Better yet, you could even build your own NAS if you'd like to do something geeky. We've covered how toturn a low-power Raspberry Pi into a dedicated NAS for your home network. It's a bit like turning a general-purpose PC into a NAS, but it's a better option because it's smal...
How To Set Up a NAS (Network Attached Storage) We’re going to need a few things to get the most out of a NAS device. First, we’ll require a primary media player, such as a personal computer, to attach the NAS to our network. Next, the NAS itself, purchased pre-built or otherw...
Furthermore, raspiBackup can be used to back up the microSD of your Raspberry Pi to all kinds of hosts and/or cloud services. In my guide, however, I will only describe the backup configuration to a Synology NAS.Finished piNET DevicepiNET (Front)piNET (Back)Hardware...
In many cases, people end up thinking in terms of “NAS vs. server.” In fact, a decent server machine can act as a DIY NAS. It’s even possible to build aRaspberry Pi NASwith the approach described here. Usually, the only reason to invest in dedicated NAS hardware is whenextremeperf...
Using Raspberry Pi as a web server Have you always wanted to operate your own web server? Raspberry Pi makes this goal more realistic, without commanding a high price and expert-level knowledge for set-up: hosting a website’s test environment or a private cloud is just as manageable for ...
In this tutorial, we will show you how to set up a simple NAS on your Ubuntu system. NAS stands for network-attached storage and is essentially a way for you to provide access to files on your Ubuntu device. Other computers can attach this storage device and write files to it as if ...
Fig. 4 - Setting up Raspberry as a headless box Tip 3: Optimizing memory usage Raspberry Pi has 1 GB of RAM and you can tell it to split the RAM between running programs (system) and how much is to be used by the GPU. Theamount of RAM required depends on your needs. Default 64MB...
If you’ve followed the steps correctly, your VM will boot up, and you can use it pretty much the same way you would on a hypervisor. Unless you’re using a low-power device like theRaspberry Pi as a NAS, you shouldn’t encounter many performance hiccups when using the virtual machine...
In this tutorial, we will be showing you how to set up and configure the Transmission torrent client on your Raspberry Pi. Transmission is an excellent solution for torrenting on the Raspberry Pi. It is a relatively light client that is designed to use fewer resources than other torrent ...
. Remote access is normally set up automatically. If this isn’t possible. you will receive a message that says: “Not available outside of your network”. You will now have to set up a port on your router for remote access. Click the box that saysManually define a public portand set...