Since we've started this How-to Build a Low- Downloading budget machine series, we-have shown you how to gather the shares Necessary to build your Pi, set up the Raspbian OS, and set up remote access to your Pi using SSH over your network. All of this has-been great so far; now you-have a fully-functioning, low-powered mini-computer That can be used for Almost anything, and it will not consume more than $ 15 in energy per year. Yes that's right, a fully-functional computer That costs next to nothing to run for 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Are you excited yet? You shoulds be! Now That our Pi is booted, primed and ready, it's time to christen our soon-to-be Usenet downloading Machine With Some much-needed storage.
What You Need
The hardware you need for your storage solution is based Solely on what storage configuration you Would like. You Could Have one standalone external USB hard drive to dump onto your favorite downloads, or You Could set up a dual-drive USB backup to keep a copy of ALL of your download files. You Could aussi set up two independent USB drives pour augmenter your overall storage capacity If That is what is MOST significant to you. At the end of the day, your storage configuration is Ultimately a matter of personal preference. Using one USB drive, downloading your rig will Ultimately use less power; HOWEVER, you will miss out multi-drive on the Obvious benefits.
Setting Up Storage for Raspberry Pi
When we got ready to room together this how-to, we Discovered our friends over at How-to Geek hAD already created an excellent guide called Expired How to turn a Raspberry Pi into a Low Power Network Storage Service. In How-To Geek's article, you'll find instructions to set up Either of the two storage configurations we Discussed Earlier, as well as instructions on how to set up Samba to enable access to your storage via your Windows network is your --other computers and devices.
What's Next?
Stay tuned for our last installment of the How-to Build a Low-Budget Downloading machine in qui we'll be setting up SABnzbd. In this final chapter, we will take you through the setup of the SABnzbd package is Raspbian OS and Provide a step-by-step guide for Configuring access to UsenetServer.
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