Re: [gentoo-user] NAS and replacing with larger drives

[Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com>]

Frank Steinmetzger wrote:
> Am Thu, Dec 15, 2022 at 10:08:02PM -0600 schrieb Dale:
>
> I just read a news story about a new NAS model from Terramaster.
> (Interestingly, they have their OS on an internal USB stick, so it’s easy to
> swap it out for a standard Linux. And it uses a nice Celeron N5100 x86
> processor.)
>
>> Eventually, I plan to build a Raspberry Pi NAS.  When I do, I'll post
>> everything major I needed, boards, case etc for everyone to look at. 
>> I'll even try to upload some pics, or share as attachments if there is
>> interest.  Unless I find one heck of a deal on a used NAS that is. 
>> Still may build one even then.  ;-)
> In the comments section of the article, there was a link to this:
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2S2RMNv7OU
> A Raspberry Pi NAS with 1 Petabyte of storage. Enjoy. :)
>

I think if I can hold out a little while, something really nice is going
to come along.  It seems there is a good bit of interest in having a
Raspberry Pi NAS that gives really good performance.  I'm talking a NAS
that is about the same speed as a internal drive.  Plus the ability to
use RAID and such.  I'd like to have a 6 bay with 6 drives setup in
pairs for redundancy.  I can't recall what number RAID that is. 
Basically, if one drive fails, another copy still exists.  Of course,
two independent NASs would be better in my opinion.  Still, any of this
is progress. 

I've watched some videos by that guy but I don't recall seeing that
one.  That one, while pricey, shows that a lot can be done with a little
Raspberry Pi.  I read that a version 5 is coming, if they ever become
available again.  Right now, it seems the supply chain has grinded to a
halt.  It's hard to find quite a few things at the moment. 

Thanks for the link.  I have a feeling even better is coming soon. 

Dale

:-)  :-) 

P. S.  My backup I started days ago, maybe 1/4 to 1/3 of the way
through.  It's made it to the names starting with F.  It has a ways to
go.  A lot of stuff starts with 'The'.  That alone is quite large.  It's
making progress tho.  Slowly.  ;-)