Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Looking for the perfect DIY NAS on a budget? I transformed this Dell Optiplex 3020 into a powerful, silent, and reliable storage powerhouse! After a nightmare experience with cheap PCIe cards, I pivoted to a professional 4-bay DAS setup that changed everything.
In this video, I walk you through the full build:
The Hardware: Dell Optiplex 3020 paired with a 4-bay DAS.
The Storage: A mix of drives, including shucked 6TB WD Green drives for maximum capacity at a fraction of the cost.
The OS: Rock-solid stability with Debian 12 and OpenMediaVault (OMV).
The Ecosystem: Running Immich for private photo backups and serving as the backbone for my Proxmox services.
Don't forget to check out my full review of the DAS unit here: youtu.be/_lx9uM9vjOE
If you found this build helpful, make sure to smash that LIKE and SUBSCRIBE for more homelab projects!
#DIYNAS #Homelab #DellOptiplex #OpenMediaVault #SelfHosting #TechBuild #StorageSolutions #Server
Looking for the perfect DIY NAS on a budget? I transformed this Dell Optiplex 3020 into a powerful, silent, and reliable storage powerhouse! After a nightmare experience with cheap PCIe cards, I pivoted to a professional 4-bay DAS setup that changed everything.
In this video, I walk you through the full build:
The Hardware: Dell Optiplex 3020 paired with a 4-bay DAS.
The Storage: A mix of drives, including shucked 6TB WD Green drives for maximum capacity at a fraction of the cost.
The OS: Rock-solid stability with Debian 12 and OpenMediaVault (OMV).
The Ecosystem: Running Immich for private photo backups and serving as the backbone for my Proxmox services.
Don't forget to check out my full review of the DAS unit here: youtu.be/_lx9uM9vjOE
If you found this build helpful, make sure to smash that LIKE and SUBSCRIBE for more homelab projects!
#DIYNAS #Homelab #DellOptiplex #OpenMediaVault #SelfHosting #TechBuild #StorageSolutions #Server
