Re: Will it work for QNAP 420?
I can't imagine that would be a problem. I'm running samba + raid1 on a 5-year-old (ish) ts-209 without any problems. It's got a 500 MHz CPU iirc. My only issue is that I only get about 1 MB/s throughput on a Gbit LAN. But I haven't yet had the time to isolate the issue, so I'm not sure the problem is with the ts-209. Even my Asus rt-n66u router can do samba+transmission+openvpn (not tried it though), so you should be fine. /B On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 1:04 PM, George Sedov radist.mo...@gmail.comwrote: Hi guys, Thanks for your replies. I have another question: everybody tells me that ARM processors are a way too slow for raid5+samba+transmission+openvpn, but the only information I got on ARM's performance is that Marvell's 1.6 GHz kirkwood chips are close to atom N270. I guess you have some practical experience with ARMs, can you tell me if Marvell's chips will be able to run all these tasks? Cheers, George В Сб, 24/08/2013 в 08:39 +0200, Martin Michlmayr пишет: * George Sedov radist.mo...@gmail.com [2013-08-23 19:27]: 1) First of all, will it work? Yes, see http://www.cyrius.com/debian/kirkwood/qnap/ts-41x/ 3) Can I install rootfs not on the SATA drives, but rather on the usb flash-stick, thus leaving all of the drives completely system-free? Yes, that's supported. 4) Will I manage all this without any experience with debian? :) I used gentoo for several years though. As long as you have experience with Linux, you should be fine. I wouldn't recommend it to people new to Linux, though. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-arm-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1377601499.2244.9.ca...@atlassedov2.desy.de
Re: Will it work for QNAP 420?
On 27.08.2013, at 13:39, Björn Wetterbom bj...@wetterbom.se wrote: My only issue is that I only get about 1 MB/s throughput on a Gbit LAN. But I haven't yet had the time to isolate the issue, so I'm not sure the problem is with the ts-209. For me the solution was to replace network cable with a shorter one. dmsg told me that the NIC was being initialized at 100/Mbs instead of 1000. John Holland -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-arm-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/79f34e9d-014b-4ab8-9e2c-20e8b66d1...@gmail.com
Re: Will it work for QNAP 420?
On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 01:04:59PM +0200, George Sedov wrote: Thanks for your replies. I have another question: everybody tells me that ARM processors are a way too slow for raid5+samba+transmission+openvpn, but the only information I got on ARM's performance is that Marvell's 1.6 GHz kirkwood chips are close to atom N270. I guess you have some practical experience with ARMs, can you tell me if Marvell's chips will be able to run all these tasks? Well some chips have XOR DMA engines, which can make raid5 quite fast without using much CPU. Some have crypto engines that can offload work for ipsec and openvpn. So it depends on exactly which chip. In the case of teh qnap ts-420, the CPU is a marvell 6282, which has XOR DMA engines, and supposedly some security engine. Raid5 should be quite good. Not sure what the support for the security engine is like in linux or what the performance is likely to be if it is supported. -- Len Sorensen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-arm-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130827150132.gh12...@csclub.uwaterloo.ca
Re: Will it work for QNAP 420?
* George Sedov radist.mo...@gmail.com [2013-08-23 19:27]: 1) First of all, will it work? Yes, see http://www.cyrius.com/debian/kirkwood/qnap/ts-41x/ 3) Can I install rootfs not on the SATA drives, but rather on the usb flash-stick, thus leaving all of the drives completely system-free? Yes, that's supported. 4) Will I manage all this without any experience with debian? :) I used gentoo for several years though. As long as you have experience with Linux, you should be fine. I wouldn't recommend it to people new to Linux, though. -- Martin Michlmayr http://www.cyrius.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-arm-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130824063940.gb10...@jirafa.cyrius.com
Will it work for QNAP 420?
Hi everyone, I'm thinking about buying a QNAP 420, so can you please help me with some questions: 1) First of all, will it work? 2) I need transmission, amule, proftpd, samba, murmur, openvpn, squid and ntop. Does arm-debian have all these? 3) Can I install rootfs not on the SATA drives, but rather on the usb flash-stick, thus leaving all of the drives completely system-free? Maybe there are some other ways to keep the system off the disks? 4) Will I manage all this without any experience with debian? :) I used gentoo for several years though. Thanks in advance Cheers, George -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-arm-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1377278821.2181.8.ca...@atlassedov2.desy.de
Re: Will it work for QNAP 420?
On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 10:27 AM, George Sedov radist.mo...@gmail.comwrote: Hi everyone, I'm thinking about buying a QNAP 420, so can you please help me with some questions: 1) First of all, will it work? 2) I need transmission, amule, proftpd, samba, murmur, openvpn, squid and ntop. Does arm-debian have all these? yes, refer to armel architecture on http://packages.debian.org 3) Can I install rootfs not on the SATA drives, but rather on the usb flash-stick, thus leaving all of the drives completely system-free? Maybe there are some other ways to keep the system off the disks? i'm wondering how they do it with only 16MB of flash anyways, you could always netboot it via tftp from u-boot 4) Will I manage all this without any experience with debian? :) I used gentoo for several years though. Thanks in advance Cheers, George -- --- Shawn Landden +1 360 389 3001 (SMS preferred)
Re: Will it work for QNAP 420?
Am 23.08.2013 20:23, schrieb Shawn Landden: On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 10:27 AM, George Sedov radist.mo...@gmail.comwrote: 3) Can I install rootfs not on the SATA drives, but rather on the usb flash-stick, thus leaving all of the drives completely system-free? Maybe there are some other ways to keep the system off the disks? i'm wondering how they do it with only 16MB of flash anyways, you could always netboot it via tftp from u-boot Only kernel, initrd and uboot are installed into the internal flash memory. If you use the original Qnap firmware, they only have a pretty minimal system installed by default and install the bigger part of the firmware onto the harddrives once you plug them in and run the initialization wizard. If you use the Debian installer, you have the option to use the harddrives for the root file system or some other attached storage like an usb drive. I use the later option with my Qnap TS219 P II and it works fine. Since the 420 doesn't seem to be that different (probably the same chipset with minor modifications), I don't see a reason why it wouldn't work with this device also. Kind Regards Helmut -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-arm-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/5217b773.1090...@pozimski.eu
Re: Will it work for QNAP 420?
Having the root file system on a usb flash drive will work fine. I would advice you to get two identical sticks and dd the data from your installed stick to a backup stick once installation is finished. Usb sticks tend to wear over time. They last 2-3 years for me. /B On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 9:26 PM, Hoshpak mailingl...@pozimski.eu wrote: Am 23.08.2013 20:23, schrieb Shawn Landden: On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 10:27 AM, George Sedov radist.mo...@gmail.com wrote: 3) Can I install rootfs not on the SATA drives, but rather on the usb flash-stick, thus leaving all of the drives completely system-free? Maybe there are some other ways to keep the system off the disks? i'm wondering how they do it with only 16MB of flash anyways, you could always netboot it via tftp from u-boot Only kernel, initrd and uboot are installed into the internal flash memory. If you use the original Qnap firmware, they only have a pretty minimal system installed by default and install the bigger part of the firmware onto the harddrives once you plug them in and run the initialization wizard. If you use the Debian installer, you have the option to use the harddrives for the root file system or some other attached storage like an usb drive. I use the later option with my Qnap TS219 P II and it works fine. Since the 420 doesn't seem to be that different (probably the same chipset with minor modifications), I don't see a reason why it wouldn't work with this device also. Kind Regards Helmut -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-arm-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/5217b773.1090...@pozimski.eu
