Every mistake is a learning opportunity

Every mistake is a learning opportunity

I got a Network Attached Storage from the one of the best-known companies for storage, Western Digital (WD) - WD MY CLOUD HOME DUO 4 TB. Used it for about 6 months to realize that the file I deleted in the NAS is gone forever! Then discovered there is no trash / recycle bin - can you imagine buying a device to protect your files but doesn’t have an option recover an accidental delete. On top, if your internet connection is down, files cannot be accessed locally from NAS. Western Digital hope you are listening.

What to do now?

A bend in the road is not the end of the road unless you fail to make the turn!

This incident inspired me to build a full-scale NAS all by myself. After 3 months of juggling around hardware & software, I have a NAS which protects accidental deletes, works even when there’s no internet, with a RAID configuration to take care of hardware failures and accessible remotely. What a memorable way to conclude 2022. Welcome 2023

Hardware / software I got:

  • 2 TB Hard disks from existing WD NAS
  • Raspberry PI 4
  • Connector cables for the HDD
  • HDD Power supply
  • Wooden planks to build the case
  • Open Media Vault (https://www.openmediavault.org/)
  • Jellyfin ?(https://jellyfin.org/)
  • Debian Linux OS
  • And a final touch with a nice painting from my daughter

#westerndigital #nas #raspberrypi #debian #openmediavalut #jellyfin

Few moments of the journey

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Transformation from WD NAS to Personalized NAS


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NAS diagnostics dashboard & configuration app



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User interface on TV / Laptop (Internet image to avoid personal photos)


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Mobile app (Internet image to avoid personal photos)


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Dismantling and connecting new hardware & software installation / configuration


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Testing new power supply module, trash functionality, raid configuration, system performance, upload / download speeds


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Packaging it together with power supply, network, LED indicators


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Final Outcome with a nice painting from my daughter

Great work sir. Your innovative and useful idea is appreciable. ?????? Good solution!!!

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Raghunandan Mishra

R&D and Innovation in AI and Blockchain Technologies

1 年

This is cool ??

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Deepak Prabhu Matti (he/him)

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Employee Volunteering leader | Corporate Citizenship | Sustainability | Strategy and program planning | Program Management | Organizational development | Getting things done

1 年

Wow. Hats off.

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