From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0ECE91382C5 for ; Mon, 21 Dec 2020 02:53:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 29D45E0900; Mon, 21 Dec 2020 02:53:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from icp-osb-irony-out9.external.iinet.net.au (icp-osb-irony-out9.external.iinet.net.au [203.59.1.226]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 21055E0886 for ; Mon, 21 Dec 2020 02:53:13 +0000 (UTC) X-SMTP-MATCH: 0 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: =?us-ascii?q?A2BkCwD8DOBf/5d569xiHAEBAQEBAQc?= =?us-ascii?q?BARIBAQQEAQFAB4FIg3cBAQGFH4kEhl4GgQwIJQOEJIYFkCWBaAsBAQEBAQE?= =?us-ascii?q?BAQEJLwQBAYRKAoF1JjgTAhABAQEFAQEBAQEGAwGGXoV0AQUjDwEjMwsYAgI?= =?us-ascii?q?RFQICVxMIAQGDIoJiJK1WgTKFWIUdgQ4qjSlBeYEHgTgMA4Flfj6DdyldDoJ?= =?us-ascii?q?KgmAEgjYBPIEacU8NAV+PUI0Cm1CCfptABQcDH5MAj0YdtUOBNDmBek0fGYM?= =?us-ascii?q?lTxkNV41WF44zNAEBAWcCBgEJAQEDCYsWAQE?= X-IPAS-Result: =?us-ascii?q?A2BkCwD8DOBf/5d569xiHAEBAQEBAQcBARIBAQQEAQFAB?= =?us-ascii?q?4FIg3cBAQGFH4kEhl4GgQwIJQOEJIYFkCWBaAsBAQEBAQEBAQEJLwQBAYRKA?= =?us-ascii?q?oF1JjgTAhABAQEFAQEBAQEGAwGGXoV0AQUjDwEjMwsYAgIRFQICVxMIAQGDI?= =?us-ascii?q?oJiJK1WgTKFWIUdgQ4qjSlBeYEHgTgMA4Flfj6DdyldDoJKgmAEgjYBPIEac?= =?us-ascii?q?U8NAV+PUI0Cm1CCfptABQcDH5MAj0YdtUOBNDmBek0fGYMlTxkNV41WF44zN?= =?us-ascii?q?AEBAWcCBgEJAQEDCYsWAQE?= X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.78,436,1599494400"; d="scan'208";a="295220179" Received: from 220-235-121-151.dyn.iinet.net.au (HELO mail.infra.localdomain) ([220.235.121.151]) by icp-osb-irony-out9.iinet.net.au with ESMTP; 21 Dec 2020 10:53:05 +0800 Received: from localhost (mail.infra.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mail.infra.localdomain (Postfix) with ESMTP id 579C1101532 for ; Mon, 21 Dec 2020 10:52:59 +0800 (AWST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at localdomain Received: from mail.infra.localdomain ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail.infra.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id yU7ntdgJqGMF for ; Mon, 21 Dec 2020 10:52:51 +0800 (AWST) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Rearranging hard drives and data. To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <8074cb40-2345-4a25-0e17-8034c0159c5c@gmail.com> From: William Kenworthy Message-ID: <99f61f01-e86f-a3b5-6349-f146cba40a3b@iinet.net.au> Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2020 10:52:50 +0800 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.5.1 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <8074cb40-2345-4a25-0e17-8034c0159c5c@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Language: en-AU X-Archives-Salt: a40a6423-34f6-4127-bd1f-28c0608de4c1 X-Archives-Hash: 82d12c89c08aacaf3602e481774b9f90 On 21/12/20 8:20 am, Dale wrote: > Howdy, > > Somewhat related.  I googled and it appears I can hook a NAS to my > router and share it there.  The router is 1GB, it has yellow ports.  Is > it true that I can hook a NAS to the router?  I'd assume it can be > shared with anything connected to the router, even my cell phone if > needed.  > > Also, I'm looking at a new network card for my PC.  With the new much > faster internet coming soon, I need a faster network card.  Router is > ready, puter isn't.  I found this, sorry for the caps but copy and > paste.  INTEL GIGABIT DUAL PORT NETWORK ADAPTER PCIe 424RR i350 1GB.  I > found a site that talks about NAS and network cards.  According to the > article, this should be a very reliable card and just works.  It has two > ports.  I know I need one to hook to the router.  Would that second port > cause me any grief?  Result in conflicts or something?  I been using > Realtek but article claims these are better.  Anyone have thoughts on > this?  Have one and can share their experience? > > Thanks. > > Dale > > :-)  :-)  > Something to look into before going the traditional raid/nfs route: moosefs or lizardfs.  I am using arm based odroid HC2's and over the softraid based nfs I was using there are considerable power savings (especially if you take into the account redundancy) as it takes a number of these low power arm systems to match the power requirements of an older desktop), better data protection (actual, not theoretical for 2x raid 4 disk 10's replaced by a single 5x hc2's using the same disks with mfs :) and the ease of mounting it into the filesystem.  Downside is needing a fast network for best performance but an NFS will need that anyway for similar reasons. BillK