Setting up a old laptop as a NAS

I go over how I turned a old laptop into a basic NAS. I also go over the advantages and disadvantages of using a laptop as a NAS.
I know the focus had some issues, working on improving the filming in future videos.

[@stevestephens967]

You should also mention that a laptop with a good battery is immune to short power outages.

[@replica9000]

I've been using an older Thinkpad x260 as a NAS for a few years. It's been a great setup. Small footprint, quiet and idles at only 6.5W with two self powered USB 3.0 HDDs attached. I use Linux with ZFS and access everything over ssh/sshfs.

[@seanmichael7157]

Incredible tutorial. You covered everything I wanted to know, and even have a great justification for using Windows vs other OS's that are often recommended by advanced users that are building much more advanced setups than the average user. Thank you for your contribution

[@eg7226]

Great job... Thanks for taking the time to show those steps. Keep up the good work.

[@k.b.tidwell]

Thanks for the video. Subbed. I've wanted to set up a home cloud for literally years, but couldn't divert funds for a full-on commercial setup. Since I have some old laptops around this seems like a great way to get started.

[@emanueltwr]

Cousin of mine gave ma his old laptop with a broken screen and your video has been very insightful (others suggested to run 3rd party apps like Plex but I was looking for ways to avoid that and your video will help). Thank you.

[@dnharrij]

Great video. Exactly what I was looking for.

[@eoghainohara6624]

Great video! Thanks for putting it together.

[@Peterowsky]

I've been using an x220 as my daily driver for a couple of years now. It's still Nominally worth as much as When I purchased it 8 years ago.

[@SanjayKapoorDelhi]

Wonderfully explained. Thank you so much !!

[@coolguy_mgee]

Thanks for the tutorial, really helped me set up my NAS, I appreciate it!

[@generaldickie635]

Thanks for the video. Great to the point explanation 👍

[@vivektelang]

Great video, thanks for making it!! You mentioned that you would talk about how to limit the filesystem privileges, but then I didn't see anything on it. Did I miss it?

[@tamparockout17]

Very helpful

[@yerachmielb1]

Now how would I set this up if I wanted remote access? (I kind of want to use this to replace my cloud subscription.)

[@achmadmarendes]

Very informative. Thank you

[@yv6eda]

Nice video! Thanks!

[@morgankink2636]

Can you do a video to show the difference it would make in terms of speed, with and without the cable plunged it?

[@SirRobinson510]

I like your content, I subscribed, and thank you!

[@JoeMejia]

Thanks for the info!