[TriLUG] OT: RasPi NAS?

[David Both via TriLUG]

I have a Lenovo ix2-dl enclosure for NAS, that I purchased at Intrex. I paid 
about $89 for it as I recall, and they are currently on sale at Intrex for about 
$80, and on Amazon for $63.

It runs a version of Linux and I am still getting software updates for it from 
Lenovo. I have found that it works very well and supports all of the main 
protocols, NFS, SMB, and FTP. I installed two 320GB hard drives that are 
initialized by the internal software to a single 550GB volume.

It also has a nice web-based interface and downloadable Linux management 
software that performs the same functions as the web interface. I just use the 
web interface.

It just works.

On 05/16/2015 10:54 AM, Wes Garrison via TriLUG wrote:
> 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:
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>> 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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