Ahhh, NASes. Wait, what’s the plural of ‘NAS’: NAS’? NASs? Who knows. Either way, network attached storage devices are a great invention: you load them up with various hard drives, then attach them to your home network somewhere.
Then you – and others in your home – can access the files in this simple and convenient central location.
When I was planning out my Homelab NAS build, I was originally going to go with a budget AM4 CPU and motherboard – costing around £100-110 in total. But I ended up going for a £120 DDR5 AM5 motherboard and £165 CPU. I explain WHY my reasoning in this video, along with covering when it’s … Read more
My Homelab NAS is finally up and running. I have moved all the video content over to it, and this is actually the first video that I produced/edited entirely over my home network. Noice! When setting up my custom NAS, you might have noticed that I simply installed Debian on it – and not TrueNAS, … Read more
Phew, it’s finally here! I have spoken about building a new Homelab NAS (to store all my video content) in a few previous videos, but here is the full build and OS setup. I decided to roll a Windows 11 and Debian 12 dual boot, but Debian will be the primary OS. Because I kept … Read more
I have a LOT of videos to store (due to this YouTube channel and also my 6x PoE CCTV camera system). I always used to think that my storage and backup storage system was fine – until I completely ran out of backup disk space. Whoops. Unfortunately my previous backup space provider (Synology C2) was … Read more
Due to my CCTV system and all the videos I’m producing for Tech Overwrite, I recently ran out of disk space on: Whoops. Plus my current home network and NAS is too slow to accommodate network-based video editing, so I have ended up having video files across a range of devices – which isn’t ideal. … Read more
When setting up your brand new PC, it’s easy to forget essential equipment protection like surge protector power strips. But did you know that some people argue that a UPS is “necessary” too? I actually use a combination of surge protectors, UPS backup power and Ethernet Surge Arrestors in my home (and garage). Why is … Read more
I always knew that ‘at some point’ I wanted a fully wired CCTV camera system, recording 24/7 instead of motion-only cameras that can often miss key events. So when I moved house in 2023, I immediately set to work on running Ethernet cabling EVERYWHERE – including into my detached garage, and also my attic. I … Read more
I freely admit that my study (and PC) looks a bit… boring: The lack of sparkly RGBs or triple 4K monitors means that I won’t win any style awards. However I’m actually pretty happy with my home computing setup, which includes a fairly powerful 4K video editing PC (that has 12 cores and 64GB of … Read more
A NAS (network attached storage) isn’t JUST for saving and accessing files. A good NAS can actually support a lot more – from hosting websites to being a digital document management system. I personally use my NAS as a CCTV surveillance station, controlling and capturing footage from my four Power over Ethernet cameras. This video … Read more
Households and offices that are packed full of gadgets and computers can be a great thing, but they can also make syncing files between them difficult. For example, you might have some sensitive financial docs on your main home PC, but you can’t easily share them with other devices. Sometimes people then resort to emailing … Read more
