Dale wrote: > Howdy, > > <<<SNIP>>> > > Path two, I've researched building a NAS using a Raspberry Pi 4 8GB as > another option. They come as parts, cases too, but the newer and faster > models of Raspberry Pi 4 with more ram seem to work pretty well. The > old slower models with small amounts of ram don't fair as well. While I > want a descent speed, I'm not looking for or expecting it to be > blazingly fast. I just wonder, if from a upgrade and expansion point of > view, if building a NAS would be better. I've also noticed, it seems > all Raspberry things come with a display port. That means I could hook > up a monitor and mouse/keyboard when needed. That could be a bonus. > Heck, I may can even put some sort of Gentoo on that thing. :-D > > <<<SNIP>>> > > Thoughts? Info to share? Ideas on a best path forward? Buy already > built or build? > > Thanks. > > Dale > > :-) :-) >
For those interested, I'm pretty sure this video is about this thing. It was new and not released to the general public at the time so it does mention some bugs and missing drivers. I suspect those are fixed or included by now. Also, the case I saw appears to be newer and not something that requires all the assembly shown in the video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahrdx3TYxZc That same channel has another video that was a pretty insane build cost wise. It had huge SSD drives. Bonus video for anyone bored to tears. lol https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_px298IF2k This is the case I'm looking at. Pretty sure the card, CPU board and drives goes into this. Plus I think they added a display too. https://shop.allnetchina.cn/collections/sata-hat/products/quad-sata-kit-for-raspberry-pi-4-case-only As I mentioned earlier, I plan to research that seller more. I want to make sure they stand behind their sales. Most likely do but I don't know that. ;-) It seems that people are working on making a really nice Raspberry Pi device for use as a NAS. It may not be perfect but even what is in the 1st video would likely work fine for me. Storage wise. I like the case I linked to better tho. Dale :-) :-)
