How to build a storage server from scratch and why you SHOULDN'T!

Описание: There are some incredibly well-built storage platforms that allow you to take your own hardware and turn it into a complete turn-key storage solution, taking all the complexity out of building your own storage server by hand. This got me thinking, can I build my own bespoke storage server myself? And what would that even look like? Turns out, it's a lot harder than it seems.

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*Chapters*
0:00 Introduction
1:27 What features should it have?
2:21 Which OS and packages to install
3:18 Let’s talk about the GUI
5:23 Comparing Cockpit to Webmin
7:08 Installing the OS and base packages
14:00 Installing the Cockpit applications
17:36 Looking at our completed Cockpit
20:34 Configuring ZFS through Cockpit
22:20 Troubleshooting Updates in Cockpit
24:20 Creating an SMB share
25:29 Final Thoughts
27:58 Closing!