! You can run software like Plex and Samba shares on it too. Making your life a lot easier.
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Пікірлер: 258

@CNYKnifeNerd 4 жыл бұрын

Saaayyyy... you have a voice for raaadio...

@Bear-form 3 жыл бұрын

The Nazzz

@catchdjaks 3 жыл бұрын

Yes.. Actually

@notsure7874 3 жыл бұрын

I got a face for radio, and a voice for print!

@saiverx 2 жыл бұрын

Compressor does wonders

@MichaelButlerC Жыл бұрын

How do you produce that sound with your vocal chords!?

@pancake_king1106 4 жыл бұрын

Yesss please make a video on VMs and port forwarding

@MrRaven2514 3 жыл бұрын

Keep in mind that port forwarding opens that port open to the entire internet including the shady side of it as well. Make sure you secure it...

@robnilson3613 2 жыл бұрын

followed the video pretty much step by step, got it working, all is well, copying data from my PC to the NAS now, Thanks, Really appreciate the video and it's ease, now off to figure out PLEX

@SPMG769 Жыл бұрын

BTW, I would like to see you post a more in depth guide on FreeNAS; your method of explanation is easy to grasp and apply. 👍🏿

@huetrojas1587 3 жыл бұрын

couldn't you make multiple partitions on your drive? one for the OS rest for storage.

@leonardfluhart3532 3 жыл бұрын

Thats a good question I might look into that

@spradeep 3 жыл бұрын

No, ZFS doesn't work like that

@juanramirez6928 3 жыл бұрын

Bro this video was exactly what I was looking for. Thank you! You should make a video on the rest of the features 🤟

@justminibanana9128 3 жыл бұрын

does it work with external hdd's? i have 2TB

@atetraxx Ай бұрын

@AndyKunkel 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the quick and easy tutorial, SUBBED.

@Steal_Tanker Жыл бұрын

Notice in the reflection of his pc case's glass that his bed isn't exactly 100% xD Awe This guy puts us first instead of bed, dam that dedication xD.

@jimkf90 3 жыл бұрын

This was a very nice and informative video, thanks!

@whatwouldyoudoslides8038 3 жыл бұрын

Bro your voice is ,👌👌you got a Hollywood voice

@laurenthebert3078 4 жыл бұрын

Very nice! I want to do this exact setup but I just have three questions : 1. Will using external usb HDD work or it needs to be the internal one? 2. You said that the HDD in the comuper gets wiped when you set FreeNas up. Is there a way to instal a linus OS on the computers disk after the fact and switch between FreeNAS and Linux? 3. Do you know how is the battery consumption on this setup since the laptop will be plugged in 24/7? thanks for making this video I can't wait to try it out :)

@timothyabutal 3 жыл бұрын

More tutorials? Like other functionality of it? I love how you explain stuff

@abu0082 2 жыл бұрын

Makes sense since you can't connect using an iPhone, iPhone's aren't slightly open source, while Android it's.

@-KSH- 3 жыл бұрын

AYYY, This guy is a legend!!

@l333ch0r 3 жыл бұрын

ok, the part with the coffee let me close the video

@crisscrossam 3 жыл бұрын

nice video! i just saw some unraid stuff and thought it would be way more technical or harder to set up than unraid but it seems to be pretty simple if you just want a basic NAS server. i just have one question: if i have multiple drives in the NAS and configure them into a pool, how will they be configured? which type of RAID will it use?

@HimanshuGupta-pm3yv 3 жыл бұрын

Can we access it from anywhere via internet ?

@CarlosHernandez-nf4xd 3 жыл бұрын

I was thinking about building hard drive array out of some old computer parts. I choose freeNAS because it uses ZFS. A very interesting filing system that make sure the files won't be corrupted. Now that you have shown me how to install makes my job easier. Thank you for your video and time. Subbed.

@judethecat1 4 жыл бұрын

great video mate love learning new tips and tricks be good to see full set up

@SPMG769 Жыл бұрын

Lol, 🤯in my infinite wisdom, I to installed directly to the SSD and got instantly frustrated 🤦🏿‍♂️. Thanks for this recap/tutorial 👍🏿

@blakeds1 Жыл бұрын

I had two issues, small but just two. First, you were showing the process really fast, a more normal pace would've been amazing. Two, you didn't really show a simple method. Other video were more simplified which made things easier to follow. Still gave you a thumbs up.

@TheRafalblog 3 жыл бұрын

thanks for this video I just have installed the Free Nas day ago and I have been looking at how to start the fun. Gotta say you nailed it, bro!!

@AdityaSauravadi_saurav 2 жыл бұрын

Can we acess the files over internet or mobile data?

@TheRafalblog 2 жыл бұрын

@@AdityaSauravadi_saurav yes you need to engage port forwarding in your router.

@AdityaSauravadi_saurav 2 жыл бұрын

Can we access files over internet?

@lowellfultz1990 3 жыл бұрын

The clearest video I've seen on this subject so far. Thank you! Hope you wouldn't mind answering a question...if I do this on a Desktop that has 2 Hard Drives, and one has Windows 10 installed, and say I wanted to boot to Windows 10 occasionally, will that be a problem? Meaning, does the FreeNAS install break Windows 10, and then when I boot back to FreeNAS, would it be broken then?

@MNWCreations 3 жыл бұрын

You should be able to boot to windows on a separate hard drive by accessing your bios and selecting what drive to boot from. Both can't be loaded on the same hard drive.

@lowellfultz1990 3 жыл бұрын

@@MNWCreations Gotcha. Completely answers my question. Thank you sir!

@ninaddeshmukh654 3 жыл бұрын

Nice job this is what I was looking for

@vitor.3724 Жыл бұрын

4 drive raid (5 or 01) is a must. If that one drive this video shows fails, your data is toast

@rufon5562 Жыл бұрын

Raid 1 bettee

@wartlme 3 жыл бұрын

Think you should change the title to setup FreeNAS with SMB not Cloud NAS.

@gianlucavaccaro1051 4 жыл бұрын

Many thanks for the video! Does it support RAID 1 or more?

@CNYKnifeNerd 4 жыл бұрын

Supports RAID 0,1,1E,5,6,10,50,60

@stavvers 3 жыл бұрын

Great video! Subbed

@Carlokrebs Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for this very simple very cool very fast tutorial 🤙

@pan_ryba9710 2 жыл бұрын

the mug sip convinced me to sub

@2u263 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this useful tutorial. Please do a tutorial on the VM, thank you. What is the difference between Free Nas & Setting up A Linux Nas on an old Computer?

@PiyathPamuditha 2 жыл бұрын

Can you make a tutorial about, How to Install TrueNas and Plugins on same SSD (by splitting the SSD) ? That would be so helpful. Regards from Sri Lanka

@andystech101 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing video and easy to follow, thanks very much 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

@ikeo8666 3 жыл бұрын

that shakey came was really cool

@m.bilalansari6653 3 жыл бұрын

First of all great video. I just wanted to know can I transfer files from any other computer using an internet connection or can I only transfer files to the NAS if it is on the same network?

@TheMysticle 3 жыл бұрын

that depends if you port forward it ;)

@m.bilalansari6653 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheMysticle can you do a video on how to port forward?

@spradeep 3 жыл бұрын

www.reddit.com/r/freenas/comments/9sm1ho/guide_for_installing_nextcloudowncloud/

@westonverhulst 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheMysticle Can you please make a video showing how to port forward?

@vitorials536 4 жыл бұрын

You should definitely do another video on how to fully set it up/ How to port forward the internet for it

@TheMysticle 4 жыл бұрын

Perfect I will definitely do that, just wanted to make sure people actually want to see it

@brandongamingnl9753 3 жыл бұрын

*some* of the buttons to get in tge boot menu on different motherboards: F2 F8 F10 F12 DEL ESC Most common ones are F2 Or F12 Most uncommon i think is ESC

@joshuaSundeep 3 жыл бұрын

You can even put nextcloud on it so it becumes your very own cloud storage but it's owned by you.

@PixelSheep 2 жыл бұрын

Hey long time subscriber here - I think even before 10K :D but this already have me a pretty nice trip down memory lane :D Just searched for Nas tutorials as I'm wanting to build my own to store all my video data and well saw your channel :D Crazy how far you have come from even mid 2020 Do you know the specs of your old yoga book? I'm looking for what the minimum spec should be I can go with :)

@Eddylive 3 жыл бұрын

Looks very easy, is it really that easy? I'm gonna try, great video, subbed

@ChrisWhite-dt3dz 3 жыл бұрын

This tutorial is okay, but my question is how do perform this process if I'm using a desktop device as my backup server for my job?

@RC-go2kl 7 ай бұрын

2:44 Geez, hard times create hard men, we are living in soft times right now.

@lse123polis 2 жыл бұрын

My PC HP desktop is unable to boot on usb stick, only on DVD or actual C:/ drive, can install freeNAS on hdd C:/ dual boot Windows 10 home, and use external USB devices HDDs or USB Sticks for NAS Storage??

@nitrousman8882 3 жыл бұрын

Is it still going to be free (with the new name change?) Great video. Good idea asking for content idea... but would suggest you just go ahead and do a video on using FreeNAS..... Thanks for taking time to produce it! Take care, Doug

@justminibanana9128 3 жыл бұрын

still free, just a new name.

@straightoutgaming4304 Жыл бұрын

Bro I need some fan art you killing it

@Airmanfr 3 жыл бұрын

JL COMFURNI 😮 Good choice 😁

@glenvittan4821 4 жыл бұрын

YOU ARE A GOOD TECHER IT REALY HELP ME

@bigO1960 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks I have an old hp desktop with a 2 tb drive. Now i know what I am going to do with it. Another system drive died and I lost files I wanted. future problems solved.

@iban890 4 жыл бұрын

Great Vid! more please!

@falco8342 4 жыл бұрын

mój fanart

@watchog1834 4 жыл бұрын

kozak! :'D

@rrpedrigal 3 жыл бұрын

How to add another storage or how can you expand the storage?

@RossDanby 4 жыл бұрын

Great video ❤ Would love to see a video on VMs and Docker containers.

@greyshadow7786 3 жыл бұрын

Nice phineas and ferb mugs

@evanfun4220 4 жыл бұрын

Can you help me in the pool section my hard drive is not showing!! plzz help

@piercedyouth 3 жыл бұрын

Hello. At around 3:00 into the video you say that "if you are not using a lap top which is technically, not recommended..." but you don't really elaborate on this. could you explain what you mean by that? are you saying it is not recommended that you install FreeNAS on a desktop? Are you saying it is not recommended that you install that particular hard drive into anything that isn't a lap top? Sorry, i just got a little confused as to what wasn't recommended? Thanks.

@_GhostMiner 4 жыл бұрын

Running minecraft server on own computer is surprisingly easy and probably even better than paying for a server if you want to host a small server. The only drawback Is it has to be on 24/7 and if the computer is crap you might have issues with TPS/world loading.

@suvankardas7932 3 жыл бұрын

crazy bro awesome

@PssupplementreviewsbyPete 3 жыл бұрын

Hey, great vid man. Have you tested FreeNAS with "Raid 0" setup? Will setting up multiple drives to a pool give an option to disks act like a Raid 0?

@erraddict 3 жыл бұрын

I would do this for a PLEX server, would that work?

@whilhelm9511 5 ай бұрын

You keep referring to docker in FreeNAS, and saying you can run anything you can run within "linux", FreeNAS is not Linux, nor does it have Docker (technically, can work with very hacky workarounds, but FreeNAS is not using docker in any capacity).

@joealex2463 3 жыл бұрын

is a 250mb usb drive enough for the installer one? I only have one 8gb and one 250mb usb drive

@prapanchpv1123 2 жыл бұрын

Wait so if the usb gets wrecked then wouldn't I lose all the data on the drive since raid data can't be recovered or something?

@deadaccount6327 3 жыл бұрын

when i type in the ip address it says connection timed out

4 жыл бұрын

Dude ur just so funny, and great video, i actually found this suuuuuper useful, And im JCC-Finland_VR in dc.

@mohanakrishnaa7203 2 жыл бұрын

Great explanation thaks for video 😊

@garmit61 2 жыл бұрын

Nice clear explanation thanks. Any reason you chose Window's shares other than you're on a Windows Machine? As my computers ar Mac can you see any issue with me setting up Apple shares? My phone is Android so maybe that would have issues.

@tf8767 2 жыл бұрын

could you not just run fdisk and create a seperate partition on the hard drive and not have to worry about the sketchy usb solution

@opagp4301 3 жыл бұрын

Heyyyyy bro. I clicked on this video and I didn’t realise it was you😂 Here is my question. I don’t actually have an extra PC to spare. All the computers in my house are in use. Are there any alternatives that I can use which don’t require an old PC or a NAS?

@musicvr3368 3 жыл бұрын

phineas and ferb? WOW!!!

@Alextherock9 3 жыл бұрын

Great video!

@longlyhul2563 3 жыл бұрын

Good voice. May you let me know your microphone model please?

@jazzavfx1305 3 жыл бұрын

why were you talking weirdly in the intro

@RyJaMu 2 жыл бұрын

If you partition the hardrive could you install freenas on one partition and use the rest as samba instead off using a usb

@patek2385 4 жыл бұрын

Akurat szukałem sposobu na serwer NAS. Zajebiscie.

@vernox4510 4 жыл бұрын

I got 6 errors. I dont get the ip

@FluffyskipF 2 жыл бұрын

has anyone had any issues? like how do you know that the usb has freenas installed? because my server wont boot into it, even after it said freenas was installed into the usb. just wont boot into freenas

@levantateyora9317 3 жыл бұрын

can i use this to host my website?

@kevinmcmullen6527 3 жыл бұрын

what about using your android device, while away from home

@jeremyocampo1529 3 жыл бұрын

Help When I try to boot to my usb Freenas installer it like freezes into a black screen

@360degreesofyou7 3 жыл бұрын

Hello, what microphone you use. Thank you.

@7napoleon 3 жыл бұрын

I have tried, everything works fine until I want to copy things to my NAS. It won't let me copy any large files (like say 600 mb) and won't let me delete any files.

@maroofgpm 2 жыл бұрын

Using the same IP method can I access using Smartphone (android & iphone) or any other OS.

@nelster24 2 жыл бұрын

My laptop isnt booting up after I try to run it on TrueNas from my USB? Help please.

@leeoliver2969 4 жыл бұрын

Good tutorial. Just a little too fast.

@shinkimo 4 жыл бұрын

Pretty nice tutorial - digging the humor. Subscribed

@mr_mcdiamonds 3 жыл бұрын

help i only have 1 hard drive how do i split it up so i can use the rest of the drive for storage

@JB-lb5bj 3 жыл бұрын

Install freeNAS on a USB stick and leave it plugged in, and use your HDD/SSD to store your data on

@TheAwesomeHomestead 11 ай бұрын

Wait, why not install freenas on the hard drive?

@Aldertonartco 2 жыл бұрын

could you partition the HDD and use the seperate partition to boot? I dont like the idea of having to ue a usb the whole time...

@chrisrosenkreuz23 9 ай бұрын

cool hair bro

@AntonioCabralNumberOne 2 жыл бұрын

Howcome the first time I read his name I read The My Testicle?

@assakey4672 3 жыл бұрын

How can I setup raid1 ... I have 2 old hard drives which are 10+years old and I just want to store my music and have confidence about not losing it in case one hdd fails

@matthewrs7 3 жыл бұрын

Would repurposing an old desktop PC be cheaper than buying a Synology? I'm looking to run a Plex server with NAS Drives. Mostly direct play with maybe some remote viewing.