Turning my 2009 Laptop into an easy home NAS! (Ubuntu Server + CasaOS)

27 May 2024

I've been thinking of storage ever since I got a notification on an iPhone 4 saying I need to buy more storage on iCloud. Thanks to the internet, I learned something called a NAS (Network Attached Storage), it's like Google Drive or some other cloud service but YOU get control of your data and not some company. In this video, I made my own NAS instead of buying a prebuilt one on Amazon because of money. Here's my journey to my first home nas and obviously, I'm not an expert, so leave your comments down below if I mess up something.

Tech Hut NAS Tutorial - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qNWpdFqLIU
BigBearTechWorld Tailscale Tutorial - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvVkM-EkmXM
Ubuntu Server - https://ubuntu.com/download/server
CasaOS - https://casaos.io/
Tailscale - https://tailscale.com/

0:00 - Intro
1:06 - What is a NAS?
1:41 - What I will be using
2:48 - Where I put my NAS
3:05 - Ethernet cable story
3:29 - What OS I will be using
3:46 - Ubuntu Server + Casa OS Installation
4:57 - Casa OS Configuration
5:36 - Speed of the NAS
5:55 - Connecting my NAS to my devices
6:11 - Using Tailscale for remote access
7:02 - Outro

Music in the background:
Hardware Haven Theme Music - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwD2mOYDPNA
Aesthetic by Tollan Kim - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qELmC7r0RKg
Imagine by LuKremBo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7yALYb04Ts

Video Mirrors:

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAc3kWZ_td0

Odysee: https://odysee.com/@KuleGuy:8/turning-my-2009-laptop-into-an-easy-home:3

Rumble: https://rumble.com/v64kn2v-turning-my-2009-laptop-into-an-easy-home-nas-ubuntu-server-casaos.html

Internet Archive: https://archive.org/download/kuleguy-yt-videos-archive_202508/12TB_ToshiNAS_rendered-censored%20part.mp4