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Replacing a drive in Buffalo LS441D after a drive failure

Replacing a drive in Buffalo LS441D after a drive failure

I mentioned back in August that I'd changed my backups [https://www.garybell.co.uk/changing-my-backups/]to use a NAS enclosure rather than a full blown server. I'm glad I did, as I recently suffered a drive failure on the NAS which, if it had happened

Changing my backups

Changing my backups

It's been a long time since I turned my old PC into a home media server [https://www.garybell.co.uk/home-media-server-samba-configuration/], but time has come for that machine and some of its components, so it's time it retired with grace. Fortunately the main issues are

Creating a home file server - Part 1

Creating a home file server - Part 1

This post is the start of a series on setting up a home file server. There’s lots of them out there, but I wanted to document the process I have gone through so that I have a record of it in future, and so that there is an up-to-date