LTT Nas

[Mr.Brightside]

When is the LTT Nas coming out? I need a simple but efficient storage system that isn’t too expensive, would love to see what LTT would come up with! 

[Bombastinator]

[attempts sarcasm]
I’m not sure that holds water.

[ToboRobot]

6 minutes ago, Mr.Brightside said:

When is the LTT Nas coming out? I need a simple but efficient storage system that isn’t too expensive, would love to see what LTT would come up with! 

When it's ready?

When they are ready to talk about it, there will be more information available.  

[Skipple]

4 minutes ago, ToboRobot said:

When it's ready?

When they are ready to talk about it, there will be more information available.  

Wait, what? Was there some suggestion that LTT is developing a NAS solution?

This seems out of left field. 

12 minutes ago, Mr.Brightside said:

I need a simple but efficient storage system that isn’t too expensive

Have you looked into Synology's solutions? 

[ToboRobot]

Just now, Skipple said:

Wait, what? Was there some suggestion that LTT is developing a NAS solution?

This seems out of left field. 

 

on WAN show Linus mentioned he invested in a small team working on NAS software. 

 

[Skipple]

1 minute ago, ToboRobot said:

on WAN show Linus mentioned he invested in a small team working on NAS software. 

That's... interesting. Alright then. I have thoughts. 

[Bombastinator]

1 minute ago, Skipple said:

Wait, what? Was there some suggestion that LTT is developing a NAS solution?

This seems out of left field. 

Have you looked into Synology's solutions? 

This strikes me as a bit unlikely.  They did do a thing where they showed that a particular solution was not up to par.  Had something to do with fish. Squid or jellyfish or something.  That’s not the same as actually entering a market though.  They MIGHT do a “this is how to do a NAS of a specific size using off-the-rack stuff” but that’s not the same.

[Bombastinator]

4 minutes ago, ToboRobot said:

on WAN show Linus mentioned he invested in a small team working on NAS software. 

 

Again, not the same. Though close. That’s Linus not LTT for one thing, and they’re not actually writing anything.  I see your point though.

[Bombastinator]

6 minutes ago, Skipple said:

That's... interesting. Alright then. I have thoughts. 

That happens to me sometimes.  I’m not proud of it.

[Mr.Brightside]

9 minutes ago, Skipple said:

Wait, what? Was there some suggestion that LTT is developing a NAS solution?

This seems out of left field. 

Have you looked into Synology's solutions? 

Yeah I’ve looked at synology but they’re pretty overpriced for what they are. Would love to see how LTT could improve the space. 

[Mr.Brightside]

3 minutes ago, Bombastinator said:

Again, not the same. Though close. That’s Linus not LTT for one thing, and they’re not actually writing anything.  I see your point though.

Lol so Linus isn’t a part of LTT and doesn’t help develop products he wants? Yeah Linus mentioned that he is investing in a small business but that doesn’t mean he won’t use that and apply it to a product through LTT if he wants. He clearly sees a need in the space. I’m just starting the conversation to see if I missed any updates about it or see if this is a need other people have as well. 

[Mr.Brightside]

5 minutes ago, oofki said:

They are not making a NAS, so it’s not comparable to synology

Hey, one can dream 

[LIGISTX]

To add some info to this, I believe some of the folks at unraid decided they didn't like how things were going (not necessarily badly, just thought they could make an impactful difference via bringing out a better solution), and Linus decided to help fund this effort since he agreed with them and trusts their judgment... hopefully I am remembering this correctly from WAN a few months back. This would be software, likely in the form of a NAS appliance like truenas or unraid.

 

From my understanding, Linus, personally, is helping fund it, different color of money then LTT. LTT is not funding it. 

 

That said, don't hold your breath on this - it is YEARS away from public release by the sounds of it. Truenas and Unraid have had years, and years, decades even of development, a few good coders are not suddenly going to drop a revolutionary NAS OS in a few months... Give it time, I am sure it'll be worthwhile, or at the very least it will help push the others along and bring some needed disruption to the space.

[Skipple]

20 minutes ago, Mr.Brightside said:

Yeah I’ve looked at synology but they’re pretty overpriced for what they are.

What do you feel that's overpriced about them? You can get a 2-bay station that includes the software you need for under $200.

[Skipple]

54 minutes ago, Bombastinator said:

Had something to do with fish. Squid or jellyfish or something.

Thinking of OWC Jellyfish?

[Skipple]

If anyone is interested, I was curious enough to go search for the video.

TL;DW:

• Mystery company is developing NAS Software targeted at non-experts
  • aimed to be intuitive
  • no mention of hardware
• Team has two long time veterans from unRAID
• Linus is an angel investor.

[Bombastinator]

1 hour ago, Mr.Brightside said:

Lol so Linus isn’t a part of LTT and doesn’t help develop products he wants? Yeah Linus mentioned that he is investing in a small business but that doesn’t mean he won’t use that and apply it to a product through LTT if he wants. He clearly sees a need in the space. I’m just starting the conversation to see if I missed any updates about it or see if this is a need other people have as well. 

Actually technically correct.  He gave up the CEO seat.  Wasn’t worried about that though.   I will agree that he does seem to see a need.

[Blue4130]

1 hour ago, Mr.Brightside said:

When is the LTT Nas coming out? I need a simple but efficient storage system that isn’t too expensive, would love to see what LTT would come up with! 

LTT is only investing $. Beyond that he has made no mention of any collaboration or influence. It's not an "ltt nas".

[Pixel5]

4 hours ago, Mr.Brightside said:

Hey, one can dream 

it wouldnt be any cheaper though.

if you want a cheaper NAS just build your own.

[Blue4130]

Also, with LTT's track record of loosing data, I wouldn't really trust a nas solution made by them.

[ToboRobot]

8 hours ago, Bombastinator said:

Again, not the same. Though close. That’s Linus not LTT for one thing, and they’re not actually writing anything.  I see your point though.

 

Sorry what are you are saing is wrong?

I wrote... " on WAN show Linus mentioned he invested in a small team working on NAS software."

I think on WAN show, Linus said he invested in a small company (former Unraid devs) building NAS Software.  I didn't state LMG was writing anything.

 

[agatong439]

You can pay extra to have Linus drop it. 

[Bombastinator]

2 hours ago, ToboRobot said:

 

Sorry what are you are saing is wrong?

I wrote... " on WAN show Linus mentioned he invested in a small team working on NAS software."

I think on WAN show, Linus said he invested in a small company (former Unraid devs) building NAS Software.  I didn't state LMG was writing anything.

 

NAS software is not a NAS.  There are big players in NAS software that are free software already.  Tweaking that is not entering the market.  It’s just repository stuff.  Not the same.  I believe the implication that LTT is entering the NAS market is likely false.

Edited June 26, 2023 by Bombastinator

[ToboRobot]

2 hours ago, Bombastinator said:

NAS software is not a NAS.  There are big players in NAS software that are free software already.  Tweaking that is not entering the market.  It’s just repository stuff.  Not the same.  I believe the implication that LTT is entering the NAS market is likely false.

Sorry, you are trying to claim my comment is incorrect because you think Linus invested in a company building a complete NAS solution (hardware and software) rather than just a software solution?

 

 

WAN show where he discussed this for reference.

 

[Bombastinator]

48 minutes ago, ToboRobot said:

Sorry, you are trying to claim my comment is incorrect because you think Linus invested in a company building a complete NAS solution (hardware and software) rather than just a software solution?

 

 

WAN show where he discussed this for reference.

 

I don’t think NAS software is the NAS market per se largely because of the free software available.  The problem is there are NAS prebuilts and NAS software.  Whether NAS software is the NAS market I guess is the part I am differentiating.  I don’t debate your point.  I don’t think LTT would enter a market populated by potential advertisers without special accommodations.  I’m merely stating what I think is the rationale.

 

adjacently I’m not sure it’s a good idea long term.  My suspicion is that a for-profit NAS software company is going to have a feature or set of features that are unavailable currently in the open source versions or it would simply be on a long-term death spiral.  I don’t trust open source software not to have a given feature in the future though.  Open source stuff is slow but has a way of surviving.  It may be a short term investment.  Photoshop has survived gimp though.