Link to youtube version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3jwQzb46Zc
Raspberry Pi holds its own against low-cost ARM NAS
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Re: Raspberry Pi holds its own against low-cost ARM NAS
#22Compare this to another aarch64 system, honeycomb lx2 esxi for arm on the lx2 now supports pcie passthru of it's PCIe3.0 x8 slot. I successfully passed the nvme controller and a 25GbE port from a ConnectX-4 into an ubuntu 21.10 uefi aarch64 vm Linux chad-SolidRun-CEX7-Platform 5.13.0-22-generic #22-Ubuntu SMP Fri Nov 5 13:22:27 UTC 2021 aarch64 aarch64 aarch64 GNU/Linux 02:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller: Samsung…
I've been wanting to test out one of Solid Run's boards, but haven't had the opportunity. Have you done any benchmarking to see how much throughput you actually get? I would hope it's a lot more than the Pi, but can't know until it's thoroughly tested! One thing to note: the Honeycomb LX2 is listed at $750 :)
Planning to benchmark it a bit later today, thanks for sharing your scripts I will start there and share with you via gh.
Also happy to report GPU + audio fully working on ubuntu 21.10 aarch64-uefi. GPU is nvidia gt710 in the pcie3x8 slot via nouveau drivers. May take a crack at some unigine benchmarks later :)
Re: Raspberry Pi holds its own against low-cost ARM NAS
#23I bought a Synology not for the hardware, but the software. I went down the FreeNAS/TrueNAS rabbithole before. But it's a pain and the Synology software lets me get things setup easier.
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What do you think about Synology only allowing their rebranded Toshiba drives to work in their NAS? That's a deal breaker for me. EDIT: Source: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29596179
Do you have a reference for that? I setup a Synology very recently with non-Toshiba drives.
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What do you think about Synology only allowing their rebranded Toshiba drives to work in their NAS? That's a deal breaker for me. EDIT: Source: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29596179
Is there a specific Synology NAS model with this restriction? I happen to have Western Digital drives in my Synology DS920+.
12-bay and rack units? Source: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29596179
Re: Raspberry Pi holds its own against low-cost ARM NAS
#26After watching Geerling's video on YouTube about building an ARM NAS I almost went that direction -- but opted for a Synology DS918+ instead because my need for a NAS is not just experimental but something that needs to work reliably.
What happens when the Sinology dies? Do I have to buy another Synology to mount my array again? Does it have to be the same model, or family of models?
I'd lean toward restoring from backup either way, since the hardware failure might have caused data corruption that's not immediately obvious.
Re: Raspberry Pi holds its own against low-cost ARM NAS
#27After watching Geerling's video on YouTube about building an ARM NAS I almost went that direction -- but opted for a Synology DS918+ instead because my need for a NAS is not just experimental but something that needs to work reliably.
You are right that Synology (or an equivalent appliance) is often best. It's more complicated for geeks and data hoarders once we've been using a Synology for a while. When people go down the Synology path they are often running apps and doing more than providing a big pool of storage. I'm finding that my needs have changed towards my NAS being only a pool of storage on my local network. It is there as the first tier…
I have used an ARM Synology NAS but found it highly inadequate for running services ... or anything but basic storage, really.
Only the x86 models support running Linux containers, packaging an application for Synology didn't exactly seem easy to to and the UI is almost unusably sluggish and has super confusing UX (it emulates a desktop environment in the browser ... right, very cool).
Running an own standard Linux-based NAS is more effort, but not terribly so. The additional flexibility may be worth it: It makes it quite painless to integrate with other data sources and sinks for backups and stuff and can run a lot of personal services (home automation, budgeting tool, IRC bouncer ...).
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That's quite a markup you're experiencing. A conversion based on US prices makes it seem like you should be able to get that stuff for a little more than sixty Euros. If you can get it at all: availability is tough right now all over, I assume. Is that price difference about shipping costs or VAT or what? > GK3V mini pc That is a very cool looking thing, but targeting a different use case, I would think.
idk, maybe you get it a bit cheaper if you look around. This is from a offical store though: https://www.raspberrystore.nl/PrestaShop/complete-sets/245-r...
It's the rest of the kit that makes it expensive.
If you don't need all the parts, then you can shave some off.
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Is there a specific Synology NAS model with this restriction? I happen to have Western Digital drives in my Synology DS920+.
12-bay and rack units? Source: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29596179
That's just someone saying that - not an actual source. Anyone can claim anything on the internet.