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PiBox Mini – Modular Raspberry Pi Storage Server

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Post by geerlingguy » Mon, Oct 25, 2021, 8:43 PM UTC

PiBox Mini – Modular Raspberry Pi Storage Server
pibox.io

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Post by sliken » Mon, Oct 25, 2021, 9:27 PM UTC

I was hoping for a bit better performance. Any suggestions for similar that could max out 4-5 drives, maybe add a M.2/U.2 for caching (or 2), and handle 2.5 gbit ethernet?

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Oct 25, 2021, 9:35 PM UTC

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Post by Shank » Mon, Oct 25, 2021, 9:47 PM UTC

sliken wrote: post #2

I was hoping for a bit better performance. Any suggestions for similar that could max out 4-5 drives, maybe add a M.2/U.2 for caching (or 2), and handle 2.5 gbit ethernet?

If you want that many drives you’re better off with a proper NAS and a RAID setup imho. If you want an M.2 drive for caching, you’re basically in Synology territory if you throw your other requirements on top.

Sure, it’s not running an OS flavored for the Pi, but everything else you want is covered.

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Post by KennyLogins » Mon, Oct 25, 2021, 10:08 PM UTC

Just finished watching your video on it. I'll be curious to see how the quality improves on the production units. I don't think I'll need 2 8TB drives for it lol but this seems to be one of the better RPI NAS form factors so far.

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Post by TedDoesntTalk » Mon, Oct 25, 2021, 10:09 PM UTC

sliken wrote: post #2

I was hoping for a bit better performance. Any suggestions for similar that could max out 4-5 drives, maybe add a M.2/U.2 for caching (or 2), and handle 2.5 gbit ethernet?

Synology 420+ ticks all of those boxes. I have one and love it.

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Post by temp8964 » Mon, Oct 25, 2021, 10:09 PM UTC

Their webpage suggests replacing Dropbox with a self-hosted cloud service. I am not confident enough to put all my personal documents on a home NAS server which runs 24/7. It's basically open for hackers in the whole world to scan and eventually put ransomware in it.

I feel I am more comfortable with saving my documents on respected cloud service.

I do have a NAS at home but its not open to the internet and I don't put my documents on it, just media files.

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Post by antattack » Mon, Oct 25, 2021, 10:11 PM UTC

What's the price of this thing? Kickstarter prompts me to sign in before I can scroll down to see it.

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Post by diskzero » Mon, Oct 25, 2021, 10:12 PM UTC

antattack wrote: post #8

What's the price of this thing? Kickstarter prompts me to sign in before I can scroll down to see it.

$100 boards only

$250 PiBox Carrier and Daughter Boards Powder Coated Steel Case Noctua 5v PWM Fan External WiFi Antenna 1.3" LCD Display 15W USB-C Wall Adapter

Raspberry Pi CM4 - 8GB RAM / 8GB eMMC / WiFi model - Pre-flashed with PiBox OS for easy setup

$450 Everything above but with SSD drives installed. Ready to be plugged in and used in seconds.

- Includes 2 x Crucial MX500 1TB SSD Drives

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Post by sudobash1 » Mon, Oct 25, 2021, 10:14 PM UTC

There is a list of other inexpensive arm boards which are Linux compatible here: https://wiki.debian.org/CheapServerBoxHardware I have been wanting to build my own NAS similar to PiBox Mini, and have been finding this list helpful. Nothing seems as polished as the PiBox though. Best of luck to them.