NAS - Build a Linux NAS

There are multiple steps:

  1. Install OS
  2. Add additional software
  3. Prepare the RAID Disks
  4. Create a Software RAID Array
  5. Create a Filesystem
  6. Mount the RAID Array
  7. Create a Samba Share
  8. Data Scrubing
  9. Power Consumption
  10. Tune the System
  11. Benchmark the System
  12. Monitor the System
  13. Support recovering from a faulty disk

Resources

http://www.ducea.com/2009/03/08/mdadm-cheat-sheet/

https://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-raid-increase-resync-rebuild-speed.html

https://h3x.no/2011/07/09/tuning-ubuntu-mdadm-raid56

https://developer.ibm.com/tutorials/l-4kb-sector-disks/

https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-general-1/recovering-mdadm-superblocks-713234/