Re: Will it work for QNAP 420?

2013-08-27 Thread Björn Wetterbom
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

Re: Will it work for QNAP 420?

2013-08-27 Thread John Holland
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

Re: Will it work for QNAP 420?

2013-08-27 Thread Lennart Sorensen
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

Re: Will it work for QNAP 420?

2013-08-24 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* 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,

Will it work for QNAP 420?

2013-08-23 Thread George Sedov
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

Re: Will it work for QNAP 420?

2013-08-23 Thread Shawn Landden
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

Re: Will it work for QNAP 420?

2013-08-23 Thread Hoshpak
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

Re: Will it work for QNAP 420?

2013-08-23 Thread Björn Wetterbom
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