From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 3 08:45:14 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1332080C for ; Tue, 3 Jun 2014 08:45:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from alogt.com (alogt.com [69.36.191.58]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DE0892E44 for ; Tue, 3 Jun 2014 08:45:13 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=alogt.com; s=default; h=Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type:MIME-Version:References:In-Reply-To:Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date; bh=nvNzd3SM69FZH+6qFyhUu1Ewd0Exv57nTSMG484yIN8=; b=haU15h+ysaRUnRhDVInhsyUs93ii+MkyMTj3sE3L4zb/dogOi5vb8xM3YhjM+PKwv0A8RV+7dlpE+uCJKx+gCZ8H9UZs42qRbCUOjQPGDUrdHeuGoaS+9A7mqF2d+uqsCOrPyqkR6tlfE+EFvGvXxgdgOTiyTIrw7bLcJ5f0jc8=; Received: from [39.215.73.112] (port=62797 helo=X220.alogt.com) by sl-508-2.slc.westdc.net with esmtpsa (SSLv3:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1WrkLH-003Pw9-7L; Tue, 03 Jun 2014 02:45:11 -0600 Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2014 16:45:05 +0800 From: Erich Dollansky To: krad Subject: Re: Hardware for NAS/NFS? Message-ID: <20140603164505.7480186e@X220.alogt.com> In-Reply-To: References: <20140531182832.29f73987@X220.alogt.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.9.3 (GTK+ 2.24.22; amd64-portbld-freebsd10.0) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - sl-508-2.slc.westdc.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - alogt.com X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: sl-508-2.slc.westdc.net: authenticated_id: erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Cc: Thomas Mueller , Olivier Nicole , "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 03 Jun 2014 08:45:14 -0000 Hi, On Tue, 3 Jun 2014 09:15:33 +0100 krad wrote: > one thing that worth considering is the power of the CPU on such > customized devices. I have seen dedicated NAS devices (cus n299) > perform very badly with more than one or two clients due to the cpu > maxing out. This was a pain for streaming video etc > I would not use them for this purpose. But I am also not using devices sold as NAS. We use in general old machines if we really need NAS. This does not seem very friendly to the environment. What will the new NAS cost in comparison to the old hardware? Erich > > > On 31 May 2014 11:28, Erich Dollansky wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > On Sat, 31 May 2014 17:08:51 +0700 > > Olivier Nicole wrote: > > > > > > I notice there are some wireless routers that have USB ports, > > > > then user could create his/her own NAS with USB drive? > > > > > > Yes, especially if you can flash them with DD WRT, it becomes very > > > easy. > > > > > why do that extra work. I have a few who work as NAS off-the-shelve. > > > > Erich > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >