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How To Self Host A Nas Like Lucid Link?

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I am right now planning my first Home Lab. Which gonna contain a "normal" NAS for private Stuff, but also a Seperated NAS in the the Style of Lucid Link. This is the difference and definition which GPT gave me:

LucidLink is a cloud-native file system that lets you stream large files (like videos) directly from the cloud without fully downloading them. It uses FUSE, stores data in encrypted blocks on object storage (e.g. S3), and fetches only what’s needed on access. With a local cache, it behaves like a fast local drive — ideal for real-time remote collaboration. Unlike Dropbox or Google Drive, there’s no syncing — just instant access to massive files.

I want to use Lucid Link for my Business Freelancing as a Video Editor, because you can collobarate with other and work easy together. As a am a very beginner GPT gave me this answer of how to recreate it:

You can’t fully recreate LucidLink, but you can get close with a custom setup:

Use Proxmox or TrueNAS with

ZFS storage for snapshots and caching

MinIO or Ceph for S3-compatible object storage

Rclone or Restic with FUSE to mount remote storage

Tailscale/VPN for secure access

SSD cache for fast local reads

But note: LucidLink’s block-level streaming + encryption + real-time collaboration is proprietary and very hard to replicate 1:1. You can’t fully recreate LucidLink, but you can get close with a custom setup: Use Proxmox or TrueNAS with: ZFS storage for snapshots and caching MinIO or Ceph for S3-compatible object storage

Rclone or Restic with FUSE to mount remote storage Tailscale/VPN for secure access Optional: SSD cache for fast local reads But note: LucidLink’s block-level streaming + encryption + real-time collaboration is proprietary and very hard to replicate 1:1.

Do you have any solution? Do you think this will suit the my needs? I am thinking of one 12tb HDD and 500gb or 1tb SSD as a Cache both only for my Lucid Link. But tbh i dont know if this is realistic.

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