[ale] DIY NAS vs Boxed NAS?

Alex Carver agcarver+ale at acarver.net
Thu Dec 13 17:53:52 EST 2018


This is almost a SAN at this point.  It's an interesting idea but that's
a lot of extra machines to keep updated.

On 2018-12-13 06:44, DJ-Pfulio via Ale wrote:
> Odroid-XU4 was on sale for $49 yesterday.
> 
> Some performance data:
> https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=odroid-xu4-arm&num=1
> 
> I think an intel/AMD $50 CPU would be much better from a throughput
> stance.  For for a home NAS on the cheap for a few USB3 drives, $49
> isn't bad.
> 
> On 12/12/18 11:19 PM, George Allen via Ale wrote:
>> A friend just showed me this post re 200T Gluster setup on odroids:
>> https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/8ocjxz/200tb_glusterfs_odroid_hc2_build/
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Dec 9, 2018 at 8:35 AM Jim Kinney via Ale <ale at ale.org
>> <mailto:ale at ale.org>> wrote:
>>
>>     Hmm. I'm wondering if active noise cancellation would be a good
>>     solution for fan noise. It's a consistent sound which should be easy
>>     to build.
>>
>>     On December 8, 2018 3:28:20 PM EST, Alex Carver via Ale <ale at ale.org
>>     <mailto:ale at ale.org>> wrote:
>>
>>         That would work assuming the cases were actually 200 mm wide.  Most are
>>         about 175 mm wide (tower style).
>>  
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