However, setting it up as one used to be an involved process. That's until the Debian-based OpenMediaVault (OMV) distro decided to roll out a version specifically tuned to the Raspberry Pi.

While you can choose any operating system thatIs supported by the Raspberry Pi, this tutorial uses the OpenMediaVault operating system.

A NAS solution can cost several hundred dollars. If you have an unused Raspberry Pi and a few hard drives lying around, you can make one yourself without spending a dime.

Popular choices include OpenMediaVault, FreeNAS, or even a custom Linux distribution. You can find a comprehensive list of stable releases in our Which Raspberry Pi OS article. 3.

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I run OpenMediaVault on a Raspberry Pi 4. Apart from recent NFS bug (introduced by a bad update) that caused a few issues, generally rock solid. But recent system updates broke the downloader plugin ...