For once I didn't get bored half-way through a YouTube video. I might try this but how easy is it to attach half a dozen USB SSDs? By the way, a router that routes signals, is pronounced rooter. A router that routs grooves in wood is pronounced router (to rhyme with pouter, one who pouts.
@plaguedoct0r Says:
You don't really need a separate drive for OMV, you can just use a partition.
@WillosRock Says:
Great video. Shares were helpful. Found a mouseless copy and paste technique on a green screen decades ago. Used it with vi. Those were the days.
@jefrisurya95 Says:
for cctv nas storage on hikvision dvr, is it using SMB or other protocol? Thank...
@rupeshrathod8123 Says:
how to acces files from other place, like cloud storage ? , thanks in advance.
@azarobi Says:
I can not seem to configure the network correctly. The IP address it shows after installation does not even belong to me homes subnet. sigh.
@AmyJinkerson-d1f Says:
On a scale of 1 to 10 this guy gets a 20 thanks Chris
@AmyJinkerson-j1i Says:
Chris can you send me a message please about open media vault can the server wireless like have it in another room with out a LAN cable connected to the router or modem i need to know
@MadisonChanchiHang Says:
@13:00 "proper computing" 😅
@motzingg Says:
Excellent video, great pacing!
@youssefessahli2179 Says:
All Linux distros and using Windows at last. Ipocrisia 😂
@Grazell Says:
Your mini pc IS a single board computer
@HKey_Root Says:
I know the script for this vid off by heart. Had tremendous difficulty expanding this NAS. After what appeared to be a successful installation drives would simply disappear the next day. Like a dog with a bone and dozens of retries later I had to resort to eliminating M.2 cradles, M.2 drives and USB leads. The problem was poor manufacturing quality of both USB-A to USB-C and USB-C to USB-C leads that weren't USB-C spec. (discarding, of course, charge only leads first). I've thrown away 5 leads where the manufacturers haven't adhered to USB-C spec.
@AmyJinkerson-d1f Says:
I just got my open media vault finally finished thanks for the help
@dpwaaw Says:
Thanks for a great video...I currently use a Raspberry Pi OMV with a 2Terabyte raid 1 storage. It is set up very similar to this mini PC
@myhomeaudio8751 Says:
Best video I have found for omv
@gasracing5000 Says:
Thank you, this helpful. 🤜🤛🏾
@stanviilg Says:
Use it before tolk about it.U can use one drive for os and install plugin to use root filesystem for storage. Or u can install omv, then boot from usb live Ubuntu or any other Linux and resaize sistem partition and add new for your data....
@CollaborativeFilms Says:
You got me at "5-4-3-2-1 Thunderbirds are go and all that!" Great, and very informative video. Thank you for sharing it!
@AmyJinkerson-d1f Says:
Thank you Christopher for the information and help it worked out great for me
@bmiller949 Says:
Thank you for explaining the main points how to get your NAS set up.
@libervolucion Says:
Really helpful, thank you for sharing.
@JohnnyJTav Says:
I used a Rasp Pi 4 with 160gb MVme and followed setup for OMV. Works Great.😎
@JasonTechSF Says:
I am confused: At 15:14, why do we have to create another share? Haven't we already created a share called BMAX earlier?
@rondlh20 Says:
1:39 The boot drive CAN be used for network data storage, they offer a plugin to enable this capability (openmediavault-sharerootfs)
@edmundocartagena9660 Says:
You better removed the section you recommended 'Balena Etcher" as it damages the USB!
@Tome4kkkk Says:
So is that Bmax B1 Plus still a better SBC option for NAS in 2025? Any other recommendations?
@fazum Says:
Perfect! Thanks!
@abulka Says:
Explaining openmediavault with the snapraid+mergerfs plugins would be an excellent part 2, to make things properly raid-like, using multiple drives pooled as one volume. Simulated drive failures and replacing a drive would make a part 3. I’ve just been through all this myself and it’s not easy (but doable) and needs ‘explaining’. 😉
@shrinivasexe Says:
Thanks! That was very helpful
@IanNewYashaTheFinalAct Says:
I just found out the hard way: OMV7 and/or the Bmax B1 just like the one used here in this tutorial does NOT recognize a microSD card larger than 128gb in the native slot or 256gb via USB card reader. The new 512 gb micro SDXC I bought does not show up at all even though I could use it and even format it on a Windows PC
@bertitolino Says:
Great tutorial, but with the last step, Windows 10 Pro refuses to make access with the shared folder, unknown error. This happens with mybooklive too. Is there any port I should open on the modem/router?
@DimitrisSKG Says:
I installed it but the only thing that I see when I connect to the IP is the icon Dashboard with nothing underneeth it :( No options.. What did I did wrong?
@xtalplanet Says:
As usual, straight forward an easy to follow tutorial, Thanks
@shahzadhaider9195 Says:
Well, if you only need to access your files on the local network, why go through all this hassle? Just share a folder in Windows—totally unnecessary.
@misu05Bv Says:
Nice! 😎
@baiano05-dhe Says:
Thanks for video. I have a mini pc asus with 2955u cpu and 16gb of ram. Can it run OMV? whit same docker too?
@hansM6683 Says:
Encouraged by your very informative video and other people here on YouTube I build my first NAS and installed openmedia vault...again and again...and again. There was always something and however many forums i visited, it was a frustrating experience. Every time I got to a point, when I thought everything was done, there it was again, 500 internal error. I plugged in my NAS directly to the router for a stable internet connection, installed the necessary plugins to create Raid arrays and still when I wanted to save the pending configuration changes, there it was again 500 internal server error. My system is a 5600g with 32gigs of Ram on a mini ITX board from Gigabyte, with all the latest bios updates. 4 disks are direktly connected to the board with sata, another 2 are connected to an pci sata adapter, because mini itx.
@gavin_x7x Says:
I went through every step and everything went well until came to "map network drive" it says "Windows cannot access //OPENMEDIAVAULT"
@BartoszRodziewicz Says:
Nice tutorial, just one question why would you use smb to access a network drive under Linux when there are better options available?
@opensourcetexas Says:
Great video. Love your content.
@k9slover Says:
Very good video, well explained and informative. In other words, it worked for me.
@amonraboga Says:
Can you connect a DAS to a mini pc and use it like a NAS
@ethansiva Says:
What if I'm outside home and have to access my NAS?
@erolzabunoglu6295 Says:
Thank you.
@joeykido1450 Says:
Realy nice and straight to target video. Im sadly stuck on the permission stepp.
I did setup a user with all the read/write permissions, granted him acces. but windows did not let me login with the user data. I dont get the popup for it...
@MudguardFan Says:
Thanks
@MudguardFan Says:
Very helpful. Easy to understand and follow. Got OMV setup in no time. One point though: I am using a refurbished mini PC, and had to disable safe boot before OMV would boot. I got messages about this on burning the iso to usb, otherwise I might have got stuck.
All works on my desktop, but for some reason my laptop sees the OMV computer but “windows cannot access”. More fun for me sometime.
@flirtypie Says:
Thanks for the walkthrough
@HeberFerrazLeite Says:
With all due respect ... this video only showed the trivial part.
The non-trivial that I would be interested in is: how do I attach 3 or more HDDs to such a mini-PC to create a large RAID5?
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