Part 5: What's Next – Scaling Up with a DAS
Why a single NVMe SSD is running out of room, and the plan to add a multi-bay DAS for UHD storage and a personal photography cloud.
Project
Raspberry Pi Home Server
Building a capable home server on a Raspberry Pi — media center, VPN gateway, and secure remote access.
A series on turning a Raspberry Pi into a full home server. Covers hardware setup, running your own media center with Plex, setting up VPN split-tunneling to route your TV through another country, and exposing everything securely without opening ports.
Articles
Part 4: The Secure Tunnel – Remote Access Anywhere
Ditching port forwarding for Tailscale's zero-config mesh VPN to reach the server from anywhere.
Part 3: The "Smart" Gateway – VPN Split-Tunneling
How WireGuard split-tunneling lets one device route through a VPN while the rest of the home network stays local.
Part 2: The Media Center (Your Personal Netflix)
Turning the Pi into a self-hosted streaming service with Plex, RunTipi, and the *Arr automation stack.
Part 1: The Foundation – Hardware & OS Setup
Setting up the hardware and foundation for your home media server