In this video I'll be looking at how you can turn a cheap computer, that would cost around 50$€ on Ebay, into a budget NAS server with Openmediavault 5.
In the part 1 of this series, I'll focus on installing, setting up storage and setting up a shared folder.

On the next video I'll be explaining how to add more drives and how to setup RAID. If you'd like to follow this video series, please consider subscribing and activate notifications by clicking on the bell button.

Table of Contents (TOC):
00:00 - Intro
01:47 - Installing hardware
03:26 - Downloading and burning Openmediavault
05:05 - Installing Openmediavault
08:14 - Accessing Openmediavault
08:20 - Updating Openmediavault
09:07 - Wiping the data disk
09:50 - Creating the file system on the data disk
10:50 - Mounting the data disk
11:18 - Creating a shared folder
12:02 - Creating the SMB shared folder
13:00 - Testing

Useful links
https://www.openmediavault.org/

Configure Group Policy to enable guest logons:
https://www.techcrumble.net/2018/03/y...


Below you'll find some links for the hardware used in this video and some alternatives so that you can judge for yourself what best fits your needs.

A small disclaimer:
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Caddy used in this build:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32970...

Alternative caddies:
Dual 2.5" HDD/SSD & One 3.5" HDD: https://amzn.to/3chzu26
5.25” Ext. Bay to 3.5” HDD/Device Bay + Ultra Slim ODD Bay: https://amzn.to/3iSuy4S
Dual 2X 2.5” (4 Bays) HDD/SSD Mounting Bracket for 5.25” Bay: https://amzn.to/3ac4NIT
4X 2.5” SSD/HDD & Slim/Ultra-Slim ODD Adapter for 5.25” Bay: https://amzn.to/3acB6Hu
4 Bay 2.5” SATA Hard Drive Rack Mount for 5.25" Drive Bays: https://amzn.to/3e2gket
6 x 2.5 SATA HDD/SSD Rack/Cage in 1 x 5.25 Drive Bay: https://amzn.to/2YTw4dB

NAS Hard Drives:
Recommended
Western Digital Red Line of NAS Hard drives:
https://shop.westerndigital.com/produ...

Alternative NAS Hard Drives:
https://amzn.to/39mqTJg

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