**The Creation of a Home Server: A Journey of Trial and Error**

As I began setting up my home server, I realized that designing a smart and efficient system would require some careful consideration of my needs and limitations. The first challenge I faced was deciding on the right USB hub to connect all my devices to. After weighing my options, I decided to go with a more affordable option, but I couldn't help feeling that it might not be the most ideal choice.

As I began to set up my server, I realized that I would need to create a raid array to store my files and ensure their safety. I started by connecting the hard drive to my laptop using a USB cable and plugging it into the power source. I decided to use this setup temporarily until I could find a more permanent solution.

In order to solve some of the technical issues that arose, I turned to the world of disk utilities. I began by erasing the contents of the new hard drive and formatting it with Mac OS Extended Journaled. Next, I assigned a name to my new hard drive: Tusk. I also discovered that I could use two simultaneous Time Machine backups running at once, but this option may not work for everyone.

To solve this problem, I turned to a backup utility called inego Backup Manager Pro trial. I downloaded the software and entered my product key, hoping it would work seamlessly on my iSierra machine. After downloading and installing the software, I created a new backup task and chose to use "raid backup" as the name for the backup job. I selected the option to create multiple versions of files and save them to a carbon copy.

As I began to test out the software, I was relieved to find that it worked surprisingly well. The process was smooth, and I could see my files being backed up one by one. The progress bar was like music to my ears, filling up with an almost soothing sound of mechanical hard drives crunching away. After a few minutes, the backup was complete, and all my files were safe.

Throughout this journey, I realized that creating a home server requires patience, persistence, and a willingness to learn. It's not always easy, but the end result is well worth the effort. As I looked at my newly set up system, I couldn't help but feel a sense of pride and accomplishment. The raid array was secure, the backup was complete, and everything was running smoothly.

**The Future of My Home Server**

As I look to the future, I'm excited to see how my home server will evolve. With the raid array in place, I'll be able to ensure that all my files are safe and secure. The Time Machine backups will provide me with an added layer of protection, giving me peace of mind knowing that I can always recover my data in case something goes wrong.

I'm also looking forward to exploring other features of my home server, such as the ability to assign tasks and schedules to my backups. With this level of control, I'll be able to customize my backup schedule to fit my needs, ensuring that my files are backed up regularly without interrupting my daily routine.

As I sign off on this article, I'm reminded that creating a home server is just the beginning. There's always more to learn and discover, but with each step forward, I feel more confident in my ability to manage my own technology. Bring on the next challenge!

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and see how it works now now don't be jealous of my crazy elaborate clean and organized cable set up with practice one day you'll achieve this level of cleanliness anywho I'm gonna put this somewhere now the other drives are up there on the desk the ones that are a lot less frequently used just kind of sit on the floor I know it's not the greatest but you know the quieter down there and they've never overheated so I'll buy it so let's see let's do power that thick brick takes up 3 outlets basically so not the smartest design but again this is pretty cheap I just realized I'm probably gonna be out of USB ports yeah I might have to put this actually up on the desk because I don't have any more hub space down here for this to plug into unless this can reach actually this might be able to reach the other hub I have so I realized an inconvenient truth that other USB hub that I have that has free ports on it is USB 2 that's going to be way too slow so instead I'm bringing the disk up here and I'll just plug it directly into the Mac whenever I need to run a raid backup so we're gonna just plug the cable in right here if I can find the freaking port then plug in power all right so it's a little messy but I may tidy it up a little bit later you know right so considering the fact that when the laptop is open all the way most of this is hidden it doesn't look half bad even when it's visible it's not that bad so we have the raid array the field drive to take files off the raid for portability purposes and then the new black drive there is for backing up the raid the drive is plugged in now we just gotta take care of some housekeeping so let's head on over to our good friend the Disk Utility NTFS yes that is a problem we will fix that right up see you race now I got to think of a new name for this one well the current theme is summer Wars characters hmm I'm just gonna have to call it no shoot I should get a name before I sign it as a time machine Drive wow this is the trickiest task all night what do I name the new freaking hard drive Wow I'm gonna have to think about this for a second when in doubt consult the summer Wars material book I'll find a name in here four hours later tusk a that is what we will do and we will use Mac OS extended journaled and erase ding patties are ready okay we now have the back of drive formatted now the fun part so I have never assigned to Time Machine discs before but from for seconds of elaborate google research I discovered it's very likely that you can have two simultaneous Time Machine backups running at once so right now I have Oz which is one of the bigger hard drives that's on the floor right now this backs up the internal SSD and all of my other external hard disks however the raid will throw it way over capacity so I needed this new disk to back it up just by itself so let's see what we can do let's choose toss kay use disk nice if used both time machine will take turns okay it'll take turns hmm huh I'm guessing that means I can't change my a blacklist of what I don't want included huh okay so this option may not work however with the purchase of this raid we got a free backup utility let's maybe switch to that option Plan B okay so on la sees website we have in tego backup manager Pro trial let's try that and download hope it works on I Sierra I do have a product key for this so hopefully I can just type it in it'll be 1 2 3 boom done alright in tego let's do a slow-motion open for this worth it cool let's uh type in our product key ok BAM it worked ok I've never used this before this is totally new add a new backup task well let's call this raid backup how do you want to backup keep multiple version the files save Oh see I'm gonna step it's a manual advanced settings ok let's see oh there's actions ok abort abort how do I close no oh you click them and it does the thing ok alright so what do you want to backup Cosma where do you want to backup task a multiple versions or carbon copy um that's a good question I don't know if this works with deltas kind of like how Time Machine does carbon copy let's just do a carbon copy let's see there we go read backup alright that wasn't as bad as I thought it might be well let's try it start now oh I can already see my half-life 2 movie files going ok sweet well we're about 13 gigs in so far so good and little pie chart I love pie charts so uh it's nice when things work that's not typical for this show I'm usually pretty star-crossed well this is going how about we all relax take a deep breath and listen to the somewhat soothing sound of mechanical hard drives crunching away well the backup is complete and all the files are there and my computer has really been working overtime recently so I think it deserves a break just like all of us but I'm calling this a win awesome raid product awesome backup solution thanks for tagging along with me guys and I'll see you in the not-too-distant future youpreviously on crazy can it was a bug can raid raid raid raid raid raid rate on Tonto greetings internet crazy 10 is back and today you and I are gonna go through setting this thing up because we're now in part DOS a of the raid array which is redundant setup so it was a pretty seamless procedure the raid was plug in turn on transfer the files boom done super simple good job lasse however because we are using raid 0 we have a lot higher probability of hard drive failure if one disk has a problem logical or physical the whole raid gets brought down with it so we need a backup we're using this 8 terabyte Seagate expansion time for the unboxing here it is in all of its glory very simple a little bit of a textured look and this bad boy is going to be our saving grace in case the raid decides to screw up one day this is a USB 3 7200 RPM 8 terabyte disk so that'll be nice for a backup pretty a minimalistic design there alright let's bring it up to the office and see how it works now now don't be jealous of my crazy elaborate clean and organized cable set up with practice one day you'll achieve this level of cleanliness anywho I'm gonna put this somewhere now the other drives are up there on the desk the ones that are a lot less frequently used just kind of sit on the floor I know it's not the greatest but you know the quieter down there and they've never overheated so I'll buy it so let's see let's do power that thick brick takes up 3 outlets basically so not the smartest design but again this is pretty cheap I just realized I'm probably gonna be out of USB ports yeah I might have to put this actually up on the desk because I don't have any more hub space down here for this to plug into unless this can reach actually this might be able to reach the other hub I have so I realized an inconvenient truth that other USB hub that I have that has free ports on it is USB 2 that's going to be way too slow so instead I'm bringing the disk up here and I'll just plug it directly into the Mac whenever I need to run a raid backup so we're gonna just plug the cable in right here if I can find the freaking port then plug in power all right so it's a little messy but I may tidy it up a little bit later you know right so considering the fact that when the laptop is open all the way most of this is hidden it doesn't look half bad even when it's visible it's not that bad so we have the raid array the field drive to take files off the raid for portability purposes and then the new black drive there is for backing up the raid the drive is plugged in now we just gotta take care of some housekeeping so let's head on over to our good friend the Disk Utility NTFS yes that is a problem we will fix that right up see you race now I got to think of a new name for this one well the current theme is summer Wars characters hmm I'm just gonna have to call it no shoot I should get a name before I sign it as a time machine Drive wow this is the trickiest task all night what do I name the new freaking hard drive Wow I'm gonna have to think about this for a second when in doubt consult the summer Wars material book I'll find a name in here four hours later tusk a that is what we will do and we will use Mac OS extended journaled and erase ding patties are ready okay we now have the back of drive formatted now the fun part so I have never assigned to Time Machine discs before but from for seconds of elaborate google research I discovered it's very likely that you can have two simultaneous Time Machine backups running at once so right now I have Oz which is one of the bigger hard drives that's on the floor right now this backs up the internal SSD and all of my other external hard disks however the raid will throw it way over capacity so I needed this new disk to back it up just by itself so let's see what we can do let's choose toss kay use disk nice if used both time machine will take turns okay it'll take turns hmm huh I'm guessing that means I can't change my a blacklist of what I don't want included huh okay so this option may not work however with the purchase of this raid we got a free backup utility let's maybe switch to that option Plan B okay so on la sees website we have in tego backup manager Pro trial let's try that and download hope it works on I Sierra I do have a product key for this so hopefully I can just type it in it'll be 1 2 3 boom done alright in tego let's do a slow-motion open for this worth it cool let's uh type in our product key ok BAM it worked ok I've never used this before this is totally new add a new backup task well let's call this raid backup how do you want to backup keep multiple version the files save Oh see I'm gonna step it's a manual advanced settings ok let's see oh there's actions ok abort abort how do I close no oh you click them and it does the thing ok alright so what do you want to backup Cosma where do you want to backup task a multiple versions or carbon copy um that's a good question I don't know if this works with deltas kind of like how Time Machine does carbon copy let's just do a carbon copy let's see there we go read backup alright that wasn't as bad as I thought it might be well let's try it start now oh I can already see my half-life 2 movie files going ok sweet well we're about 13 gigs in so far so good and little pie chart I love pie charts so uh it's nice when things work that's not typical for this show I'm usually pretty star-crossed well this is going how about we all relax take a deep breath and listen to the somewhat soothing sound of mechanical hard drives crunching away well the backup is complete and all the files are there and my computer has really been working overtime recently so I think it deserves a break just like all of us but I'm calling this a win awesome raid product awesome backup solution thanks for tagging along with me guys and I'll see you in the not-too-distant future you\n"