Orico

My home storage ran on an Orico MetaBox Pro HS500 Pro for a long time. Five bays, 2.5GbE, an Intel Celeron N5105, and internal M.2 slots. For the footprint it’s in, that’s a well-built machine, and none of the hardware has given me a single problem. The software was a different story. It shipped with Weline OS, which is a locked-down Linux behind a panel that doesn’t do what it says on the tin. After a long enough fight with it, I stopped trying to make it work and moved the whole thing to TrueNAS SCALE Community Edition. This is the actual sequence I used, including the parts that went sideways. ...

Introduction In my quest to enhance our family’s digital life, I recently decided to upgrade our home network storage solution with the Orico NAS. My main motivation for this purchase was twofold. First, I wanted to create a private cloud for my family, allowing everyone to back up their data in one centralized location without the ongoing costs associated with cloud subscriptions. This ensures that our precious photos, documents, and other data are securely stored and easily accessible. ...