Ryan Fournier
Ryan Fournier covers home-server hardware and efficiency at nasdrives.ca, from the right power supply and UPS to the question of what a NAS really draws when it runs around the clock. His main beat is the site's build guides: which board, which processor and which case add up to a low-power home server, and why an N100 build is the sensible choice for most Canadian households over surplus enterprise gear.
Because a NAS runs continuously, Ryan reads every idle watt as a line on next year's hydro bill, and Canadian hydro rates vary enormously by province. He works consumption figures through to an annual cost against real provincial rates rather than a single national number, and plans the UPS in from the start instead of treating it as an afterthought. Where a figure is an estimate, he labels it as one.
He checks manufacturer figures against the site's own calculators and against what parts are actually stocked on Amazon.ca, so a recommendation is never a drive or a case a Canadian reader cannot readily buy.
Focus areas: Home-server hardware · Power supplies & UPS · DIY N100 builds · 24/7 running cost
Articles by Ryan
- How much RAM does a NAS need?
- ECC RAM for a NAS: do you need it?
- Do you need an SSD cache in a NAS?
- The best NAS for a home in Canada
- The best 2-bay NAS in Canada
- The best 4-bay NAS in Canada
- The best NAS for Plex in Canada
- Build your own NAS: a Canadian parts-and-cost guide
- The N100 NAS build: a complete Canadian parts list
- TrueNAS hardware guide: what ZFS really needs
- Unraid vs TrueNAS: which should you run?
- Prebuilt vs DIY NAS: the Canadian comparison
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