Our native mobile app has a new name: Fora Communities. Learn more.

Barebones NAS box from VIA

2184 Views 2 Replies 3 Participants Last post by Tong Chia, Jul 26, 2009

tji

Discussion Starter · Jul 25, 2009

I just picked up a small NAS box I thought others here might be interested in. It's from VIA, and uses one of their tiny picoITX boards. You just add memory (DDR2 SODIMM) and Disk (3.5" SATA) and you've got a small quiet NAS system (well, it's obviously designed to be a NAS, but could really run anything you wanted). It costs ~$220.

http://www.via.com.tw/en/products/em.../artigo/a2000/

Some of the specs:

- 1.5GHz C7 CPU (x86 compatible)

- Up to 2GB RAM via SODIMM

- Gigabit LAN

- CompactFlash Slot, bootable for OS disk.

I am now trying to determine the best software to run on it, FreeNAS, OpenFiler, Ubuntu Linux, etc. I would like to install the OS on CompactFlash, and leave the 3.5" disks dedicated to file service, so I want a small OS built for that.

Save

1 - 3 of 3 Posts

d60pdp

· #2 · Jul 26, 2009

Maybe unRaid will do? Where have you got it from, and how much?

Save

Tong Chia

· #3 · Jul 26, 2009

Quote:
Originally Posted by tji /forum/post/16886714

I am now trying to determine the best software to run on it, FreeNAS, OpenFiler, Ubuntu Linux, etc. I would like to install the OS on CompactFlash, and leave the 3.5" disks dedicated to file service, so I want a small OS built for that.

I have the Nano (C7D) on the VB8001 running FreeNas 0.7RC1. The image

is about 32Mb and it boots off a USB stick.

The box has 4Gb ram running ZFS.

Right now I have 4x60Gb 5400 rpm laptop drivers in an experimental setup.

Write TP is about 35Mbytes/sec in Raid1z.

I am using the LSI Logic LSI SAS3801E

I plan it replacing it when the 2Tb Seagate Constellations come out.

See less See more

Save

1 - 3 of 3 Posts

This is an older thread, you may not receive a response, and could be reviving an old thread. Please consider creating a new thread.

Top Contributors this Month