NAS or netbook?

Question

Iron

There was a need for a home network storage.
Of the requirements:
-Low noise level.
-Compactness.
-Ability to install your own custom software. Web server, python with modules, etc. More or less normal performance is desirable, at least for image resize on the fly.
-Price. Of course, the lower the better.
-Speed ​​and stability of work via samba, FTP /
From the advantages of a netbook, while I saw for myself, this is a low noise level, “uninterruptible out of the box”, and you can buy a BU at flea markets cheaply.
How are things with NAS? What models come with a normal linux on board (preferably something based on debian), so that you can easily connect via SSH and install whatever you want, without perversions like on most routers?

Answer 1

MiniITX board with some kind of atom or AMD E350-E450, memory, case to taste. It will be more functional and cheaper.

Answer 2

If there is no need to store a large amount of data and ensure its security by mirroring, then a netbook is the best option.
NASes with good processors and a margin of RAM are noticeably more expensive than netbooks (even new ones). [If I'm wrong in this, poke the link - I'll update the home park]
But you obviously won't build large amounts of data and any kind of raid1 on a netbook.

Answer 3

experthd.ru/products/gi-ms100-xtreamer-pro
only linux is not what you want ... but a bunch of packages are already preinstalled and are included in the web interface. The web server is there.

Answer 4

In addition, my not very successful experience with the choice of NAS.
The death of the sata controller in the desktop freed up a couple of terabytes, which did not have enough ports of the second controller. For them, I decided to take a separate box with a backlog for "digging around" and the criterion "inexpensive".
I settled on Netgear readynas nv + rnd4000 v2 for 4 slots. Took for something like about 8-9k.
Already in the process of operation, I found out why it is so inexpensive: writing to a raid over the network pulls out somewhere around 25MB / s (in the desktop, disks pull about 80), a machine on a slow arm with 256MB of RAM sewn in (unlike its predecessor brother, it does not have SO -DIMM expansion slot).
With built-in / downloadable applications, the readynas arm line is also not very rosy.
But Debian-based Linux is under the hood.
Those. you can use it as a not too fast storage and host non-resource-intensive applications inside, but you won’t be able to roam.

Answer 5

As an alternative:
ODROID-U2 $89
+
USB HDD dock $28
+ Linux distribution card + screws
Total from $120
Performance is quite decent (~atomic level), power consumption and noise are minimal.

Answer 6

At one time I purchased a NAS from Netgear (Stora). Usb socket, 2 connectors for 3.5 hard drives, the ability to hack and install the necessary software. But the biggest plus, of course, is the low noise level. Of course, by default, there is practically no software in it, and Netgear's policy with the option of purchasing the necessary software additionally did not please me, but getting root and installing OpenMediaVault and no Netgear tricks are terrible. The price tag for the device is not particularly biting. In fact, the new Stora will be cheaper than the new netbook, as well as the advantage that it is possible to install hard drives 3.5 inches.