Published May 31, 2026, 8:15 PM EDT Ayush Pande is a PC hardware and gaming writer. When he's not working on a new article, you can find him with his head stuck inside a PC or tinkering with a server operating system. Besides computing, his interests include spending hours in long RPGs, yelling at his friends in co-op games, and practicing guitar. A few days ago, I had this wacky idea that I should try turning my Raspberry Pi into a portable Linux server – one that’s hooked up to a power bank and connects to my smartphone’s portable hotspot for my tinkering experiments. And as unhinged as it may sound, this setup worked surprisingly well, even if the lack of a 5V 5A power adapter throttles my Raspberry Pi’s performance. One shower thought led to another, and I figured I could try taking this a step forward by running a full-fledged Network-Attached Storage platform on my portable Raspberry Pi 5 server.…