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From: Lars Poulsen <lars@cleo.beagle-ears.com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.sys.raspberry-pi
Subject: Raspberry NAS, anyone?
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Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2025 14:57:44 -0000 (UTC)
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On Fri, 17 Jan 2025 10:32:07 +0100, D wrote:
>>> I wonder if it would be possible to build a PB storage system for
>>> archive use cases on a bunch of Pi 5? =) Does it have any good ways to
>>> connect disks, or is it still only USB? I wonder how many disks per
>>> system it could handle with confidence?

On Fri, 17 Jan 2025, rbowman wrote:
>> https://smist08.wordpress.com/2024/05/24/raspberry-pi-5-with-ssd/
>>
>> The Pi 5 has a PCIe port and there are Raspberry and third party NMVe
>> solutions.

On 2025-01-18, D <nospam@example.net> wrote:
> Interesting! Thank you for the link. This could be a fun hobby project. I 
> wonder if it would be possible, over time, to get it to such a state that 
> someone might actually consider using it in production environments? With 
> sounds and strong redundancy, maybe!

I have a shelf with IDE/PATA and SATA drives from 200GB and up, that I have
not had the heart to throw out. Would it be worth the trouble to find an
enclosure and build a NAS out of them? Probably not. The enclosures that
can hold 4-6 drives seem to cost twice what a 4 TB USB-3 archive drive
costs, so a Pi-4, a USB-3 hub, and two of those wrapped up with rubber
bands in a shoebox would be cheaper.

Would anyone like a couple of smaller (say 200 MB) drives for repairing
antique systems that can't handle more than 32 bits worth of space?