Hi Jim, I think you should be fine. I'm using five rescued HP ePCs <http://h20564.www2.hp.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=emr_na-c00340466&sp4ts.oid=76322> all with PIII @800MHz, 128MB RAM and a range of HDs, including one one with 80GB. All connected via a HP ProCurve 1G switch. I have one RPi2 connected to the cluster and it, too, works fine with them. Still having struggles with auth, etc.
For what it's worth, I have an ePC booting off a compact flash card (via an IDE adaptor) - that one is rather slow. I haven't benchmarked this cluster against anything, but my impression is that it's Ok, but a single contemporary PC seems faster (SSD, SATA3, etc) Well that's one dodgy data point for you! On 12 October 2016 at 11:33, James A. Robinson <jim.robin...@gmail.com> wrote: > Folks, > > One of the things I'm thinking about is setting up a full Plan 9 > cluster, meaning one of the components would be a stand-alone > fileserver hooked up to a decent amount of storage. > > I was wondering what experience people have had with slower or faster > machines in this role? > > I was wondering whether or not it'd be feasible to hook up something > like http://tinyurl.com/jgov5gc (Amazon.com) to something small like a > Raspberry Pi 3, or if the I/O would be too much for that kind of > computer to handle. > > Does anyone here run a fileserver on a small computer like a > raspberry pi 3, or perhaps something like an Intel nuc? > > I wouldn't be supporting multiple users, just myself moving between > a couple of devices. > > Jim > >
