[TriLUG] OT: RasPi NAS?

[Wes Garrison via TriLUG]

I run Debian with ZFSonLinux <http://zfsonlinux.org/>.

I will caution you that I feel like 8GB and a Core i3 are minimum for ZFS.

With a 2.5Ghz Core 2 Duo and 8GB RAM it took me 4 DAYS to rebuild my 8 disk
zpool.  With a Core i5 and 16GB RAM it took 20 hrs.

Also if you're looking at FreeNAS perhaps you should try NAS4Free instead;
it's the fork based on the original FreeNAS project.  Both are FreeBSD
based.

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On Sat, May 16, 2015 at 10:49 AM, C TC via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org> wrote:

> Thanks.
> I do have a micro-ATX with that amount of memory.
> Might be time to test FreeNAS
>
> On Sat, May 16, 2015 at 10:41 AM, Igor Partola <igor at igorpartola.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Having used a Raspberry Pi for a NAS, I would advise against it. It is
> too
> > slow to handle it, and the reliability is not quite there, at least not
> on
> > model B and B+. Something with a couple of SATA ports and 4 GB's of RAM
> > works so much better, and can run ZFS, which is a big deal if you want
> data
> > integrity.
> >
> > Just my $0.02. YMMV.
> >
> > Igor
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