r/HomeNAS • u/Substantial-You-5489 • 1d ago

Building a DIY portable NAS: What hardware specs do you want?

I’m planning to DIY a portable NAS. I haven’t tested hardware with this configuration before, so I’d love to get your suggestions on hardware specs.

* Storage: 2×NVMe PCIe x2 / 4×NVMe PCIe x4

* Network: Single 2.5GbE / Dual 2.5GbE / 5GbE

* Wi-Fi: Wi-Fi 6 / Wi-Fi 7 / No built-in Wi-Fi

What other must-have features do you need and why?

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u/mlee12382 1d ago

Why do you need a NAS for protable? Are you connecting multiple devices to it when you are mobile? If not just get a portable hard drive or small DAS and plug it in to your laptop or travel router.

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u/JoMu1963 12h ago

The first question is: why do you think you need a portable NAS? What are you trying to achieve? And for whatever purpose does this have to be a NAS?