From: zloster <more@edno.moe>
To: david larsson <david.larsson@selfhosted.xyz>,
Pierre Neidhardt <mail@ambrevar.xyz>
Cc: help-guix@gnu.org,
Help-Guix <help-guix-bounces+someone=selfhosted.xyz@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: NAS hardware recommendations
Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2020 12:47:53 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2c2aab7f-3b77-4fbe-c3fd-327c2f8aa58a@edno.moe> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <bce71c605f441a0411b0f73166161550@selfhosted.xyz>
On 9.12.2020 18:46, david larsson wrote:
> On 2020-12-08 16:51, Pierre Neidhardt wrote:
>> Hi Guix!
>>
>> Has anyone had luck installing Guix on a NAS?
>> If so, which one?
>>
>> If not, which NAS hardware would you recommend?
>> I'm looking for
>>
>> - something as open as possible;
>> - 3-4 bays;
>> - lowest consumption possible;
>> - Btrfs support.
>>
>> Any tips?
>>
>> Cheers!
>
> Ive always wanted a GnuBee which is very open. Idle power is 11.64 W.
> There is both a 3.5" and 2.5" version - it has a MIPS processor
> though. Also, I don't know if you can actually still order them anywhere:
>
> https://www.crowdsupply.com/gnubee/personal-cloud-1
>
> Guix has some old support for installing on MIPS:
>
> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2015-08/msg00500.html
>
>
> Otherwise, the very open Vikings D8, has 6 SATA 300mb/s slots, but
> perhaps not really what you are looking for and it's pretty expensive.
>
> https://store.vikings.net/libre-friendly-hardware/d8ryf
>
I know about the Helios64 NAS. It has ARMv8 CPU and good feature set:
https://shop.kobol.io/product/helios64-full-bundle/ - 300 USD before
international shipping and taxes
https://wiki.kobol.io/helios64/intro/ - Rockchip RK3399 with 2x
Cortex-A72 + 4x Cortex-A53; 2,5Gbps + 1Gbps networking, 4GB RAM, 5 disks
(one is shared with the M.2 SATA 3.0 Slot), integrated small backup battery
They reported some problem with their 2,5Gbps network wiring:
https://blog.kobol.io/2020/11/13/helios64-2-5g-ethernet-issue/
Currently sold out, they offer notification for the second batch. I'm
not aware for ETA.
Also for DIY low powered home NAS you could check the mini-ITX
motherboards with the embedded CPUs and some computer case like Fractal
Design Core 500 (4 3,5" bays + some 2,5" physically separate bays). Of
course you will NOT get externally accessible drive bays.
In fact I use the following components for a home server (4 years
currently):
Motherboard:
https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-N3150N-D3V-rev-10/sp#sp - 4 SATA
3.0 ports and 2x1Gbps Ethernet
Case: Fractal Design Core 500
RAM: 2x8GB DDR3L (laptop)
Power supply: Corsair VS400 or VS450 ATX (I don't remember)
I hope this will help you with your search.
Cheers
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-12-10 10:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-12-08 15:51 NAS hardware recommendations Pierre Neidhardt
2020-12-09 16:46 ` david larsson
2020-12-10 10:47 ` zloster [this message]
2020-12-10 14:43 ` Pierre Neidhardt
2020-12-11 15:32 ` zloster
2020-12-12 17:26 ` Pierre Neidhardt
2020-12-12 19:21 ` Efraim Flashner
2020-12-12 19:51 ` Pierre Neidhardt
2020-12-13 6:37 ` Efraim Flashner
2020-12-15 16:38 ` zloster
2020-12-19 10:21 ` Pierre Neidhardt
2020-12-20 10:26 ` Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide
2020-12-10 11:53 ` zimoun
2020-12-10 14:41 ` Pierre Neidhardt
2020-12-10 20:57 ` david larsson
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