How To Build Your NAS

06 Nov 2025 [ Blog  Kernel  SysAdmin  Linux  ]

Building your own network storage (NAS) doesn’t have to be expensive or complicated. Today, we’ll take a look at how to approach designing your own NAS case and also how to migrate data from the original storage to the new solution.

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Hardware

PcZinophyte 6-Bay NAS motherboard Motherboard form factor comparison M.2 SATA SSDs used for the system External 12V power adapter and Mini ATX PSU 5-bay SATA power splitter cable Ubuntu Server installation

Prototype and Enclosure Design

First prototype — hardware testing and data migration NAS enclosure — bare frame NAS enclosure — clean assembled NAS enclosure — final tuned design

Build Process

Build process Build process Build process Build process Build process Build process Build process Build process Build process Build process Build process Build process Build process Build process Build process Build process Build process Build process Build process Build process Build process Build process Build process Build process Build process Build process Build process Build process Build process Finished NAS build Finished NAS build Finished NAS build

Monitoring and Services

Monitoring stack overview Grafana dashboard showing NAS metrics Component temperatures Disk power state and standby transitions ownCloud admin — enabling External Storage ownCloud — user configuring external Samba share ownCloud — user view with mounted storage Creating a Google App Password for Postfix

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