Ultra fast Thunderbolt NAS with Apple M1 and Linux

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Post by cyberge99 » Tue, Aug 03, 2021, 1:24 PM UTC

Ultra fast Thunderbolt NAS with Apple M1 and Linux
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Re: Ultra fast Thunderbolt NAS with Apple M1 and Linux

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Post by cyberge99 » Tue, Aug 03, 2021, 1:24 PM UTC

The maturity of Thunderbolt hardware and software support should have TB on a short list of high speed local connectivity, high-bandwidth multi-disk access options.

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Post by reacharavindh » Wed, Aug 04, 2021, 6:43 PM UTC

Not to take away anything from the fun of figuring out Thunderbolt on Linux, and such. But, I wonder if a NAS with a 40 Gbps or even 100Gbps NIC hooked up to a Thunderbolt to Ethernet adapter would achieve a better result without extra effort.

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Post by xiconfjs » Wed, Aug 04, 2021, 6:47 PM UTC

this blog uses webp as image format without a fallback option. Had to switch to Firefox because Safari wouldn't display the pictures.

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Post by jeffbee » Wed, Aug 04, 2021, 6:47 PM UTC

Where by "ultra fast" it is meant that it is much slower than a directly-attached SSD that occupies the same port.

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Post by mpweiher » Wed, Aug 04, 2021, 6:51 PM UTC

xiconfjs wrote: post #4

this blog uses webp as image format without a fallback option. Had to switch to Firefox because Safari wouldn't display the pictures.

Odd. Displays fine on my Safari 14.1.2. Checked and the images do appear to be web for me as well.

Current Big Sur release, not a Beta.

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Post by minhazm » Wed, Aug 04, 2021, 6:52 PM UTC

reacharavindh wrote: post #3

Not to take away anything from the fun of figuring out Thunderbolt on Linux, and such. But, I wonder if a NAS with a 40 Gbps or even 100Gbps NIC hooked up to a Thunderbolt to Ethernet adapter would achieve a better result without extra effort.

The fastest thunderbolt to ethernet adapter I could find is 25 Gbps and it's $1500. 10 Gbps ones are in the $200+ range as well.

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Post by jasonjackson » Wed, Aug 04, 2021, 6:52 PM UTC

reacharavindh wrote: post #3

Not to take away anything from the fun of figuring out Thunderbolt on Linux, and such. But, I wonder if a NAS with a 40 Gbps or even 100Gbps NIC hooked up to a Thunderbolt to Ethernet adapter would achieve a better result without extra effort.

probably, but thunderbolt would cost 5x less for equivalent 40Gbps NIC

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Post by stalfosknight » Wed, Aug 04, 2021, 6:53 PM UTC

xiconfjs wrote: post #4

this blog uses webp as image format without a fallback option. Had to switch to Firefox because Safari wouldn't display the pictures.

Works fine in the latest Safari.

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Post by reacharavindh » Wed, Aug 04, 2021, 6:53 PM UTC

jeffbee wrote: post #5

Where by "ultra fast" it is meant that it is much slower than a directly-attached SSD that occupies the same port.

Local storage and Networked storage always have their places. Local solid state storage almost always gets you better performance because you negate the overhead of network. Unless, you’re talking fancy arrays connected to saturate 100G NICs.

Local storage falls apart the moment you need that storage accessible from another machine…