Raspberry Pi holds its own against low-cost ARM NAS
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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
#2After 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.
Re: Raspberry Pi holds its own against low-cost ARM NAS
#3After 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 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
Re: Raspberry Pi holds its own against low-cost ARM NAS
#4Raspberry is not really cheap anymore. The start package (rp4 4gb + charger + sd + ethernet/hdmi cables) is 100 euros in my country.
Meanwhile you can get a GK3V mini pc on Aliexpress with a j4125, 8gb LPDDR4 and 256GB SSD for 180 euros, which probably has 3x-4x the performance of the pi.
Re: Raspberry Pi holds its own against low-cost ARM NAS
#5After 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 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
Where did you get that idea? Below are links to Synology acknowledged compatible drives with multiple brands and even that doesn't imply that only these will work:
https://www.synology.com/en-us/compatibility?search_by=produ...
https://www.synology.com/en-us/compatibility?search_by=produ...
Re: Raspberry Pi holds its own against low-cost ARM NAS
#6After 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 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+.
Re: Raspberry Pi holds its own against low-cost ARM NAS
#7After 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 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.
Re: Raspberry Pi holds its own against low-cost ARM NAS
#8After 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 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
I have Western Digital drives in mine… it’s been solid and was very easy to set up.
Re: Raspberry Pi holds its own against low-cost ARM NAS
#9After 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 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
That’s a strange lie. Where did it originate?
Synology supports a wide range of drives, including in mixed co figurations - size- and brand-wise.
Re: Raspberry Pi holds its own against low-cost ARM NAS
#10After 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 of backups to speed up disaster recovery. I feel confident that I could move to a more DIY NAS solution because it would only be used for NAS storage.
It's not ideal, but an old desktop is now much better for my app needs, including Plex. Ideally, I'd have a single app box with the power consumption of 4-5 Raspberry Pi. I have only found a couple of ARM server solutions which are fairly old and ARM doesn't have standard sockets etc. because the focus seems to be on SoC instead of replicating what I'm used to with PCs and ATX mobos.